Listening—it’s magic.

If you are a fundraiser doing all the talking, you are doing it wrong. Donors are so used to being talked at. Why not try listening instead?

Just Keep Swimming!!!!

Are we passing on a genetic predisposition of giving and being generous? Or is giving something that is learned?

I believe giving is a learned skill. But is the way we are teaching the topic heard in a way that changes our behaviors? Are we receiving the message, but not really understanding the importance?

There is a scene in the Miracle on 34th street where a shopper is in Macy’s looking for a particular toy.

Macy’s is out of that toy.

The Macy’s Santa sends the shopper to Acme toy company where he knows they still have the toy.

Big rocks first, then gravel, then sand, then water. So goes Steven Covey’s famous anecdote about priorities. Making mixed-media mosaics, I’ve learned how valuable this advice can be.