Michael Kleiner receives 2003 SBA Home-Based Business Advocate Award

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Bruce Haring of JM Norhtern presents Michael Kleiner with his first place award in the Beach Book Festival for Kleiner's memoir. Beyond the Cold: An American's Warm Portrait of Norway

Michael Kleiner has received recognition as an author, in his profession and for being an advocate. In 2009, his memoir, Beyond the Cold: An American’s Warm Portrait of Norway, received first place in the Beach Book Festival, honorable mention in the Nashville, New England, London and Los Angeles Book Festivals, all sponsored by JM Northern Media LLC of Hollywood. In the photo, Bruce Haring (left), managing director of JM Northern Media LLC, presents Michael his Beach Book Festival Award at the historic Algonquin Hotel in New York, where the Algonquin Circle of literary greats used to meet.

Cover of Beyond the Cold: An American’s Warm Portrait of Norway by Michael Kleiner

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Michael Kleiner was included in The Authors Show 2010 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading

Additionally, he was included in The Authors Show 2010 Great Writers You Should Be Reading. The Authors Show is an Internet radion and TV show.

Seal of Nomination of Michael Kleiner’s memoir Beyond the Cold: An American’s Warm Portrait of Norway

In 2011, he was nominated for the Global eBook Awards in the Autobiography/Memoir Category.

Michael Kleiner was the recipient of the 2003 U.S. Small Business Administration Home-Based Business Advocate Award for Southeastern Pennsylvania, the state of Pennsylvania and Region III (Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, District of Columbia). This was in part, for his co-founding of a Small Office Home Office group as a board member of the Mt. Airy Business Association. He received his award at a reception prior to the Philadelphia Phillies game on May 15, 2003. He served as President of the Mt. Airy Business Association in 2006 and 2007.

Also in 2003, Kleinaer received The Communicator Awards Crystal Award of Excellence (its highest honor) in the category of Writing/Feature Article, an international competition. His article is here.

Michael Kleiner receives the Home-Based Business Advocate Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration

Michele Vervlied (left) of Advocates for Small Business, presents the Home-based Business Advocate Awards to Michael Kleiner as Thomas G. Tolan, Director of SBA’s Philadelphia District Office, and Allegra F. McCullough, U.S. Small Business Administration Region III Administrator, looks on. “The SBA and the Advocates for Small Business present to you the award for Home-Based Business Advocate of the Year. This award is being given to you for your dedication to the small business community by volunteering your efforts to improve the climate for home-based businesses. Mr. Kleiner knows first-hand both the pleasures of, and obstacles to confront in running a home-based business. Not only has he used that information to make his own business a success, but he devotes his time and efforts to work with the small business community on those issues that have impeded progress for home-based business owners. Mr. Kleiner is not only the award winner for Southeastern Pennsylvania, but he also has won SBA’s State of Pennsylvania and Regional awards.” This qualified him for the national competition.” Photo courtesy of Small Business Administration.

Allegra F. McCullough, U.S. Small Business Administration Region III Administrator, Michael Kleiner with his district and state and region awards, and Hector V. Barreto, U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator. Photo courtesy of Small Business Administration.

Michael Kleiner received The Communicator Award of Excellence in Feature Writing