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Question: Start up requirement/courage to be a consultant
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Hi Mitiku,
 
Thank you for visiting the Community Tool Box (CTB) and Ask an Advisor, hopefully we can provide you with timely, accurate, useful, and directly applicable information about becoming a consultant. First and foremost, thank you for wanting to step up and help build your community; bravo. Well, to be perfectly honest with you when I first read your question I wasn't sure how we could actually help you, but lo and behold after digging around a bit I found a section in the Community Tool Box on consulting. To get there, go to our home page. You will notice on the top left the "Learn A Skill" button. Click it, then click the "Table of Contents" and scroll down to the section entitled "Developing a Strategic Plan and Organizational Structure." So far, so good. Click on "Chapter 12 - Providing Training and Technical Assistance," more specifically, "Section 9 - Serving as a Consultant." This section will provide you with everything you need to know about becoming a consultant, although you'll have to develop the courage to become a consultant on your own. That said, knowledge is empowering so perhaps after going through this section you'll feel like you have what it takes (i.e., the courage if you will) to take on the challenges inherent in the consulting enterprise. Does that make sense? The good news is that all the tools and resources in the Community Tool Box can be used for your consulting practice; it's nice to know that the Community Tool Box is there for you whenever you need it! For further information on the CTB and how to best use all that we have to offer, first go to our home page, click on the "About" button and then click the "About the Tool Box" button. This is a good primer on how the CTB came into being and how it continues to evolve. After reading about the CTB, go back to our home page, again click the "About" button and then the "How to Use the Tool Box" button. This is a great place to begin exploring our resources and what you'll need to know to be an effective consultant; again, knowledge is empowering so I urge you to spend quality time exploring all our chapters and tools as these provide the "how to's" for working with communities.
 
So Mitiku, I hope the resources we provided will help you in your quest to become a consultant. In sum, read the section on consulting and the sections about the CTB and how to best use the CTB. This will give you a solid start. If you find that our reply doesn't quite hit the mark, please visit us again and we'll work together to find a more suitable answer. With that, thank you Mitiku for your question and more importantly, for wanting to work to improve conditions within your community through consultative work. Be well, take care, do good work.
 
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Question Date: mer, 05/25/2016