Episode #20 | Craft of Consulting

EPISODE 20: Consulting to Achieve Your Life's Work—with Laura Porter

In this Craft of Consulting podcast episode, I interview Laura Porter. Laura is the co-founder of ACE Interface, LLC, an organization dedicated to building self-healing communities. Laura worked in state government for many years with a focus on reducing the rate of social problems, such as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and facilitating community change. She shares how she took this passion and became an in-demand consultant who works with leaders across the country to improve community health.

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Laura Porter

Laura Porter, the co-founder of ACE Interface, shares how you can build a successful consulting business doing what you consider your calling in life. She discusses her mission-driven consulting business and how she works with communities to create change. In this podcast, we talk about:

Becoming the go-to person for your area of work
How to transition into consulting and maintain your mission orientation
Scaling your work so that more people can be engaged
Ways to get funding to support the consulting work
How to consult in a way that allows communities to make choices on their own
Questions to ask yourself and mistakes to avoid when starting a consulting business