TED Community » Afif Tabsh
About Me
As a management consultant and trainer, Afif's career started during his studies at the university when he first worked at the Computing & Networking Services (CNS) at AUB. After graduating, he worked at CSC Bank as Senior IT Development Officer. In parallel, he worked on a freelance basis as a consultant and trainer to assist corporations and NGOs in Strategic Planning, Process Improvement, Human Capital Management, Project & Program Management and Leadership. Currently, he works on a full time basis as a Consultant at CMCS Lebanon with special focus on Project Management for Entrepreneurs and NGOs.
Moreover, on a daily bases he focuses on keeping himself well informed and aligned with global and local issues through ongoing studies as he believes in life long learning. He is especially interested in the fields of Youth Empowerment, Leadership, NGO & SME Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Coaching & Consultancy, ICT, PR, Training Techniques and Project Management.
He is very passionate about professional volunteering, coaching youth, community development, community service, citizenship and social activism. This has been reflected through the NGOs and clubs he has founded and others that he is engaged in at the Board level. He is constantly serving his community, building the capacity of the people around him, strengthening civil peace and promoting ethical values and principles.
He participated, organized, trained and was a guest speaker in numerous conferences, camps, workshops, conventions and seminars under Aie Serve, PMI, UNDP, UNESCO, Rotary, Youth Economic Forum, AUB Alumni Council, Arab Economic Form, LAU Peace & Justice Institute amongst others.
- Location:
- Lebanon, Beirut
- Current organization:
- Aie Serve
- Past organizations:
- Council Member at WAAAAUB, Ambassador for Peace at UPF, President at UNESCO Alumni Club
- Current role:
- Cofounder and President
- Gender:
- Male
- Areas of expertise:
- Computer Science, Project Management, Training and Development, Training - Organizational Strategies, Consultancy & motivation, Webdesign, Events Planning/Organizing, educational reform, NGO Management, Research and Development
- I am:
- Activist, Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Consultant, Environmentalist, Event planner, Idea generator, Philanthropist, Project manager, Social entrepreneur
- Associations:
- Aie Serve, Youth Economic Forum, ISC Alumni Association, UNESCO, World Economic Forum - Global Shaper, Project Management Institute (PMI) - Vice President of Lebanon Chapter
- Languages:
- Arabic, English, French
- My website links:
- Aie Serve, Personal Blog, LinkedIn Professional Profile
- Universities:
- American University of Beirut
More About Me
I'm passionate about
Project & Program Management, Youth Leadership, Community Service, Educational Reform, Motivation & Proactiveness, Positive Change, Grassroots Empowerment, Training & Development, Public Speaking
An idea worth spreading
“The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, 'Go!' -a leader says, 'Let's go!'.” -E. M. Kelly quotes
"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Be the change you want to see in the world" - Mahatma Ghandi
“The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.” -Garth Brooks
"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible." - Vince Lombardi
"Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
"What was taken by force, can only be restored by force." - Jamal Abdel Nasser
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People don't know that I'm good at
Poetry, Cooking, Swimming, and Biking.
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