Companies
What’s in it for Case Consultants (you)?
- Choose a real, mission-driven company aligned with your goals.
- Learn the BE-EDGE formula for boutique employability.
- Conduct case consulting and build your portfolio.
- Connect with clients and peers working on the same case.
- Get mentorship from industry experts.
- Earn a recommendation letter for impact-driven consulting.
- Receive an invite to design your own case consulting practicum.
- Enjoy a fast-paced, hackathon-style weekend of problem-solving.
What’s in it for business partners as Case Clients?
- Share real challenges and gain fresh problem-solving insights.
- Learn new approaches from motivated case consultants.
- Connect with driven, educated talent in your industry.
- Build valuable personal and professional relationships.
Who is this for?
International students applying global knowledge to US market entry challenges.
Career changers building consulting portfolios for their next strategic move.
Students creating social impact by helping those in need.
How the connection happens?
WEEKEND 1
Friday evening [5:30pm – 9:30pm]
- CORE: Synchronization at the personal level of “what is here for me?” “Our Team.”
- You choose the team to work on a challenge that is meaningful for you
Saturday morning [9am – 5pm]
- TRUST: Social level of synchronization. “Our Company.”
- You listen, learn, and connect to the company
Sunday morning [9am – 1pm]
- From TRUST to VALUE: Synchronization at the professional level. “Our Solution for Our Company”.
- You will work in your teams with a case coach to create an actionable solution
WEEKEND 2
Friday evening [5:30pm – 9:30pm]
- VALUE: Professional level of synchronization.
- Consulting teams will get a hands-on training from industry experts in pitching a solution
Saturday morning [9am – 3pm]
- VALUE: Professional level of synchronization. Synchronization at the “we did it” level of achievement. “Our Competitive EDGE.”
- Teams pitch to industry experts and mentors
Sunday morning [9am – 1pm]
- EXCITEMENT: Exciting stakeholders.
- Award ceremony. Meeting with mentors. Close of Consult-a-thon
ARE YOU READY FOR
a hackathon-style weekend of problem-solving? Hurry! The number of seats is limited!
Frequently Asked Questions
BE-EDGE Consult-a-thon is a fun, fast-paced bootcamp style event spread over two weekends with a week in between, designed to help you master the craft of impact-driven consulting and enhance your employability in a boutique setting.
This specific BE-EDGE Consult-a-thon is open to master students interested in problem-solving and consulting. We welcome diverse backgrounds, including business, engineering, design, and more.
Following a four-step BE=E-D-G-E method, you serve as Case Consultants for a Case Client, a small US company facing a challenge you will help with. You will meet several case clients and select the one most relevant to your career aspirations. As a team of people who made the same choice, you will follow E-D-G-E steps of case consulting, constantly working against the clock. Each step has special meaning for your synchronization with the client reality and investment in your BE– Boutique [standout] Employability.
The event will take place on July 26-28 and August 2-4, 2024. This normally happens on 2 weekends. Timings will be posted on our website and communicated via email upon registration.
