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Linda Howard

 

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First Name
Linda
Last Name
Howard
Phone 1
703-307-4497
Organization
Howard Consulting, LLC
State/Province
Maryland
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Summary of Experience
Linda Howard, Howard Consulting LLC, helps association and nonprofit leaders design virtual meetings and events that are interactive and engaging so that participants feel more connected to the mission of the organization. Linda helps organizations plan, design and implement virtual conferences and summits, virtual convenings, and focus groups. She offers tech hosting services to facilitators, coaches, and trainers.

Linda also offers teambuilding workshops and retreats and is an Everything DiSC and Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team facilitator. She works with organizations to build stronger relationships with their teams, members and event attendees.
Facilitator Expertise
  • Board of Directors and Focus Groups
  • Leadership
  • Other
  • Project Management
  • Strategic Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Team Building
  • Virtual Facilitation
  • Visual Facilitation
Biography
Linda Howard, CVF, CMC, PMP, has over 25 years of experience in facilitation, project management, organization management, strategic planning, business process improvement, outreach and communication, and teambuilding.

As a Certified Virtual Facilitator (CVF), Linda helps nonprofit leaders, facilitators, coaches, and others transform their conferences, workshops and events into a model that would work online, or in a hybrid or in-person model, depending on the needs of the organization. Linda helps organizations plan, design, and produce virtual conferences and events, facilitate virtual retreats and meetings, and deliver workshops with high levels of audience engagement, primarily using the Zoom video conferencing platform. Linda is also the Virtual Workshop Producer for the Mid-Atlantic Facilitators Network (MAFN) and regularly produces workshops, recruits and prepares speakers, prepares promotional materials, and trains and coordinates moderators for very interactive facilitated workshops with up to 100 participants.

Howard Consulting’s team includes process facilitators, visual facilitators and graphic recorders, project managers, and management consultants, working in a variety of disciplines. Linda has facilitated workshops and retreats focused on research and development, team performance, process and performance improvement, work/project planning, requirements gathering, strategic planning, and communication planning.

Howard Consulting conducts more than 90% of its work virtually. During 2020, many engagements focused on helping nonprofits and associations transition their in-person conferences, meetings, and convenings to an online platform and designing interactive agendas to keep participants involved and engaged. In 2021, Linda became a Pandemic Compliance Advisor, certified by Health Education Services, and continues to help organizations move to online platforms while also helping them navigate the challenges of moving back to hybrid or in-person events.

Recently, Linda helped a large research and development nonprofit convene a group of 40 scientists to gather insights and identify challenges and ideas in support of a high-impact strategic initiative. Participants reported that it was the most engaging and effective online collaborative session they had attended online. In another recent project, she helped a nonprofit advocacy campaign develop a new organization structure and work plan so they could scale their capacity to have a larger impact on energy innovation and policy.

Linda is an Everything DiSC® and 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team® facilitator. She serves on the board of directors for the Institute of Management Consultants, National Capital Region chapter. Linda is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is one of only a few people in the country who has been awarded both the Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Management Consultant (CMC) certifications.
Level of Education
  • Master’s degree in the Arts and Sciences (MA, MS)
Formal Facilitator Training
  • Leadership Strategies Training
Certifications – Credentials – Assessments
  • DISC
  • Project Management
Meeting Formats You Can Facilitate
  • In-person
  • Virtual
  • Hybrid
Compensation
  • Compensated work
Sectors you work with
  • For Profit
  • Not-for-Profit
  • Government

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