Consultants

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Consultants

• You get two (2)
• We cannot afford to find speakers who will
  address all of your issues
• So . . . You get to find experts who will address
  YOUR issues

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Ground Rules

• The consultant is not to write the project
• The consultant is your advisor
• Therefore, s/he gives ADVICE
• You need to give him/her material to give you
  advice about. . . .

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Ground Rules

• The consultant is not to be the creator of the
  basic idea of the project.
• This is YOUR project
• You tell them you want to go to Dennys s/he
  tells you how to get there . . . .

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Ground Rules

• The Consultant can translate SOME stuff
• S/he CANNOT translate a whole text (what are you
  thinking? That would be a SERIOUS publication
  and worth WAY more than 375)

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Consultants

• Are KEY to the project
• Some people dont like using them, BUT
• It is good to have outside, expert help

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Consultants

• Are necessary
• If you dont need a consultant, why do you need
  to do the project?????

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Consultants

• Are difficult to maneuver
• Are just like you
• They have other things going on

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Consultants

• Are not paid that well
• Are, like you, doing this because they think it
  is important, not simply for the money (its only
  375)
• Need to feel that they are valued

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How to . . .

• Find an area consultant
• Use one of our agreeable speakers
• (cue to Good Lisa to give the email addresses)

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How to . . .

• Look at a Title VI Center
• There are Six(?) in the neighborhood
• The closest have been listed on, you guessed it,
  the website
• They are required to do outreach to maintain
  their Title VI Center status

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How to . . .

• Secure an area consultant
• Email him/her asking if s/he would be willing to
  do it NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• If s/he doesnt answer email, you dont want to
  work with this person anyway and move on to the
  next one. . . .
• Send him/her the contract (coming to your mailbox
  next week)

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How to . . .

• Secure an area consultant
• Look locally
• Sometimes there are faculty or professionals in
  your community who can meet your needs

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How to . . .

• Secure an area consultant
• Be clear
• Be polite
• Be specific about details, e.g. dates and your
  projects parameters

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How to . . .

• Work with an area consultant
• Ask for reading material first (bibliographies,
  database info, etc.)
• Actually do the reading

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How to . . .

• Work with an area consultant
• Send drafts on or before the deadlines
• Give the consultant clear and realistic
• Deadlines
• Parameters
• Expectations

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How to . . .

• Work with an area consultant
• MOST IMPORTANTLY
• Make sure s/he understands YOUR goals and audience

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How to . . .

• Secure a language consultant
• Figure out first what you need
• Vocabulary
• Linguistics
• Language history

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How to . . .

• Secure a language consultant
• Pick the language that matters to you
• Find a local consultant (if accessible)
• E.G. Penn Valley has two Arabic experts available
  (for different specific kinds of projects)

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How to . . .

• Work with a language consultant
• Take this portion of the project SERIOUSLY
• Language is integral to thought!

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How to . . .

• Work with the language consultant
• Show him/her the same consideration and
  expectations you would for the area consultant
• A language expert is an expert

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How to . . .

• Make this really work
• Communication, Communication, Communication . . .
  . . . .