A PHD in Facial Hair #infographic

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#Infographic: What’s Working in Digital Non-Profit Fundraising

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From Mashable:

“On April 5, M+R Strategic Services, a public relations and communications firm working with leading non-profits, and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), a membership organization of non-profit professionals who use technology for their causes, will release their sixth annual eNonprofit Benchmarks Study of what is working today in online advocacy, fundraising and social networking. The study is based on primary research with 44 participating non-profits, including the AARP, American Red Cross, Human Rights Watch, Planned Parenthood and the World Wildlife Fund. All of the non-profits covered fall under the categories of environmental, international, human rights, wildlife, animal welfare and other causes. The 2011 study can be downloaded here.”

It’s an interesting infographic, showing fundraising innovations and trends across the sector. Will be interesting to see what the full report contains when it’s released on April 5th.

Nobody can succeed on their own

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Just read this post from Lane Becker, Co-Founder of Adaptive Path and Get Satisfaction. It’s a great read and reminder of the hardship involved with running a startup and how even the most successful-seeming companies have gone through several make-or-break moments (Zappos being another great example).

Having read and enjoyed the post, it was the very last sentence that really struck a chord with me:

“Nobody can succeed on their own, and nobody can sustain the belief that anything is possible by themselves—better to find the people you trust, hold on to them tight, and change the world together.”

This has been an idea I’ve really felt recently, with a successful fundraising event under our belts (PR Prom) and a positive future ahead for Bright One and Bright Works.

The success behind all of these projects has been the people, who I trust and am aiming to hold on tight to (figarutively, of course…).

And you can be sure we’ll be changing the world together

The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work

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Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

Limitations

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