Consulting Projects
With a focus on growing reach, revenue, and impact, Tagoras has been consulting with organizations in the business of continuing education and professional development for nearly two decades. Our expert consultants lead you through time-tested processes to deeply understand your market and make the right strategic choices.
MARKET ASSESSMENT
As the global market for lifelong learning has become increasingly competitive, it has become critical for those serving and investing in it to understand where the true opportunities—and pitfalls—lie. We help our clients assess, analyze, and achieve real understanding of their target audiences as a foundation for pursuing the right strategy and maximizing reach, revenue, and impact.
STRATEGY FORMULATION
Drawing on our extensive experience leading and advising learning businesses, we help organizations develop successful strategies for navigating and capitalizing on the market for lifelong learning, continuing education, and professional development.
The result? These clients increase market penetration, deliver more value to their members and customers, grow net revenue, and maximize return on investment.
In addition to our project-based consulting, we also offer Retained Advisory Services as a way to extend and enhance your organization’s capacity and the Maturity Accelerator Program as a facilitated, cohort-based curriculum for helping you along the path to greater learning business maturity.
Peter J. O’Neil, FASAE, CAE
When we needed to know the feasibility of launching a new credential for our audience, we turned to Jeff Cobb and Tagoras for guidance. Jeff provided expert analysis of our market along with strategic recommendations for how we should proceed. I recommend him as a trusted advisor for any organization looking to capitalize on new opportunities in the market for lifelong education.
Wendy Carriegan
The Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) sought the expert guidance of Jeff Cobb with Tagoras at a time when industry changes demanded a new approach to the educational needs of its members. Jeff skillfully engaged the members of our Educational Strategy Task Force to help arrive at a balanced and strategic approach. A new “Guiding Policy” and recommended “Key Actions” were the result of successful collaboration and expert guidance. AHDI highly recommends Jeff and Tagoras to any organization that needs to reconsider its approach to education/lifelong learning and strategy for the future.
Henry Chamberlain, APR, FASAE, CAE
We engaged Jeff Cobb and Tagoras to help us develop a plan for strategic collaboration with a very different organization we are aligned with in the marketplace. Jeff worked closely with the staff and leadership of both organizations to surface critical issues, clarify potential opportunities, and bring structure to our vision. The result was a roadmap that the boards of both organizations enthusiastically approved to build the foundation for a successful business partnership and valuable new educational initiative for the industry.
Bruce Clarke
We engaged Tagoras to assess our current membership model at CAI holistically and help us answer critical questions about the strategic roles of each of our three core activities: Membership, Learning & Development, and HR Products/Services. Jeff Cobb led the effort and did a skillful job of facilitating executive team discussions, bringing in member and employee perspectives, and identifying the most critical issues and opportunities. Jeff’s recommendations were insightful and actionable. We’re now putting them to work as part of the strategy that will drive CAI’s future growth and success.
Thomas Reiser
We had heard of Tagoras from their thought-leadership, presentations at conferences, reports, and recommendations from other organization. Celisa Steele led our project, and she helped us to scope our needs and select a partner to take our e-learning efforts forward. Celisa’s expertise and guidance provided enormous support to us and allowed us to tap into expertise we did not have in house, ask the right questions, and qualify our actual needs. Engaging Tagoras and particularly Celisa has been one of the smartest investments we could have made.
Rick Grimm, CPPO, CPPB
Tagoras provided all the facts we needed when preparing to advance e-learning within our organization. His recommendations were research based, concise and clear. He facilitated a discussion with our 15 member Board of Directors who was able to clearly understand and act upon the strategic vision he proposed to them with confidence. His experience, passion for the subject and willingness to collaborate for our success made all the difference. He listened to our needs, assessed the situation and made us a part of the solution. It will be our pleasure to continue to work with him in the future.