Independent Consulting

Independent Consulting TIG Week: How Rural Folks Shared Their Skepticism Around Evaluation and What We Did About It by Cheralynn Corsack

Hi everyone, my name is Cheralynn Corsack and I am founder and principal of Cheralynn Corsack Consulting, LLC. I help organizations who lift up rural communities to measure what matters and make data-informed decisions. I’m passionate about data that centers peoples’ experiences, giving data back to those who provided it, and facilitating conversations to empower …

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Independent Consulting TIG Week: Making Sense of My Own Story by Barbara Klugman

Hello, I am Barbara Klugman (PhD), offering freelance strategy, evaluation and learning support to social justice funders, networks and NGOs internationally. Mindelyn Anderson, ICTIG Chair, encouraged members to share the narrative that informs, shapes or reflects our journeys as independent consultants. I’m now in my fourteenth year as an independent consultant. It was a mid- …

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Independent Consulting TIG Week: My Journey Towards Becoming an Evaluation Consultant/Entrepreneur: A Personal Story by Nicolas Uwitonze

Hello, my name is Nicolas Uwitonze, and I am a second year PhD student at the Department of Agriculture Leadership and Community Education at Virginia Tech, USA. In this blog, I would like to narrate a brief story of my journey towards becoming an independent consultant and to the field of evaluation. I will reflect …

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Independent Consulting TIG Week: How Scheduled Personal Days Keep Me Going as an Independent Consultant by Alicia Kiremire

Hi, I’m Alicia Kiremire, PMP, and in 2017 I became a forever fan of independent consulting. After all, I get to do meaningful work and have scheduled “Alicia days.” The freedom to protect my own mental health is why I stay independent; I cannot wait to tell you more.  Lesson Learned Personal days prevent burnout. …

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Independent Consulting TIG Week: How I’m Building Ease into My Consulting Practice by Alli Shurilla

Hi! My name is Alli Shurilla. I’m the Founder and Lead Consultant of AS Community Consulting, a consulting firm based in Brooklyn, NY (Lenapehoking) focused on equity and community-based consulting in evaluation, strategic planning, DEIAB, organizational assessment, and coaching. I’m also the current social media chair for the IC TIG! When I first started my …

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Independent Consulting TIG Week: Being a Team of One Doesn’t Mean You’re Alone: When and How to Collaborate by Min Ma

Hello! My name is Min Ma. I’m the Founder and Principal of MXM Research Group, a research and evaluation consulting firm whose work is grounded in data + soul (dataplussoul.com). I’m here to reflect on team collaboration in service of equitable evaluation and what this might look like when you’re a team of one.  A …

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Independent Consulting TIG Week: Purpose Calendar: Mastering the “4 Ds” by Mindelyn Anderson

Hello, I am Mindelyn Anderson, Founder + Principal of Mirror Group. I write today, on Juneteenth, a nascent Federal holiday commemorating freedom, to write on that very topic–freedom and mastery over our time as independent consultants (ICs).  Hot Tip: Read Reality I have long battled with cycles of work, overwork and exhaustion. What I previously …

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IC TIG Week: Why So Serious? Using Creative Humor to Facilitate Engagement and Skill Development in Evaluation by Emma Duer

I used to work in a pet store, but people were always asking how big I’d get (apologies to Rodney Dangerfield). Jokes aside for a moment, I am Emma Duer, Vice President of Program Evaluation at Dainis & Company, Inc. As a small independent firm, we often use our flexibility to bring maximum creativity and …

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IC TIG Week: Naming Your Evaluation Consultancy by Laura Budzyna

Hello! My name is Laura Budzyna. I’m an independent evaluation consultant, and I -just- named my business – Beyond Measure LLC – a few weeks ago. I also happen to love names – human names, that is. I’ve been lucky enough to name one human, and I’ve helped friends name a handful of others. My …

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IC TIG Week: Cruising Toward Truth by Nathan Browning

Nathan Browning here. I am an independent evaluation & research consultant. I am blessed to work with a lot of different kinds of clients. I occasionally write prose. I am cruising. I am cruising toward truth. I am cruising toward truth through Evaluation Highway. I meander across the thoroughfare, violating dashed lines, slowing to feel …

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