Business Development

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Shai specializes in expanding relationships, identifying opportunities, recruiting partners and clients, promoting brands, and facilitating market entry – in the United States and internationally. Whether in sales, manufacturing, retail, real estate, technology, logistics or entertainment, many enterprises qualify for financial and other incentives from government agencies, and many arrangements can face governmental or other impediments. Let Shai coordinate, facilitate and problem-solve for your business needs!

 

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Assessments & Strategic Plans

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The more things change, the more you need to plan for the unexpected. Shai’s strategic plans reclaim and – as needed – help adapt your mission statement, define what success would mean at each phase, and then map out specific and coordinated strategies to reach those goals. He identifies existing and potential resources, from physical and financial assets, to your team's professional potential and accessible audience. Shai candidly rates the challenges and liabilities, and outlines a set of options for different contingencies and opportunities likely to arise. 

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Diplomatic & Legislative Strategies

 

Trade agreements, peace treaties, appropriations bills, United Nations resolutions, state visits – all can be instigated, influenced and adjusted, and the earlier and smarter, the better. Getting heard by the right people requires publicity, but also reputations premised on credibility and relationships based upon trust. This includes presidents and parliaments, royal courts, ministers, career staff, insiders, and outsiders.

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Getting the right language inserted in the final document, and keeping stakeholders engaged to ensure implementation after the vote, is equally critical. Shai has a track record of forging coalitions among governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), parliamentarians, and grassroots organizations.

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Beyond elected officials are the unelected appointees and professionals who work for them. They, in turn, oversee massive regional international bureaucracies like the UN, European Union, NATO, and the Organization of American States. Reaching and impacting employees who are so far removed from any voter or effective stakeholder requires leveraging relationships, trust, versatile competencies, cultural fluency, persistence, and perseverance.

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Media & Communication

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Shai covers all aspects of your outreach and presentation, from technical to content, to connecting with outlets and influencers and preparing you for "prime time" – speeches, press releases, ad placements, interviews and coverage, video messages, crisis response, product launches, rebranding, social media, and much more.

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Advocacy/Lobbyist Training 

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Reciting “talking points” off an iPhone may check off a box, but it will not impact the thinking of legislators and officials. Whether for one day in Washington or the United Nations, or a year-long issue campaign, grassroots and leadership alike need – and your cause deserves – real-time orientation to the policymaking environment and personalities; effective and user-friendly points to convey; a clear strategy with roles and contingencies, reinforced by role-playing exercises; and comprehensive debrief and follow-up after the meetings. Shai has done this in every conceivable context, and each time tailored to your needs.

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Intern Placement, Orientation, Supervision

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You've found some amazing students or young professionals who are ready to soak up hands-on experiences, but the thought of managing the whole process is daunting – getting them in the right door, preparing and mentoring them, tracking and reporting on their progress... Shai has managed all of this from start to finish, in cities and situations around the world, and can provide as much or as little as you and your interns need. This includes placement in government agencies, non-profits, or businesses; ensuring academic credit when needed; independent placements or weekly learning sessions and group activities.

 

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Leadership Training 

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True leadership is not taught or awarded, it is earned and demonstrated. Taking initiative, formulating a vision and thinking “outside the box” are important, but most fundamentally “leadership” depends on inspiring followers. In workshops and one-on-one, Shai has coached leaders to be more sensitize to their environment and constituents, and helped managers become the leaders their communities need them to be. 

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Immigration Solutions

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Shai has secured short-term visas and normalized long-term status in the United States and overseas, for professionals, students, and undocumented petitioners – from expediting to diplomatic intervention, to clearing a client through security and into a Consulate with no documents at all. Shai finds and works with the right attorneys, engages the necessary officials, and does whatever it takes.

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Policy Research & Analysis

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Shai produces the analysis, presents it, and helps apply it to actionable goals within your specific environment. His custom-tailored approach transcends conventional pre-packaged or online research:

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• Timely information uniquely relevant to you

• Proprietary, timely input from experts/influencers

• Commentary, news and analysis to your needs 

• Real-time alerts when relevant developments occur

• Customized options for response and action 

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Human Rights Advocacy

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Framing your cause within the right legal and political context can make all the difference, from immigration and asylum cases to broad policy outcomes in the field. This requires not only the right talking points, but connecting throughout with relevant players in and out of government, in the media, and on the ground. It requires listening to and supporting the dissidents and families and activists. Shai maximizes the right venue and instrument, be it an annual assembly or regular sessions in New York, Geneva, Washington, Brussels, Strasbourg, Manama, Marrakesh, Moscow, Kyiv or The Hague, an Embassy or fact-finding delegation.

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Tours, Delegations, VIP Visits

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A trip is a terrible thing to waste.

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A dignitary's one-hour visit to a museum can deliver a media bonanza and change an organization, but first it has to be successful. Let Shai organize every detail of your high-stakes travel and visits, from airline tickets and bus pickups, visas and reimbursement, all the way to speakers, site visits, receptions, meetings, and press coverage. Will you visit the Vatican, or will you have a Papal audience? Will your delegation's meetings be overshadowed or canceled because of larger considerations? Let Shai minimize the hassle and complications, and optimize your trip!

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Websites

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Shai has built and customized many websites from scratch, including this one, and redesigned and managed many others. Sometimes the work is solo, sometimes with the client's team, and sometimes overseeing an outside web firm. This includes concept and design, content and graphics, optics, hosting, training, and integrating with your email, social media and other related platforms.