Archive for April 10, 2020

My friend Roger was an outstanding sprinter on his high
school track team. He ran the anchor leg of the 4 x 400-yard relay team. At one
particular track meet, his relay was the last event of the day. If they won the
relay, the school would also win the entire meet.

The first three legs of the relay were very close. Roger
received the “anchor leg” baton in second place, but was able to sprint past
his opponent to a comfortable lead with quite a bit of track left until the
finish line. Roger became over-confident

Stress is caused by uncertainty,
uncontrollable situations, and sustained volatility according a stress researcher
from Harvard University. The research I’ve read finds that the “big three”
elements that cause stress is when “family, finances and/or health” are
threatened. It appears that all of these elements are in the bullseye right
now, and it’s almost certainly going to get worse before it gets better.

Who could have imagined the lightning speed at which the
world has changed in just the last few days. In many parts of the world the
number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 is

This is definitely NOT April Fool’s Day advice in this document. If you’re concerned about if or how your nonprofit should approach its donors during the pandemic…this attachment has 20 links to excellent resources regarding this vital topic (i.e. – direct mail, major donors, campaigns, communication, etc,) Thanks to my client ALDE.ORG for providing this doc for its membership. Just click here to find the hotlinks to these resources…