Consulting Skills
Self-Guided Training

OKA’s Consulting Skills is now available as self-guided training, at a low introductory price!

• Format: CD-ROM, Plays in Internet Browser – with Audio, Presentation Slides, and PDF/Word Attachments
• Duration: Approximately two hours.
• Link to flyer about class

$50.00

Training Description

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There’s a big difference between being qualified to use a tool, and being able to win a client engagement. In this self-paced training class, OKA’s Consulting Director walks you through the critical steps involved in approaching new potential clients, identifying their needs, crafting a proposal, and effectively delivering on the work once won. This class comes on a CD-ROM, and combines audio, slides, and templates – for a complete resource you can refer to again and again. CD includes:

• A five step consulting model, to use as a guide for both framing and delivering on training and consulting work.
• Concrete questions you can ask, and actions you can take, to increase your chances of winning the work you want.
• An in-depth look at preparing a proposal, including pricing advice and a proposal template to get you started
• An introduction to OKA’s Wrapped Cable Model - a diagnostic tool that helps you better understand the teams and organizations you work with, and better position and prioritize work.
• Interactive quiz questions allow you to check your knowledge along the way.
• PDF and Word resource sheets to help guide you once you’ve completed the class.

Effective consulting depends on knowing how and where best to jump into the system, how to define effective units of work, prove your success, and then either grow that work or leave the client effectively. This resource will give you the steps and tools needed to approach this process with confidence.

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General Information. Fairfax, VA courses are held at OKA. They begin either at 8:00 or 8:30 AM, and generally run a full day. Please check course-specific detail for the correct start time. We provide a continental breakfast and healthy snacks throughout the day; there is a refrigerator on site if you wish to bring lunch. There are a number of restaurants and a drug store within walking distance. OKA is not a handicapped-accessible facility, though we will make any reasonable accommodation possible for our visitors.

Classes in Gainesville, FL. If you are registering for a Gainesville, FL class, you will receive pre-work and site information from CAPT. Classes in Gainesville are held at the CAPT training facility at 2815 NW 13th Street; Suite 401 Gainesville, FL 32609. (Link to Map)

Rescheduling Policy. You may reschedule one time only at no additional charge, but you must notify OKA in writing or email 14 business days prior to the start of the program, providing the registration has been paid in full. If the registration has not been paid in full, then full payment is required before a date transfer can be made. If you reschedule after the 14-day cutoff or have subsequent transfers, a fee of $100 will be due immediately for each instance.

Cancellation Policy. Cancellations must be received in writing 7 business days prior to the start of the program, and are subject to a $200 administrative fee. For one-day programs, the cancellation fee is $100. Cancellations after the 7-day cutoff and no-shows will forfeit 50% of the tuition. Materials are not refundable.

Pre-Work. Some of our classes, such as the MBTI Qualifying Workshop, require pre-work. You will receive instructions after registration; and pre-work will be mailed to the mailing address you provide in the check-out process.

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