Today, I want to share a personal story. And as I tell the story, I’m going to be as honest as possible with what I was truly thinking throughout the process because it captures the entire essence of the evening. I’m sharing this because for a brief moment last night, I got to experience how…
A few years ago, I realized that my husband and I had everything we actually needed. So when the holidays came around, it was exhausting trying to think of things to buy that the other already didn’t have. Quite frankly, it seemed that we were buying for the sake of buying and really not epitomizing…
Finding Mr. or Mrs. “Right” can be tough. So is finding the right company that wants a long-term relationship with your nonprofit. Similar to dating, there are a lot of “fish” out there and the nonprofit world is no different. There are 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States vying for the same grants, funds…
I’m always surprised with how people and businesses define philanthropy. With all the good that philanthropy does, it sometimes get a bad rap. During my seven years in the nonprofit world, I saw how it often times got associated with only big dollar contributions, the wealthy, political campaigns, fortune 500 companies and so on. But…