As I work on my organization’s spring fundraising campaign, my mind is on those people for whom fundraising feels like a terrifying venture. Few people want to admit they are afraid of fundraising. If you look at fundraising the wrong way, you assume you’ll feel guilty asking your personal friends and others in your network for money. And if you admit that asking them scares you, you may feel a sense of...
Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in an impromptu service project taking place at the Boston Memorial Run in Raleigh. I’d gathered some friends a few days before to whip up a website and gather paper, markers, and other supplies, and the project – “Triangle Loves Boston” – was born. It consisted of asking people to create a message of love and support for folks in Boston recently...
There has been a long gap in posts on this blog, partially because during the Fall of 2011 I was utterly overwhelmed wrapping up my final semester of the Masters in Public Administration / Nonprofit Management program. The other reason, however, was that I felt like I had nothing to say. When you’re so busy, wrapped up in task after task with something to be done every moment, you become like a machine. You...
Today is the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I have been trying to articulate how I’ve felt about this all weekend. Looking back at iconic and horrific images from that day, the one that stuck with me the most was the one known as “The Falling Man.” Staring at the image of this man, I was able to begin to express how that day affected me, in poem format. The picture invokes deep sadness...
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On June 1, 2011 the nonprofit I co-founded and have served with for the past 6 years–ME³–got a face lift. We revamped our look, launched a new website (which the organization had been in dire need of, thanks to my own NON-uber l33t web skills). Oh yeah, and we also changed our name to Activate Good.
On June 1, when our new name, brand, look, and website went live, the board of directors breathed a sigh...
