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I’m a huge fan of 80’s pop music. My husband thinks my taste in music is cringe-worthy, but I just wanna dance with somebody before I go-go because I just
I’m a huge fan of 80’s pop music. My husband thinks my taste in music is cringe-worthy, but I just wanna dance with somebody before I go-go because I just
There are a lot of people I know who would rather stick rusty needles in their eyes than ask for money. The reasons why people are scared to ask for
I wish I had a magic wand that would make money appear in your bank account without having to ask for it. I wish that you had a generous leprechaun
People pay me money to teach them how to fundraise. I’m really glad that they do, but the answer is so very simple. Learn how to have a conversation. That’s
“Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.” -Dale Carnegie We are all the heroes of our own personal movies. Whether it’s a comedy, tragedy, drama or horror
The hardest job to fill in nonprofits isn’t the Executive Director–it’s the development director. Change my mind on that. The reason? We don’t have a tightly defined scope of what
“The man who chases two rabbits, catches neither.” ― Confucius It may surprise you, gentle reader, to learn that I am not perfect. I know. Take a second to clutch
“Never complain, never explain.” -Katharine Hepburn There is a Chinese saying, “chi ku” which translates to “eating bitterness.” It’s a Confucian concept meaning that one should suck it up. And,
I recently saw a talk that showed the way to increase influence is to recognize the difference between what you want to say and what the other person needs to
Human beings are uniquely remarkable for our ability to tell stories. We are not the fastest, strongest, fiercest species. What we lack in tooth and claw, we make up for
We create so much mind drama about the fundraising process (Guessers, anyone?), but it really boils down to a simple equation. Asks-no’s = yeses. I’m no mathematician, but it seems
A friend of mine recently shared this article with me about people who are Askers vs. Guessers and it kind of blew my mind. Basically, there are two kinds of
“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six of them sharpening my axe.”― Abraham Lincoln Did you know that the great Lebron James
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Dear friends, This past week was a particularly tough
In the last years of her life, my maternal grandmother forgot things like the names of her grandchildren (I mean, there are 18 of us) but she never forgot about
“I get by with a little help from my friends.” -The Beatles Before I was an Executive Director, I could scarcely imagine what a high-wire act it was. Fundraising, managing
“A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” -Mahatma Gandhi Last week, Asians joined a club that nobody ever wants to be part of. Like our
Asian-Americans have long been held up by whites as the “model minority” in opposition to African-Americans. We were the “good” minority who work hard, stayed quiet and knew their place.
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