Independent Consulting

Greetings evaluation colleagues, I’m Jennifer Jewiss, an independent consultant specializing in the use of qualitative inquiry to advance programs and organizations. I’m radically interdisciplinary and enjoy working with organizations large and small: government agencies, universities, foundations, nonprofits, and consulting firms. Lately, I’ve been experimenting with principles-focused approaches to evaluation. According to Michael Quinn Patton, principles …

Independent Consulting (IC) TIG Week: Collectively Generating Guiding Principles with Program Participants, Staff, and Other Interest Holders by Jennifer Jewiss Read More »

Hello AEA! I am Jodie Boisvert, MPA, the Founder and President of Change Amplifiers Research and Consulting. Our tagline is “Equitable Research and Evaluation.” We primarily provide needs assessments by engaging the community in identifying challenge areas and solutions to those challenges. My motto is that I am not the expert in someone else’s lived …

Independent Consulting (IC) TIG Week: Independence Sparks Equitable Innovation by Jodie Boisvert Read More »

Hello! We are Liz Martin, Rochelle Zorzi, and Lynn Dare of Cathexis Consulting, an evaluation firm and Certified B Corporation™ (B Corp™) based in Tkaronto (Toronto, Canada). In 2019, our firm chose to seek B Corp certification. As a B Corp, we’re part of an international movement in the private sector that believes business can …

Independent Consulting (IC) TIG Week: Doing Business as a Force for Good: B Corp Basics for Evaluation Consultancies by Liz Martin, Rochelle Zorzi, and Lynn Dare Read More »

Hi AEA365! I am Dr. Tasha Parker Ph.D., LSCSW, MPA, ACHT. As an independent consultant, I am not just a practitioner but a catalyst for transformative change in the field of evaluation. My unique role allows me to bring diverse perspectives and stories to the forefront. Operating outside the confines of a traditional organization, I …

Independent Consulting (IC) TIG Week: Uplifting Voices: Embedding Equity Practices as Independent Consultants by Tasha Parker Read More »

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 …

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

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- …

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

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 …

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

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. …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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