The BE-EDGE Consult-a-thon is a platform for synchronization of edge-crafters and employers
The end goal of edge-crafters and the focus of employers is in enriching their competitiveness and learn new option
IF YOU A MULTIDIMENSIONAL EDGE-CRAFTER
If you a multidimensional Edge-Crafter, we invite you to try a role of a Case Consultant. It will invest in your personal strategy through letting you “try out” new roles and dimensions for your profile, explore new industries, and connect with businesses and other edge-crafters
IF YOU ARE AN EDUCATOR
If you are an Educator, we invite you to become Case Coach to assist edge-crafters and employers in the E-D-G-E process of strategies’ synchronization at four levels:
core, trust, value, and excitement
IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYER
If you are an Employer, we invite you to become a Case Client and provide teams of talents with a multidimensional challenge to work on. It lets you invest in your business strategy. explore new solutions for this challenge and connect with multidimensional talents, interested in your field
There are three forms of BE-EDGE Consult-a-thon
You can choose the one that fits you: the Impact, the Investment, or the “Masters” Consult-a-thon. They differ in your investment in your own employability.
IMPACT Consult-a-thon | INVESTMENT Consult-a-thon | MASTERS Consult-a-thon |
Weekend-based, open for a public, with the goal of exploring new options while making an impact for case clients – local small businesses, nonprofit organizations, or government agencies | This form of a BE-EDGE Consult-a-thon is a part of “Your CASE” course on the art of case consulting and “Your EDGE” course on your competitive strategy in a professional world from the BE-EDGE series. Your goal here is investment in your own employability for the case client of your choice. | This form of BE-EDGE Consult-a-thon is open only for graduates from the BE-EDGE courses in the art of case consulting (the D & G course). Your goal is to shape your space in a team of your dream |
Case Consultants: Any edge-crafter is welcome. Case Clients: Nonprofits and small businesses, interested in problem-solving and partnership. Case Coaches: BE-EDGE learners. | Case Consultants: BE-EDGE learners Case Clients: The choice of Case Coaches: BE-EDGE instructors | Case Consultants: BE-EDGE graduates Case Clients: Businesses, interested in growth, business incubators, and innovation. Case Coaches: not needed. Case Mentors: business innovators |
How much do I pay? A registration fee for the “Impact” Consult-a-thon | How much do I pay? This is a part of your course | How much do I pay? A registration fee for the “Masters” Consult-a-thon |
I am interested in the IMPACT Consult-a-thon! Please feel the application form and we will let you know when the next BE-EDGE Consult-a-thon will be. For now, feel free to join the Facebook group for edge-crafters. All news will be there | I am interested in the INVESTMENT Consult-a-thon Please sign for Your CASE or Your EDGE course, and you will be included to the INVESTMENT Consult-a-thon | I am interested! - I have graduated from the Your CASE or Your EDGE courses and ready for the Masters level of the Consult-a-thon - I am interested in taking Your CASE or Your EDGE. Reed more |
If you represent an EMPLOYER, which is any for-profit, nonprofit, or government organization, and are interested in becoming a Case Client for our next BE-EDGE Consult-a-thon, please contact us.
in press
Over a three-day weekend in March, Ivy put together a virtual event BE-EDGE Consult-a-Thon, that connected four small businesses — a hair salon, a gym, an eco-friendly cleaning service, and Rosas’ bakery — with young volunteer consultants who offered suggestions to help attract new customers and bring the community together.
Make Your East Boston Case Consult-a-thon, addressed problems the businesses were facing that went beyond COVID-19. The neighborhoods of East Boston have been gentrifying over the past decade. The new residents—drawn to the neighborhood’s waterfront access and proximity to downtown Boston—haven’t necessarily become aware of Rosas’ bakery.
Ivy wanted the consultants to fully explore the issues before offering solutions. She asked them to go through a discovery process as detailed in her 2019 book, Crafting Your Edge for Today’s Job Market: Using the BE-EDGE Method for Consulting Cases and Capstone Projects. At the end of each step, the volunteers were asked to deliver a product to help push the mission forward.
SEE WHAT CONSULT-A-THON PARTICIPANTS HAVE TO SAY
