The Standards for Excellence Institute's Licensed Consultant training program is an exclusive professional development initiative for independent nonprofit consultants. The training offers the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to work with nonprofit organizations across the country interested in learning about the Standards for Excellence, implementing the code of excellence, and becoming accredited by the Standards for Excellence Institute. In May 2016, the Standards for Excellence Institute’s Licensed Consultant program celebrated its tenth anniversary. The Institute has been celebrating this milestone with our "Ten Years of Advancing Excellence" series, featuring blogs authored by Licensed Consultants and highlighting various standards outlined in the Standards for Excellence code. The posts below were written by Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultants as part of the series. As we conclude the celebration year of our tenth anniversary, we look forward to the next ten years of excellence! The Standards for Excellence Institute will offer the next Licensed Consultant program in the fall of 2017.  For information on the Licensed Consultant program, visit standardsforexcellence.org/become-a-licensed-consultant.