Reflections on Your 30th Birthday
One Today you turn 30. Happy Birthday! Two. Today is really no different than another other birthday, except that it is divisible by 10. And that feels a certain kind of way. You aren’t just thirty. You are three decades old. You are three, times ten, times one years old. You are thirty babies learning ...
Giving Tuesday, the Valentine’s Day of Philanthropy
Today is #GivingTuesday! I’ve looked forward to this day each November for the last few years—and it isn’t just because my day job is in fundraising. Although, it would be fair to say that my position has allowed me to see what an impact a single day of giving can mean to an organization or ...
Cyber Monday, Double Birthdays, and Shameless Promotion
Hello Friends. If you missed my Thanksgiving post, please check that out here. If you’ve already read that and are fairly sure you don’t want to read it again for old times’ sake, proceed with the rest of this post. Notes From My Phone* officially turns two years old on Dec. 6. It’s a toddler ...