Overview: Consultants, trainers, and technical assistance providers can bring valuable skills and much-needed capacity to the social sector. Often, they are working as solo practitioners or in small teams, and are doing the client-facing work while also growing their business, building partnerships, and setting up key internal systems. This session will focus on areas key to growing a successful business, including:
- Defining and structuring your services
- Building a client pipeline through networking and marketing
- Building partnerships with other practitioners serving the social sector
- Developing key internal systems to help manage your time, capacity, and finances
Who this is for: People who are or want to become self-employed as consultants, trainers, and technical assistance providers serving mission driven organizations. We will also share content that may feel relevant for organizations that have consulting, training, or technical assistance programs serving social sector organizations.
Who we are: Structural Integrity is a nonprofit focused on strengthening the social sector by helping mission driven organizations build their foundational operations to generate capacity, enhance sustainability, and center impact. Structural Integrity’s co-founders, Dave Dore and Sage Ruth, bring a combined 30+ years of experience working in nonprofit finance and operations in organizations ranging in size and lifecycle stage.