Consulting Start-Up and Management: A Guide for Evaluators and Applied Researchers - Softcover

Barrington, Gail V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412987091 ISBN 13: 9781412987097

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2011

Synopsis

Looking to start up your own research and evaluation consultancy? For almost 20 years, Gail V. Barrington has run popular workshops to help professional researchers determine if they have what it takes to succeed as consultants. This book makes that helpful guidance, and more, available to a wider audience. Barrington shows readers how to: get started, set fees, find work, manage time and money; set up an ownership structure and business systems; manage contracts; and work with sub-contractors and staff. With Barrington at their side to provide advice and encouragement, independent practitioners have the roadmap to success!

This book is a must-read for all consultants who are considering going out on their own or those who want to fine-tune their current business practice. It is also a key resource for students enrolled in program evaluation, applied research, and management courses and in professional certification programs.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Gail Vallance Barrington is a well-known senior evaluation advisor, trainer, and writer. She has more than 25 years of practical experience running her own consulting practice, Barrington Research Group, Inc., and has conducted over 130 program evaluation and applied research studies at the federal, provincial and grassroots levels in health, education, and research. She currently provides advice on program evaluation to a number of Canadian organizations. Her recent book, Consulting Start up & Management: A Guide for Evaluators & Applied Researchers, (SAGE, 2012) is based on her consulting . She currently blogs on consulting topics and provides workshops and webinars on consulting skills and evaluation methods. She is a Credentialed Evaluator and a Certified Management Consultant. In 2008, she won the Canadian Evaluation Society award for her Contribution to Evaluation in Canada. She was recently named to the Dynamic Dozen, the top-rated presenters and trainers at the American Evaluation Association.

Review

“I am often asked by younger colleagues for advice about working as a full-time consultant. This book is an excellent resource to recommend.” Author: Rosalie Torres

“This book is practical and addresses the gap between what is learned in classrooms and what is learned in practice. Its user-friendly format is pitched for consultants and other practitioners, and it will also be very useful for students." Author: Jim McDavid

“I recommend this book because it’s a hands-on, application-based book that would make an excellent supplement to a course or as a reference book. I would readily use it in my daily business transactions.”

Author: Michele Baron

“I would highly recommend it to anyone starting a consulting career. The author has truly singled out the most important lessons to be passed on, both of the practical type and of those related to consultancy in a meaningful and balanced life.” Author: George Grob

“This book addresses a big and important gap in the evaluation literature. This book provides a clear and concise account of what evaluators and applied researchers need to know in order to succeed in independent consulting practice.” Author: Stewart Donaldson

“Every new consultant (and those considering independent consultancy) will benefit greatly from this book in many ways.” Author: Vinita Channahsorah

“This book is relevant for both new consultants and those with some experience for the wealth of examples and information included. It covers the breadth of the experience of having your own business while being a researcher, and a full person with a social life too.”―Rita S. Fierro, independent research consultant Author: Rita S. Fierro

"True to the collaborative spirit of evaluation, Gail has generously shared her vast experience consulting in the field. She provides honest insights, useful ideas and practical advice that others might hold close to their chest as competitive information. This book will be a valuable resource for those just embarking on a consulting career and consulting veterans alike. Although we have been in business for over 11 years, the ideas and examples in the book have inspired us to improve our own processes."

 

Author: Melissa McGuire

Consulting Start-up and Management, while basic in the information it imparts, is a treasure, covering the many aspects of consulting that should be explored by anyone who is contemplating the leap. Author: American Journal of Evaluation

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1412987091
• ISBN 13: 9781412987097
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320