On Demand - Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Consultant?

Title: Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Consultant?
Presenters:Penelope Cagney, President of The Cagney Company, Author of “Nonprofit Consulting Essentials: What Nonprofits and Consultants Need to Know” Jossey-Bass/Alliance for Nonprofit Management 2010
Duration: 1 hour

Summary
Have you ever wondered if you would make a good consultant? Perhaps you have even already started out down that road but would appreciate some guidance on achieving success in your new career. Perhaps you don’t necessarily want to be a consultant, but need to be able to identify good professional advisors to work with your organization.

This webinar will help address your questions and concerns about making a career switch in this direction or if you have already made a switch, provide tools to become a better consultant. Those who hire consultants will be better able to identify good ones and in this way make better use of their organization’s investment in this critical resource and avoid potential pitfalls.

Participants will be able to:

Know what skills can be transferred to consulting

Understand what skills must be acquired

Know where to get training and certification

Gain insight into the makings of a good consultant

This webinar is for:

Anyone considering a consulting career

New consultants

Anyone needing to identify good consultants

Consultants crossing over to nonprofit work

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About the Author
Penelope Cagney, MA, CFRE, has 25 years of experience in planning, development and governance. She spent seven years with one of the largest consulting companies to nonprofits and was a member of their long-distance learning faculty. Penelope taught graduate nonprofit management at the School of the Art Institute and Columbia College, Chicago, and was a distinguished visiting professor at American University in Cairo, Egypt.

Cagney is the author of “Nonprofit Consulting Essentials: What Every Nonprofit and Consultant Needs to Know (Jossey-Bass/Alliance of Nonprofit Management, San Francisco, CA 2010) and editor of “Beyond Profit: the Complete Guide to Managing the Nonprofit Organization,” (Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, England, 1991). She has written extensively for publications internationally and presents frequently at many national and international conferences.

Click here to read the New OK Green Room Article by Penelope Cagney, Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Consultant?