A couple of times now while working out at the gym I've noticed, that I've noticed when someone is on equipment next to me talking on their cell phone. Why do I notice? What is the difference between a person talking to someone next to them or on their cell phone?
Why is it considered rude when people are on their cell phones in restaurants, elevators and non off-to-the side places, unless they are walking? Is it because only one side of the conversation can be heard? I wonder.
And in the words of my friend Bridget, "this concludes my moment of mundane chatter".
Friday, March 27, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
In Harmony
Back in December I mentioned Erin Holland, who said "the best decisions come from surrounding myself with smart people, listening to their counsel and factoring in my own gut instinct".
Good 'ol Portland Business Journal....this past Friday, an executive profile about Ann Forsthoefel, who when asked about her worst business decision said "taking advice from many instead of listening to my gut."
My inner compass works over time and has failed me not.
Your gut is in harmony with what is best, no matter how you slice the cake and that, you can take to the bank.
Good 'ol Portland Business Journal....this past Friday, an executive profile about Ann Forsthoefel, who when asked about her worst business decision said "taking advice from many instead of listening to my gut."
My inner compass works over time and has failed me not.
Your gut is in harmony with what is best, no matter how you slice the cake and that, you can take to the bank.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Leading Horses to Water
DonorsResource.org allows nonprofits to claim needed items, connect with donors, send automatic tax receipts and all for free. Surprise!! Getting nonprofits to take two seconds to remove donations that they have claimed from the virtual warehouse is a current challenge.
As it stands when the end user browses the virtual warehouse, many items are marked "claimed" which adds to the scroll time and finding available items that can be mixed in or at the end of a category list. Visually the site appears dated and unkept.
A function was installed that gives an "alert" to registered nonprofits upon log-in advising of how many claimed/pending donation their organization has in the virtual warehouse. We followed up with distributing a seperate e-request with three easy steps to take action. Easy times ten, right? Apparently not.
The next step? Perhaps, build a fuction that blocks the "offenders" until they've removed previously claimed items. The question then becomes if DonorsResource.org should absorb the costs involved with buidling these functions? Who would ever even think these forced functions would be necessary.
You can lead horses to water but you can't make them drink.
As it stands when the end user browses the virtual warehouse, many items are marked "claimed" which adds to the scroll time and finding available items that can be mixed in or at the end of a category list. Visually the site appears dated and unkept.
A function was installed that gives an "alert" to registered nonprofits upon log-in advising of how many claimed/pending donation their organization has in the virtual warehouse. We followed up with distributing a seperate e-request with three easy steps to take action. Easy times ten, right? Apparently not.
The next step? Perhaps, build a fuction that blocks the "offenders" until they've removed previously claimed items. The question then becomes if DonorsResource.org should absorb the costs involved with buidling these functions? Who would ever even think these forced functions would be necessary.
You can lead horses to water but you can't make them drink.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
11 Months
April 25th, 2009 marks one year of DonorsResource.org. In 11 months over 220 nonprofits have registered and 6,951 donations claimed. I'm so proud of what this site has accomplished and how quickly.
From atop my soap box, I can vow that absolute focus has been instrumental. More than once I was advised to let this go because "there is a reason that no one has done this before". Yeah, well, maybe and in the end...who knows.
The future is promised to no one and I'm willing to "risk something for a good thing" while keeping it real.
From atop my soap box, I can vow that absolute focus has been instrumental. More than once I was advised to let this go because "there is a reason that no one has done this before". Yeah, well, maybe and in the end...who knows.
The future is promised to no one and I'm willing to "risk something for a good thing" while keeping it real.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Random Kindess
A week ago Monday, Krista Simor Colvin, founder and principle of Organize in Style was on the AM/NW on KATU to talk about getting organized, makes sense, right? And to my surprise she "plugged" DonorsResource.org. We are talking whipping out a box and filling it with items giving the audience a complete visual about how our site works.
The thing is I was introduced to Krista via email forever ago, but we never actually connected until the Friday before she went on AM/NW and for her to have spent what seemed like more than half of her alloted "seconds" on DonorsResource.org was random kindess.
The thing is I was introduced to Krista via email forever ago, but we never actually connected until the Friday before she went on AM/NW and for her to have spent what seemed like more than half of her alloted "seconds" on DonorsResource.org was random kindess.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Coffee Anyone?
This past week was insanely busy with meetings and there is something nagging at me that I must share. Three days in a row I met at three different coffee establishments and each time I ordered a decaf carmel latte.
The first meeting was at Peets Tea and Coffee and I could not get over the creamy frothy love, the right amount of carmel and flavorful coffee. It was so good I want to ask the barista to be my friend.
The second meeting was at Seattles Best and again the latte was amazingly delightful. I wanted to stand up and serenade the other customers. The last meeting of this week was at (probably should not say the name) what had been my coffee place of choice. My decaf latte was flat and was can like.
After thinking about it, I realized the coffee at this place had always been like that. Why had I been so loyal to this brand? Convenience of mass locations? Familiarity?
I was asleep at the wheel on this one and if you'd like to meet me for coffee, I'm awake now.
The first meeting was at Peets Tea and Coffee and I could not get over the creamy frothy love, the right amount of carmel and flavorful coffee. It was so good I want to ask the barista to be my friend.
The second meeting was at Seattles Best and again the latte was amazingly delightful. I wanted to stand up and serenade the other customers. The last meeting of this week was at (probably should not say the name) what had been my coffee place of choice. My decaf latte was flat and was can like.
After thinking about it, I realized the coffee at this place had always been like that. Why had I been so loyal to this brand? Convenience of mass locations? Familiarity?
I was asleep at the wheel on this one and if you'd like to meet me for coffee, I'm awake now.
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