Interim Management
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, The Arab-American Family
Support Center was overwhelmed with responding to the needs
of the Arab-American community, interest on the part of other groups
and organizations in reaching out to the community, and media interest
in the community.
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"Michael's pragmatic problem solving ability helped
us to make the organizational changes needed in the wake of
the September 11 attacks-expanding our fund raising, recruiting
staff and developing new programs. Michael is an invaluable
and trusted partner."
Emira Habiby Browne, Executive Director, The Arab-American
Family Support Center
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Infoneighbor.com is an affinity-buying program that provides
nonprofit organizations with donations of a percentage of the money
spent by their supporters in participating neighborhood businesses.
I was asked to serve on an interim basis to direct the startup
phase of the marketing to local organizations and merchants, train
and supervise the staff, and develop a marketing system that the
staff would manage.
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"Michael was an essential part of the Infoneighbor management
team and it is not too much to say that the Community Outreach
area could not have made nearly the progress it did in this
short amount of time without Michael. Non-profit organizations
are sometimes resistant to new ideas, and it was only because
of Michael's significant experience and broad network in the
New York non-profit community that Infoneighbor was able to
sign up over 25 organizations representing tens of thousands
of West Siders in just a few months. Additionally, Michael's
ease in dealing with individuals kept a diverse team focused
on their goal even as they encountered significant obstacles
in achieving their goals. Perhaps most significantly, Michael
differentiated himself from other consultants in that he was
not interested in keeping himself employed infinitely, but
rather interested in developing and putting systems into place
that worked, and then teaching those in the organization to
continue on their own. This is a rare trait in consultants
whose importance should not be underestimated! "
Sebastian Cwilitch, President, Infoneighbor.com
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