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12 October 2012 – Christopher Clarke
What does it mean to be “successful” as an independent consultant? There are, in fact, many ways to succeed in this undertaking. The answer depends on how you define “success.”
The simplest measure of all is survival. Lots of people who try consulting aren’t able to make a go of it in the long run. Read More
01 October 2012 – Michael Adamson 5
In Part I, I talked about balancing your consulting work with your own research work. Setting aside the fact that pursuing your own research in addition to your consulting work may throw the rest of your life out of kilter, you will have to assign a rather high priority to your own research—after your clients’ needs, of course—if you want it to come to fruition in the form of publications. Read More
25 September 2012 – Christopher Clarke 9
Public historians who enjoy a regular paycheck find certain aspects of consulting curious–none more so than the issue of money. I expect that this curiosity also extends to the ranks of those who are considering a leap in the consulting direction. Read More
19 September 2012 – Michael Adamson 2
Prompted by Adina Langer, my colleague on the NCPH Consultants Committee and one of the editors of this blog, I am going to relate how I have pursued a research agenda independently of my work for clients. Admittedly, my career as a historical consultant has been somewhat eclectic, but I hope that you may find at least some of what I have to say applicable to your own situation. Read More
10 September 2012 – Christopher Clarke 3
methods, publicity, entrepreneurialism, profession, consultants, employment, training, Mind in the Marketplace
What kind of knowledge and skills do you need in order to create a viable historical consulting practice?
Becoming a consultant requires more than simply deciding to work for yourself. It requires the shift to a new mindset, because as an independent consultant you become a creature of the marketplace. Read More
14 August 2012 – Christopher Clarke 2
When I started graduate school in the now-distant year of 1979, public history was still in its infancy. Within view of the spot that I habitually occupied in the basement of the university library, two or three loose issues (the entire run to date) of The Public Historian perched precariously on an otherwise empty stack shelf. Read More
30 July 2012 – Christopher Clarke 3
1997 was the hardest year of my adult life. During that year my marriage of 15 years ended in divorce; during that same year, my employer, a nationally prominent museum of American cultural history, began to transform itself into a children’s museum, and eliminated the position of “senior historian” that I had held for the previous seven years. Read More
13 July 2012 – Morgen Young 1
On June 20, 2012 the Northwest History Network, a non-profit organization in Portland, Oregon, hosted a professional development program entitled A Future in Historical Consulting: Is It for You? Four consulting historians sat on a panel and answered a series of questions. Read More
18 June 2012 – Melissa Mannon 1
In my previous post I discussed the value of using social networking platforms for networking. In this post, I will discuss how to use social media for marketing by focusing on building an awareness of your “brand.” Social media provides an opportunity to present yourself and your business to diverse audiences in diverse ways. Read More
13 June 2012 – Jennifer Stevens 1
As a historical consultant working primarily in litigation support, my work usually takes me deep inside the archives. But sometimes, the only way to truly understand the land you’re studying is to see it up close and in person. Last summer, in order to get a better grasp of the vast landscape I’d been researching for two years, I took to Idaho’s backcountry in an area bordering the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. Read More