How You Can Give Back With Your PM Skills During the Pandemic

Michael R. Wood is a Business Process Improvement & IT Strategist Independent Consultant. He is creator of the business process-improvement methodology called HELIX and founder of The Natural Intelligence Group, a strategy, process improvement and technology consulting company. He is also a CPA, has served as an Adjunct Professor in Pepperdine's Management MBA program, an Associate Professor at California Lutheran University, and on the boards of numerous professional organizations. Mr. Wood is a sought after presenter of HELIX workshops and seminars in both the U.S. and Europe.

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If you have a philanthropic heart and have strong entrepreneurial, project management and business acumen skills and talents, the world needs you now more than ever. Whether on a grand scale or within your local community, volunteering your abilities to help revive, sustain and grow businesses can make a huge difference to organizations—and to the lives of their employees and other stakeholders.

If you are serious about helping your local community get back on its feet, then I would suggest you begin by:

• Contacting the local chamber of commerce
• Contacting local trade associations
• Offering to speak at local service organizations like Rotary and Lions clubs
• Going storefront to storefront to explore how and where you might help

Before reaching out to various businesses and organizations, you might want to consider putting together a one-page overview of your intentions, credentials, what services you can volunteer, and the amount of time you can commit to. Below is an example as to what this might look like:

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