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6 - Setting Up Your Practice and Managing the Practical Matters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2023

Susan M. Wolfe  and
Ann Webb Price
Susan M. Wolfe
Affiliation:
Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC
Ann Webb Price
Affiliation:
Community Evaluation Solutions, Inc.
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Summary

In Chapter 6 we talk about what you need to do if you plan to set up your own community consulting business. This includes how to prepare a business plan, decide on your business structure, market your business, choose clients, find work, and get paid. We also share tips on how to manage the practical matters of owning a consulting practice. Some of the information shared in this chapter will be useful for those who work for consulting firms, to help understand the bigger picture of the business.

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business planbusiness structureproject budgetsubcontractingbusiness financial managementbusiness insuranceproposalsmanaging projectsmarketing
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Guidebook to Community Consulting
A Collaborative Approach
 , pp. 98 - 126
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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