Independent consultant games

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These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. You think you are the lucky one, but let us all share in the fun! Look around with eyes discreet, and give it to the one with the smallest feet.

Please, take your time and don't be hurried. Give it to the one who is longest married. If this parcel you are bereft, give it to the one on your left. The largest earring I'm looking for now, if you're wearing them, step up with a bow. Now to the person with buttons— big or small, any kind, the most you can find gets the gift at this time. Now don't get cross and please don't fight, but pass it to the lady third on the right.

An ice breaker game to play at the beginning of the party: Have each guest write down an item in their house they need to repair or replace. This is a great game to play in the warm months or a themed party. Also great if you are offering the Vacation Vouchers for your Hostesses! Offer an incentive for the hostess to get 3 bookings and she will also encourage her friends to book a party with you. Give each guest a blank bingo card and you should have a bag or box filled with cards that have your demo products listed on each one.

As you go through your presentation, have them randomly fill in the names of items you show on their card. Thank you! I have heard of some of these games, but a couple are new to me, thank you so much! I love the game idea. The game keeps it fresh, fun and makes sure that everyone is actually paying attention and writing things down.

Related reading: Demystifying Consultant Pricing Models. If keeping your work arrangement completely flexible is a top priority for you, make sure that you seek out roles that allow you to maintain this lifestyle. By the same token, great opportunities take on many forms. As long as you are not signing on for a long-term position, you have the ability to experiment.

The answer to this question could fill a book, but at Nation, we generally encourage people starting a consulting business to think about five areas:. Approximately 33 percent of the workforce is freelance in some way, and we estimate that 11 percent of the U. Independent consulting apps and marketplaces are intended to supplement careers, not sustain them. These platforms offer newer consultants a chance to grow their resumes or bolster their income during slower periods.

They also give established consultants some potentially lucrative opportunities to increase the value of their brands and make exciting new connections that can sometimes result in full-time or recurring positions. However, marketplaces are not intended to replace building your own business through your own network. Growing your freelance business still requires good old fashioned outreach and promotion. Have you experienced any of these marketplaces for yourself? Let us know in the comment section below!

Wow, it looks like this type of freelancing is exploding, thanks for putting together this list of sites. Thanks Charlie. Let us know if we missed any.

The closest to it I could find was Flexy, but it was far from perfect, so after signing up and having a look around the platform, I reached out to them and gave my 2c on what can be improved.

As it turns out, they needed an engineer with the exact same skillset that I have at my disposal, so I joined their team and we are doing a complete rewrite on the project to truly create the best experience based on a vast amount of research, but also from personal experience. Keep an eye out for Flexy Product 2. Thanks for your perspective Pieter. For example, if a flea market operator rents stalls to too many vendors, there is too much supply for the demand, which depresses prices, gives buyers the upper hand and gives a poor impression by making the foot traffic look too thin.

Make the marketplace too exclusive, and prices will be too high for the market to work effectively. The same issues apply to online platforms like these. I know I had the experience in a completely different domain — peer-to-peer lending — where the terms of service changed to give some lenders favorable terms over other lenders and therefore over the debtors.

My own specialty is in edtech where many platforms for selling online courses have emerged, and one of the issues that learners and course creators have to deal with is that some of the platforms are chaotic bazaars with little transparency about pricing.

Thanks Ben and the entire team for sharing this! Are there specific marketplaces or networks for consultants where one can get Africa-focused projects? Any suggestions will be very helpful. Great question Rodgers. Hopefully other readers will have some specific insight on this. Take a look and let us know what you discover.

They are always expanding and adding new cities, so keep an eye out there. I see 3 South African cities on their platform right now. If you live there, and your profile with LocalSolo is approved, then you are able to apply to any remote or South African based job on the LocalSolo job board. Very well documented article.

Yes, This marketing is growing very fast and soon more and more professionals will join freelancing model of providing services. The focus is more on Demand Generation from developing world. Infrastructure and Smart Cities as a specialised services given at the moment to global customers. Check out Stubii — new marketplace in Canada for connecting qualified consultants with small businesses and startups. Thanks Robert for putting together this list.

They are a rising star in the German consulting market right now.. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. We also have a PDF presentation our meta-analysis of size of the freelance and consulting workforce. Click here to get your copy. Fees in brief: No fee for the consultant; Negotiate rates with company. Expert Expert is an talent marketplace that places independent consultants from a wide range of disciplines in high-demand roles for companies like Virgin, Ebay and Coca-Cola.

Talmix Talmix is a relatively long-standing independent consulting marketplace that connects experienced advisors in a wide variety of fields and disciplines with exciting projects. Fees in brief: Invoice Talmix, and they add a markup to their invoice to the client; Unclear on their cut or how fees are set.