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Engaging with your supporters

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In my job, we’re always thinking about how to serve our constituents, our supporters, our donors, our followers, and fans, partners, and champions. That means we frequently “engage with our supporters” which means wonky non-profit type stuff like “creating a dialogue,” “providing a platform for community-building,” “raising awareness,” and “reporting back.” We tell our people [...]

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Making the big elephant in the room smaller

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

There are always the conversations that we know we should have, but don’t want to. Usually it’s because we’re afraid of hurting someone, or getting hurt ourselves. Even the people who never shy away from a challenge or a confrontation or an opportunity to speak the truth can find it hard to avoid the 500 [...]

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These things are the wonderful things…

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on December 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »

…we’ll remember all through our lives. So goes a verse in the Carpenters’ Christmas classic, “Sleigh Ride.” This song will be playing while my parents and I drag up the big plastic containers with red and green lids from the basement that snugly hold our universe of Christmas decorations. We’ll pick and choose from the [...]

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Through the bad…the good shines through

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A week ago at this time I was sobbing on my bed, curled into a ball, hugging my stuffed Casey, after hearing from my mom that the real Casey, my corgi, was gone forever. This afternoon, football is on the TV and my boyfriend is laying on the bed while I type, his presence alone [...]

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Yeah… you’re right!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sometimes there are those days where nothing seems to be going right. We get some bad news, we get in a fight with someone we love, get reprimanded by the boss, or  we’re late to an appointment because of traffic. Last week I had almost an entire week of that. I had the weird medical [...]

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Back to life, back to reality

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yet another song so aptly applies to life – probably how it is meant when songs are written, but it does seem so cliche sometimes. I remember when I was in high school and college and I posted song lyrics as instant messenger away messages and in my profile – they usually were silly love [...]

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Waders and weddings

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on May 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday was our service day for UNF.  We went to the Kennilworth Aquatic Gardens in SE DC and split up to do various “yard work” tasks. My group got to muck around in the ponds raking out lily pads. We got to wear these awesome waders with boots attached. Of course there were no smaller [...]

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Relaxation brings reflection

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »

We’re all doing it right now – the days of 2008 are coming to an end, and as we’re sitting around trying to take a breath after the holidays, putting away decorations, catch up on the piles of magazines, and we’re doing a little thinking. What happened this year? What will next year bring? What [...]

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