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Find the alignment One of my favorite blogs is Nonprofit AF by Vu Le, former executive director of RVC, a Seattle-based nonprofit that promotes social justice by cultivating leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration between diverse communities. My favorite blog post from Nonprofit AF is “Answers on grant […]

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Five years down… On June 1st, 2016, I woke up, rolled over, opened my laptop, and began working. This was my first day as a full-time consultant, after nearly 3 years of juggling full-time employment with building a consulting business. Today is my five year anniversary. What started as a Tumblr blog developed in a […]

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Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. I had a “quantity” mindset when I started out as a consultant, taking on multiple projects at once to build my portfolio. It was a lot, considering I still worked my full-time job with my employer. My thinking was that, in order to look […]

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Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. I’ve touched on engaging with prospective clients here. Today, let’s focus on responding to partnership requests. Partnerships looks differently depending on your industry. For me, a partnership is working with someone or an entity to oversee a project for a client. Being co-investigators on […]

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Have a question you’d like featured? Let me know. In last month’s Ask Nicole, I shared from quick advice to get your started in consulting. This month, I’m touching on a topic I saw in response to what I shared and more broadly. One of the main reasons why people want to get into consulting […]

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