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My DonorsChoose.org Experience

Inspired by Tim Ferriss’ Challenge to support teachers in the classroom by spreading the word about DonorsChoose.org, aka “Kickstarter for the Classroom”. See: http://wp.me/psT6P-2tm

Money Doesn’t Solve Problems, People Do
Start Building Your Social Capital Now, Before You Need It
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience4 min read
The Value of Knowing What You Want
Whether or not you recall that Rolling Stones song entitled: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, the lyrics in the following stanza…
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience3 min read
Embracing the Diversity of Human Tastes
Fundraising with Diversity of Preferences in Mind
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience2 min read
Whose Job Is It Anyway?
Does it even matter as long as the job gets done in the end?
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience2 min read
Accountability Is Not the New Buzzword-of-the-Day
Having all the knowledge in the world is meaningless, if you do nothing with that knowledge.
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience3 min read
Funneling the Traffic
When a traffic-officer directs traffic,drivers move their vehicles in the direction that the officer indicates that they should go.
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience2 min read
“What’s Better (For a Fund-Raiser): Bigger or Smaller?”
We’ve all heard those clever AT&T “It’s Not Complicated” commercials.
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience3 min read
Who Knows Best?
“That won’t work.” “Why don’t they just do this or that?”
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience3 min read
The Many Different Types of Needs
As you may already know, the way that Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs works is that until our most basic-level needs are met, we don’t usually…
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience4 min read
Does Timing Really Matter?
Why hold a school fundraiser at the end of the school year?
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience5 min read
Teaching Teachers How To Fish, So To Speak
Asking for assistance is a humbling experience and not everyone is comfortable doing it.
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience3 min read
Why Not Call It “Attraction-ing” Instead of Fundraising?
Regardless of whether or not you already are someone who supports some sort of charitable organization in any variety of ways,no matter if…
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience4 min read
Significant Disparities Do Exist in Our Schools
For example, consider the recent Oklahoma Tornado Tragedy.
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience4 min read
Judging Other People’s Needs
I was rather surprised to see some of the more critical comments that were coming in on Tim Ferriss’ fourhourworkweek.com
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience3 min read
What Question(s) Would You Ask an Expert?
[Note: Regardless of whether or not the contest that I’m about to mention next is relevant to you or not, I ask you to continue reading…
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience4 min read
How Long Does It Take To Learn Something New?
How do you put a timeframe around a project that has many variables and many unknowns?
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience3 min read
Fundraising For MacGyvers-In-Training
Getting right to the point, the most motivating line in the recent announcement for the 4-Hour Chef Giveback Campaign which features the…
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience3 min read
Funding Rubber Chickens is Serious Business
In browsing through the many open projects that classroom teachers across the country in the U.S.
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience3 min read
Caring About Schoolchildren That You Don’t Even Know
I am not a teacher by profession. Nor do I have any children of my own, which, by the way, is something that I am totally fine with, and…
Helen Hoefele in My DonorsChoose.org Experience3 min read

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