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Independent Consulting

LAWG Week: Jenn Ballentine on Becoming an Independent Consultant in Atlanta

2 Comments / Independent Consulting / July 8, 2016

My name is Jenn Ballentine and I am the President of Highland Nonprofit Consulting, LLC, an independent evaluation consulting firm based in Atlanta, GA. So you’re thinking about becoming an independent consultant in Atlanta but you’re not sure how to get started. Don’t fear -help is near! The Atlanta Evaluators Consultants Network (AECN) is a …

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Eval Use TIG Week: Charmagne Campbell-Patton on Considerations for Evaluation Use: Internal vs. External Evaluators

4 Comments / Evaluation Use, Independent Consulting, Internal Evaluation / August 22, 2015

My name is Charmagne Campbell-Patton and I am an independent evaluation consultant. About a year ago, I made the transition from my role as program manager and internal evaluator at an education nonprofit, to an external evaluation consultant. I continued working with my former employer as a client and, in my naiveté, I thought the …

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Cheryl Keeton on From Dependent to Independent

Leave a Comment / Independent Consulting / July 26, 2015

Hi, my name is Cheryl Keeton. Throughout my career, I’ve been responsible for program evaluation, review, and success. Most recently I transitioned to independent consulting to focus my energy and passion to the field of evaluation. I want to share my experience as one way to make the transition. Lessons Learned: Three years before I …

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IC TIG Week: Matt Feldmann on Soft Skills for Independent Consultants

1 Comment / Independent Consulting / June 30, 2015

Hello, I am Matt Feldmann, the principal researcher and owner of Goshen Education Consulting, Inc. and the chair-elect for the Independent Consulting TIG. My company focuses on educational evaluation and data support for clients in Southern Illinois. As an independent consultant, it is imperative to maintain a strong network of clients, colleagues, and advocates with …

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IC TIG Week: Ana García-Femenía on The importance for evaluators of dealing with emotions

1 Comment / Independent Consulting / June 30, 2015

Hi there! I am Ana García-Femenía, (@anagfemenia), PhD in Sociology and Political Sciences and independent evaluation consultant. I live in Spain and conduct evaluations for various international donors in different countries. Have you ever been in the middle of an interview in an evaluation and felt some specific emotion with no reason for it? What …

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IC TIG Week: Gail Vallance Barrington on Logic Models and My Rich Uncle

4 Comments / Independent Consulting / June 30, 2015

I’m Gail Vallance Barrington and I’m an independent consultant. It’s hard to teach novice clients about logic models. This year, instead of presenting a technical monologue, I came up with a story to capture their attention. It’s called My Rich Uncle and it goes like this: Icebreaker: You suddenly discover that you have a rich and …

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IC TIG Week: Susan Wolfe on Losing My Independence

1 Comment / Independent Consulting / June 30, 2015

My name is Susan Wolfe and I am a Senior Consultant at CNM Connect where I provide evaluation and other capacity building services to non-profit organizations. Two months ago I was the owner of Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC, my own consulting firm; however, after five successful years I chose to close my doors and …

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IC TIG Week: Bernadette Wright on A New Method to Increase Success in Entrepreneurship

1 Comment / Independent Consulting / June 29, 2015

I’m Bernadette Wright, founder of Meaningful Evidence, LLC. As an entrepreneur, I noticed a proliferation of books, papers, courses, and other sources espousing conflicting ideas of how to succeed in business and entrepreneurship. For evaluators who are building independent consulting businesses, this makes finding the best ideas for our business difficult. In my and Dr. …

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IC TIG Week: Stephen Maack on What do American Independence and Evaluation Consulting Have in Common?

1 Comment / Independent Consulting / June 25, 2015

Hello, I’m Stephen Maack, Owner and Lead Consultant of REAP Change Consultants, founded October, 2002. The Fourth of July is this week. Many become independent evaluation consultants because of the lure of freedom – freedom to choose projects, what you do, how you do it; freedom from the politics of organizations, bad bosses, and organizational …

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Kylie Hutchinson on The Ever Expanding Evaluator’s Toolbox

7 Comments / Business, Leadership, and Performance, Evaluation Managers and Supervisors, Independent Consulting, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / April 13, 2014

My name is Kylie Hutchinson.  I am an independent evaluation consultant with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation.  In addition to evaluation consulting and capacity building, I tweet at @EvaluationMaven and co-host the monthly evaluation podcast, Adventures in Evaluation along with my colleague @JamesWCoyle. When I started out in evaluation 26 years ago, I was focused …

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