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Amanda Fisher makes a business
out of philanthropy.
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Harry Kirsbaum
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Amanda Fisher is build-
ing a brand that connects
companies that want to give back to
organizations that do good things for
the community.
The 26-year-old University of
Michigan graduate, whose grandfather
was the late philanthropist Max Fisher,
began Amanda Fisher Productions in
2007 "to merge the two things I love the
most, PR/production and philanthropic
efforts, which I've been involved in
since I've been a baby:' she said.
"AFP was born with this idea of
providing for impact consulting, public
relations production, especially doing
fundraisers and benefits, so that my
clients cannot only make an impact on
the community, but can also benefit
through the marketing effects of that
type of service:'
Fisher said she has many memories
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More Than An Expo
Professional women's network helps
people connect.
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Marielle Temkin
Special to the Jewish News
HOUR DETROIT MAGAZINE'S
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I is an interesting story: A nonprofit
that produces a free expo each year
that's open to the public to showcase
community resources for health and
business in the Southfield area.
This year, the Michigan Professional
Women's Network (MPWN) expo, "Get
Your Body and Business in Shape
takes place on Thursday, Oct. 24.
Psychologist Dr. Diane Buffalin leads
the group, which has been around since
1981. "I produce this expo as a way
of getting people together. We have
around 100 exhibitors, and between 400
and 500 people come through:' she said.
The expo isn't the only aspect of this
networking group, which also holds
weekly meetings — Buffalin says about
26 people attend each week — to pro-
vide support and share resources.
"If there are 20 people in the room
and everybody knows 100 people, well
there are 2,000 people we're all con-
nected to:' she said.
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ith a legacy of giving,
of "Pops:' but it was her grandmother,
Marjorie, "Dearie," who said, "Giving
starts with your heart, and then you use
your head:'
That set Fisher's life on this course.
"These words were the inspiration
for me to start AFP," she said. "So many
of my clients know where their hearts
lie; they know what they are passionate
about. It's my job to then use my head
to make sure that their vision becomes
a reality:'
Working with three paid interns out
of her Birmingham condo and her car,
Fisher is fully mobile and constantly
traveling from client to client.
She has done fundraising events at
Soundboard at the MotorCity Casino
and is involved with the Scleroderma
Foundation's 5K run at Kensington Park
on Nov. 9.
On Aug. 23, AFP managed the
first 2013 All-Star Hoops Festival at
the Townsend Hotel for Bloomfield
Hills-based Compass Management, a
financial management company for
Lakes Medical Center
2300 Haggerty Rd., Ste. 1110, West Bloomfield
248.669.2000
Connecting is also the theme of the
expo, which showcases a variety of
resources in the community.
Bunni Lieberman of Aronoff &
Linnell PLLC is a past president of West
Bloomfield Temple Shir Shalom and
will be a vendor at the expo for the first
time this year.
"I joined the network because I'm
looking to reach out beyond our walls
to promote business and interact with
other individuals and pass along infor-
mation:' she said. "I'm just very excited
to be a part of it and share information
with the other exhibitors and expose
our company to more professionals in
the area:'
Carolyn Klinger of Insphere
Insurance Solutions is a repeat expo
vendor. "It's just great exposure to
people who need my services:' she said.
"There's always questions about what I
do, people who take my card. The atti-
tude is all about networking — some
people do go there for products, but it's
really all about the resources and hav-
ing all these resources in one place:'
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