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Leadership Connections May, 2017 Investing in Expertise: Working with consultants collaboratively and intentionally Fran Simon, M.Ed. Chief Engagement Officer ------------- Engagement Strategies Early Childhood Investigations Consultants Directory
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Leadership ConnectionsMay, 2017
Investing in Expertise: Working with consultants collaboratively and intentionally
Fran Simon, M.Ed.Chief Engagement Officer-------------Engagement StrategiesEarly Childhood Investigations Consultants Directory
A little about me…
Early Care and Education
B.A. & M.EdEarly Education
Child Care Administrator
15 years
Marketing & Tech Executive
ECE Curriculum Publishing
Engagement Executive
National ECE Association
Marketing & Biz Consultant to
ECE Sector NPOs & Companies
My personal mission is to connect Early Education
Objectives: Today you will…
• learn strategies to help you prepare for, identify, and hire consultants.
• explore your role in relationships with consultants to drive change.
• Explore resources that will set the stage for action in future relationships with consultants.
Assumptions: You are here because you…
•need expertise not currently available in your organization.
• are considering hiring a consultant. or are working with one now.
• are a consultant looking for ideas to help your clients use your services.
Agenda
• Ten tips for working with consultants from planning through after the engagement is complete
•Discussion throughout
•Questions
You are…
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Empower yourself to take charge of the problems you are trying to solve and the relationships you need to solve them.
Prepareyourself & your organization
2.a. Primary contact
2.b. Find the right time to engage
2.c. Define your vision, change is coming
2.d. Develop a coherent and comprehensive Statement of
Work
2.e. Search for the right consultant,Check qualifications
Think out of the local-area box.
2.c. Continuous Improvement requires ongoing engagement but ultimate self-sufficiency
Get a detailed proposal
Be clear, expect clarity
Enter into a contract
Communicate with staff
Make the process iterative
5.a.
Provide access
YOU play a huge role
BE
Expect internal cooperation
Follow through, follow up
Pay on time
ResourcesStrategic Use of Consultants: A Guide for Head Start and Early Head Start Leaders, ECLKC, Head Start
Non-Profit Consultants: How to Choose them, How to Use Them, First5LA
Sample Request for Proposal (RFP), the Denver Foundation
Sample Interview Questions for Consultants, the Denver Foundation
How to Use Consultants, Lean Systems Institute
When to Use Consultants—and When Not to Bother, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
NFIB Archived Webinars
Why hire a consultant? The Denver Foundation
Questions?
Thank youFran Simon
Engagement Strategies, [email protected]
Early Childhood InvestigationsEarlyChildhoodWebinars.com
ECEexperts.com
I call them like I see them…
