An educational consultant can provide several benefits including increasing name recognition through speaking engagements and professional networking sites, providing clinical expertise and support for sales efforts, assisting customers directly by phone or email, and contributing to projects like journal submissions, website development, and webinars drawing on their experience and networks in areas like management, education, critical care, and various diagnostic specialties. They can support sales representatives by attending trade shows and sales calls, providing clinical knowledge and contacts to help drive business. Overall, a consultant offers respiratory therapy companies recognition as an industry expert while aiding various commercial and educational initiatives through their extensive clinical tenure and professional networks.

1. Why Use an Educational Consultant?

2. DISCLOSURES Educational Speaker/Consultant: ® Aerogen ® Hill-Rom ® Roche Laboratories ® Salter Labs Vest Clinical Trainer- Hill-Rom ® Web Sites: Nibert Consulting http://nibertconsulting.com Who’s Who in Respiratory Therapy : http://www.whoswhoinrt.com AARConnect- Platinum Blogger : http://connect.aarc.org 2

3. ROI Explored Name Recognition: Speaking at Seminars, Webinars and Podcasts Networking on Professional Websites: AARConnect Who’s Who in Respiratory Therapy Consultant's Professional Networking Sites: Facebook Twitter Linked-In

4. Projects Journal Submission Scientific Research Proposals to IRB Web Site Clinical Development & Support to include but not limited to : Best Practice and Evidence Based Medicine Blogs Webinar Schedules Video Clips Library

5. Sales Support Tandem Sales calls with Rep to facilities: Clinical Support with 40 years clinical experience Exploring Best Practice Setting Initial Appointments with new customers when needed Support Product Evaluation Support Sales Rep to close business when needed Support Training Support customer clinical requests after the sale

6. Trade Shows Provide Clinical Support to Sales Team Recognition of a Respiratory Care Ambassador aligned with vendor Provide sales leads to sales team by my contacts within the profession Teach sales team clinical approaches to help customers and drive business

7. Consultation Assisting customers or potential customers by telephone Assisting customers or potential customers by e-mail

8. Nibert Consulting Summary Experiences that make a difference: Management Educational Critical Care Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Diagnostics Sleep Medicine Electroneurodiagnostics Professional Tenure Networking