Direct mail is king. But kings can be dethroned. Well-intentioned organizations do it all the time. Avoid these common mistakes to ensure your direct mail campaign is as kingly as it should be.
Add Hours Back Into Your Week
If your idea of increasing productivity is petitioning the universe to add a few hours to the day, take heart. There are less cosmically improbable ways. Let’s glance at how technology can work in your favor and add hours back into your week.
Get Un-Stuck and Get Moving
There are many smart people walking around with brilliant ideas in their heads, but just a small few of them can manage to take action and make something happen.
Prepare and Achieve
You know that feeling of spinning your wheels? That feeling you get when you are burning through time and exhausting yourself yet having little to show for it in the end? Preparation is critical, but what gives you bragging rights at the end of the day is the action you take
Better Than Average
Do you wish to be better than average in your career and in your life? If you do, then you need to behave in a better than average fashion. It’s an obvious statement, but an endless number of people belie this sound reasoning.
Does Your Career Need An Energy Shot? Consider Planned Giving
Two informal surveys we conducted indicate that those who even dabble in planned giving do significantly better in their careers than those who do not.
What Are You Thankful For?
Our clients are some of the most successful, creative people in the planned giving community. We asked them what they’re grateful for, and here’s what they said. (Feel free to steal their ideas at your family feast on Thanksgiving.)
Should I Develop People Skills, or Technical Skills?
Did you know that most companies base 80% of their hiring decision on technical skills, yet 85% of turnover is due to behavioral incompatibility?
Counting Your Website Hits? The Real Scoop.
Most in philanthropy are not that tech-savvy. And if one does not understand the basics, it’s much too easy to go down a misguided path by taking advice from someone not as much interested in his or her institution’s long-term interest.