The “Fresh Start” Fundraiser Giveaway
Hooray, hooray! It’s a new giveaway!I’m thrilled to announce a new CharityJen care package: The Fundraiser’s “Fresh Start” Gift Box Giveaway.It’s been another hectic year-end fundraising season on the heels…
Inside the Smithsonian: Giving in America
It started with a Facebook post that said, “Lo and behold, there I am!”Greg Ng, the host of the 24-Hour Telethon fundraising campaign for the Food Bank of Central &…
Spotlight on Prized Campaigns
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been reflecting on career accomplishments. Perhaps it’s because a friend asked me to audit their LinkedIn account and I discovered so much rich history…
From the Nest Podcast Launch
Drumroll, please!I’m thrilled to share that my podcast, long in the making, has finally come to life and is ready for the big stage.From the Nest with CharityJen: Where Fundraising…
Mastodon: Fun with Polls
Besides the fascinating arts, science and historical posts that I’ve discovered on Mastodon so far, another tremendously insightful and fun aspect of the platform are the polls and surveys.One of…
Your 2023 Fundraising Predictions
The start of another year bubbles with excitement and suspense: the planning, the ideation, the analysis, and most anticipated of all, the fundraising projections. With a fiscal year ending on…
Mastodon: Getting Started
You may have heard about Mastodon, you may have read about my first 10-day experience, or you may wonder how the heck you’ll ever leave Twitter. In any of these…
Mastodon: The First Ten Days
Rewind to 2009. It was a magical time in which social media was blossoming and the digital world was a glittering landscape. In our town, there was a plethora of…
Frazzled Fundraisers Unite!
It was a foggy, gray morning and I was struggling to come up with the next round of fundraising support that I could offer my CharityJen network. I stared at…
Lessons in Quarantine
To say that this strange period of quarantine has been an adjustment is an understatement. It's more like dealing with a giant, nationwide sucker punch. In the blink of an…