| Ch. 1 | | Before You Begin | | |
| Ch. 2 | | Preparing for Success | | |
| Ch. 3 | | When to Start a Consulting Practice | | |
| Ch. 4 | | What Kind of Business to Build | | |
| Ch. 5 | | Getting Official (Actions) | | |
| Ch. 6 | | Finding Work | | |
| Ch. 7 | | Running Your Business | | |
| Ch. 8 | | A Client-Centered Approach to Winning and Losing New Business: What to Do If You Get the Project (And What to Do If You Dont) | | |
| Ch. 9 | | From Start to Finish: A Typical Evaluation Project | | |
| Ch. 10 | | Developing and Maintaining Long-Term Consulting Relationships | | |
| Ch. 11 | | Consulting with Small Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations: Insights and Understandings | | |
| Ch. 12 | | Capacity Building with Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Lessons Learned from the Compassion Kansas Initiative | | |
| Ch. 13 | | Improving Service Delivery and Effectiveness: Taking an Organizational Learning Approach to Consulting | | |
| Ch. 14 | | Consulting in Public Policy | | |
| Ch. 15 | | Grant Writing for Consultants 101 | | |
| Ch. 16 | | The Path to Independent Consulting | | |
| | | References | | |
| | | Index | | |