CONSULTING COURSES

Course I: How to Become and Succeed as a Research Consultant in Any Field

Course Content

In this course, you will learn:  

How to start consulting and/or access your first consultancy opportunity. 

How to acquire new clients and maintain existing ones.

What clients value most and how a consultant can consistently deliver this value to remain on top of the game.
Common challenges facing research consultants and how they navigate through them.
Common consulting pitfalls and how to avoid them.

Guidance on how to charge as level of effort (LOE)s when starting out as a consultant.

How to negotiate for a rise of your daily rate over the years. 

Practical tips and tools for managing multiple clients.

As a bonus, participants for this course are also offered with SUMMARY tips on writing highly-competitive proposals for consulting opportunities, including summary guidance on effective budgeting for consulting opportunities (please note that, there is a separate and more comprehensive course on proposal writing for consulting opportunities).

Course Fee: $75/ TZS 150,000

You can sign Up under this LINK to get timely information once this course is available.

Course 02: How to Write Highly Competitive Proposals for Consulting Opportunities

Course Content

How to decide on the consulting opportunities to go for i.e.,  ones you have a high chance of winning

Key preparations needed before beginning writing the proposal

Key sections of a highly competitive proposal 

How to draft the various sections of a highly competitive proposal i.e. what information to include, and

How to effectively budget for consulting assignments and justify the various costs.

Participants for this course will also receive “ready to use” proposal and budgeting templates that will significantly simply their work during proposal writing and budgeting processes. 

 

Course Fee: $75/ TZS 150,000

You can sign Up under this LINK to get timely information once this course is available.

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH COURSES

Course I: Designing High-Quality Qualitative Studies

Course Content

In this course, you will learn:  

Key differences between qualitative and quantitative studies.

Main data collection methods in qualitative studies and when to use each.

Formulating rationale, objectives, research questions and interview questions for a qualitative studies.

Use of conception frameworks in qualitative studies

Use of Master interview guides to create specific guides.

Practices to avoid when designing qualitative interview guides.

Selecting study participants.

Making decisions on sample size for qualitative studies

Course Fee: $25/ TZS 50,000

Course II: Collecting High-Quality Qualitative Data (Interviewing Skills)

Course Content

In this course, you will learn:  

General Tips for Conducting Qualitative Interviews (applicable to both individual interviews and group discussions)

Tips for Conducting Individuals Interviews (in-depth interviews and key informant interviews )

Tips for Moderating Focus Group Discussions

Tips for Conducting Participants Observations, and

Qualitative Data Management in the Field 

Course Fee: $25/ TZS 50,000

Course III: Transcription and Translation of Recorded Qualitative Interviews

Course Content

In this course, you will learn:  

 The key facts about the transcription process

 Types of Transcription & how to decide which one to use

 Transcription process, including the key stages of transcription

 Key tips in conducting translations

 Commonly committed errors in transcription and translation of research materials.

 

Participants for this course will also be offered with transcript templates for both individuals interviews (IDIs & KIIs) and focus-group discussions (FGDs). Participants will also be offered with a Swa-Eng dictionary with the commonly used words and phrases in research that CREMES created and uses as a references for transcription/translation activities.

 

Course Fee: $15/ TZS 30,000

Course IV: Coding and Analysis of Qualitative Data Materials

Course Content

In this course, participants will be taken through how to code and analyze qualitative data materials both manually as well as using Atlas ti program. Participants for this course will also be offered with Atlas ti program (free of charge) that they can use moving forward.

Course Fee: $25/ TZS 50,000

Course V: Report Writing for Qualitative Studies

Course Content

In this course, participants will be offered guidance and tips, and be taken through step-by-step processes for writing high-quality reports for qualitative studies.

Course Fee: $25/ TZS 50,000