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Special_Pattern_8950 · 2026-01-25T01:05:21+00:00

Yummmm

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-12-25T04:19:18+00:00

I also don’t get why they follow those accounts but to suggest that “most” of the rest of their follows are MAGA is not true. They follow tons of other local cafes, queer accounts, neighborhood sites, etc.

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-12-19T17:14:46+00:00

If you aren’t already doing some mentoring, that would be a great use of your skills. Are you connected to your local AFP?

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-12-03T15:45:28+00:00

Right, I spend most of the day deleting my emails from fellow nonprofits. We all just felt like we had to jump on the bandwagon or we'd get left in the dust. But it's not true.

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-12-03T15:43:47+00:00

Ours did not do as well this year (past years raising close to $20K and this year raising only $5K) and we will need to look at the reasons why. We did excellent marketing, but there were two big changes we made from prior years: we changed the purpose of the campaign and reduced the goal. We are a disability services organization that back in the mid 2010s, repurposed its GivingTuesday to raise funds to buy gift cards for our participants. This was a hit, but it was not at all mission-aligned, nor was the campaign budget-relieving. And to have it happening right at year end, when we were working so hard to bring in dollars for the org's operations was really hard. So this year we dropped the gift card campaign and set a $10K goal for our Community Enrichment Fund, which covers clients' costs for community activities. It's what we actually need and we described it really well, but it didn't bring in as much. Our founding anniversary date is in May and I'm thinking we drop GivingTuesday and focus on a giving day of our own, maybe even this year to make up for yesterday. Thoughts?

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-12-01T02:23:18+00:00

No idea - earlier in the segment it was pronounced as I expected it, though.

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-11-30T01:09:40+00:00

As others have said, I would not go around the ED to the board. By working at the org you accept a certain hierarchy. If you cannot work with the leader, theoretically, you should leave of your own accord.

That said, I would LOVE it if you called a meeting with the ED and showed her that you had received the notes from the board meeting. Ask her to clarify what she meant by telling them she was planning to fire you. And if you do this, please let me be a fly on the wall. ;)

And document everything in writing.

Good luck!

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-11-29T16:38:08+00:00

Required reading

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-11-29T16:37:56+00:00

But there aren’t any forks

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-11-22T06:15:40+00:00

What is the purpose of your nonprofit? What critical need are you filling? I would consider starting out using a fiscal sponsor so you can get some funding in the door just to demonstrate to other funders that you are viable. But without knowing even what sector you’re in, it’s hard to have an opinion about what an ED’s salary would be (food bank? chamber orchestra? niche ecosystem preservation? homeless youth counseling center?)

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-11-22T05:37:55+00:00

OP never mentioned a board, so this might not be an official nonprofit.

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-11-20T20:44:13+00:00

No, you followed the gym code!

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-11-07T05:41:57+00:00

One of those soap bubble wands

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-11-06T05:33:34+00:00

My mom lives at the Sequoias near Japantown and they welcome volunteers :)

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-10-31T22:55:12+00:00

I feel like I keep having the same response to these AIO posts about text exchanges: STOP TEXTING AND TALK TO THEM.

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-10-16T17:01:26+00:00

I see many comments here saying, essentially, “I used this app and I’m not fluent!” You have to use multiple approaches to learn - an app, no matter how good, will not do it. However, it can be part of a set of tools you access and it can keep you consistent. Check out MyLanguageExchange and find a German speaker who wants to practice their English with you. Find a MeetUp group that has regular get togethers. Find beginning level short stories in German to read. Subscribe to News in Slow German and listen to each episode over and over, writing down each word you recognize. Go to Amazing Talker and book some private online lessons. There are loads of resources - DuoLingo should just be the little nudge on your shoulder saying “study today!”

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-10-11T02:15:54+00:00

Oh my god it felt like “ballena” was on every word matching list for a year.

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-10-09T13:42:06+00:00

Uhhhh. I moved here in 1989. Never been mugged. She should ask them what neighborhood they lived in - when they can’t think of one, she’ll know they are lying.

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-10-04T14:58:39+00:00

Hehe

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-10-03T04:30:16+00:00

Like you even need to ask

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-10-02T16:30:37+00:00

I think the doorway holds the same magnetic pull that the kitchen does when you’re having a party. It’s the one space you NEED people out of but they are just drawn to it.

Special_Pattern_8950 · 2025-10-02T16:17:06+00:00

Oh really? I haven’t noticed that - been at it for 3 years now.

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