Lawson and I were in the same Harvard Business School course on “Exponential Fundraising” a few years ago. We all joined a list-serve afterwards to keep in touch & check with each other on knotty problems. I was delighted to learn that LAWSON just got promoted to COO of the National Organization on Disability. His appointment…
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I believe in writing letters that get attention — whether they’re “Thank You’s” or “Complaints”. This letter was so well-written that Richard Branson of Virgin re-tweeted it… I’m just seeing it now & sharing it. * Originally published in April 2013, the letter gained momentum online after Branson tweeted his more than 3 million followers in…
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I had the honor of meeting a group of counselors for Camp Kesem when I was in Michigan — including “CAPO”. I promised to write all the guys letters when I got back to Los Angeles, which I’m doing right now. They gave me special cufflinks with the Camp Kesem mascot, which I carried home…
My stomach’s has been hurting for a while. I finally went in to get an ultrasound — and I was pretty nervous about it, I must admit. So it didn’t help that the place was as cold as Siberia and the ultrasound woman might have come from there too and had the customer service warmth…
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I flew to Michigan this last weekend and was knocked out by how many counselors there are now doing the mission of Camp Kesem. It’s a place my late sister Kitty helped at the beginning, and it’s grown from being on one campus — Stanford University — to being at 62 college campuses across the…
I’ve run a convention before and it’s not easy. Ours was for 250 people plus their cars. This was for 400+ college age counselors, minus their cars. Nonetheless, it was a lot of logistics. Kids came in from all over the country to a campsite in Michigan. Nobody got lost — forever. Nobody lost their…
