Staying Power: How to Sustain Your Consulting Business in a Weak Economy
Thu, Nov 19
|Web Series, Online via Zoom
Real talk on keeping clients, cash flow and momentum when budgets tighten, for consultants, fractional executives and professional service providers.


Time & Location
Nov 19, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Web Series, Online via Zoom
Guests
About the event
Staying Power: How to Sustain Your Consulting Business in a Weak Economy
Budgets are tightening, grants are harder to find, and consultants are often the first line item to go. If your pipeline has felt thinner lately, you're not alone.
Join Cari A. Harris (Founder & Principal, The Butterfly Effect) and Caitlin Barnhart (Founder & Principal, Impact Now Consulting) for an honest, interactive Consulting Community conversation about how consultants keep clients, cash flow, and momentum when the economy slows down.
We'll get into:
Where consultants are finding work when grants and contract budgets shrink
Protecting cash flow with deposits, retainers, and payment terms