This event aligns with the Organizational Application of ATD's Talent Development Capability Model.
Are you an independent consultant just getting started and need some tips and tricks from your fellow consultants? Are you new in the area and want to expand your network of independent consultants in our field? Are you a seasoned consultant and would like to share and connect with fellow consultants? Then sign up for this panel session and connect with peers, learn, and share over lunch. A wide variety of topics will be covered during this session including finding opportunities, pricing contracts, passive income generation, and forming partnerships. Are these topics you are knowledgeable in? Are you just interested in learning? That's fine too, Please join the panel discussion, lets connect, learn, share and grow together.
Presenters: Maurine Kwendya nd Nejat Abdurahman
Maurine Kwende's goal is to ignite, inspire, and empower others to dream big, take action and reach their full potential through her training company, academy, books, blogs, podcasts, non-profit, and YouTube Channel. Maurine is the CEO and Founder of EMK Learning Solutions LLC. This consulting firm provides instructional design, coaching, DISC consulting, leadership, professional development and facilitation services to individuals, organizations, and government agencies. As an entrepreneur, Maurine has worked with many clients in various sectors including higher education, non-profit organizations, corporations, and state and government agencies. Before becoming an entrepreneur, she has over 20 years of work experience working in various sectors including state and government, non-profit and corporate organizations in the areas of learning and development eLearning development, instructional design, strategic planning, Training and Development, performance improvement, coaching, leadership development, facilitation, organizational development, scrum and agile project management.
Maurine is a Ph.D. candidate in Learning Technologies Design Research at George Mason University with research interests in emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, and workplace learning and leadership.
Maurine is also the founder of the “Dream Big and Boldly Academy” (DBBA), an academy that empowers aspiring leaders to become transformational leaders.The DBBA also has a private Facebook community of like-minded people passionate about personal and professional growth. If you're interested in joining this community you are welcome to join.
She is also passionate about women and girls living their dreams. That’s why she founded “Girls Can Dream Big 2.” A non-profit organization (pending IRS 5013c approval) that empowers girls and women to dream big and live their full potential. She challenges everyone to think of significant ways of giving back and making a difference in our community. Maurine wears many hats and firmly believes you can be anything you want to be if you take action.
Nejat Abdurahman is the founder and trainer who aspires to enable organizational growth and transformation through learning and leadership development. A continuous learner herself, Nejat loves to spark passion for learning and help people unlock their potential. Nejat holds a BA degree in Economics from Addis Ababa University and an MBA from Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst. Nejat runs her consulting company that provides business advisory, training, and consulting services, and facilitates Leadership Development programs at N-BAC Academy.
Zoom credentials will be provided separately.
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