What is on your wish list this holiday season? A few years ago, I got into the habit of keeping running wish lists on Amazon and Evernote. It used to be that my mom would ask me for my Christmas wish list around mid-October. I could never think of anything on the spot. Now, I just point her to my Amazon wish list. Or, for things that she can't buy on Amazon, I send her some ideas from my Evernote list. My sisters are great about keeping their Amazon wish lists current and tha

#GivingTuesday is less than two weeks away. What are you planning? It's not too late to make it a great day for your small nonprofit and your community of support. How? Instead of asking, asking, asking all day, make it about thanking, thanking, thanking! One of the my favorite experiences over the years is bringing together board members, employees, and volunteer staff members to have a "Giving Thanks Party." At these simple events, we call and write notes to your best donor

This is embarrassing. Back in college, Friday nights were a big deal to me. Something fun was happening somewhere and my mission to find it started around Tuesday. Now, here's the embarrassing truth: What was happening on Friday night was not nearly as important to me as with whom. That meant getting the "coolest" kids to invite me to hang out with them. SMH. I developed a little system I used each week to get with the coolest crowd on Friday night. I called it "keeping my op