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- How To Increase Donations By 150 Percent
Your nonprofit means a lot to you. You’ve poured blood, sweat and tears into your organization, and you have personally changed many, many lives. But sometimes, your donors, volunteers and board members aren’t as committed as you to making the world a better place. This often happens because your supporters don’t believe they, too, areContinue reading “How To Increase Donations By 150 Percent”
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The Interview I’ll Never Forget
There are some stories I haven’t shared. They might carry an emotional sting, but they are educational. I want to learn from the hard parts, and, in most cases, I find it most challenging to tell a person’s story. I just don’t want to mess up their reputation or their relationships. Plus, their personal lives Read more
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Surf’s Not Up! The Time I Didn’t Want To Tell A Story
If you’ve seen my content, you’re probably catching onto me. I tell lots of stories. Last week, I shared how authentic storytelling of persons with disabilities was what I needed as a child. It got a fairly good response, and it was a friendly reminder of just how much one story can work wonders. But Read more
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What Happened When I Saw Disabled People For Real
I grew up in a town of about 4,000 people in central Illinois. There were cornfields for miles. But as I saw the corn, I rarely saw anyone with a disability like mine, Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), or brittle bones. Sure, I saw kids with my disability on TV. They were always cast as the sad Read more
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How My Brittle Bones Gave Me A Solid Purpose
I’ve broken 60 bones. Possibly more, I’m not sure. As I heal from a fractured leg, it’s made me think about my previous injuries, and what they meant to me. When I was a kid, I never really saw anyone who looked like me: in a wheelchair, with brittle bones and a few surgeries under Read more
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Why I Started Pacing In College 😨
In college, I realized I pace. I was working on a video about a friend who has a degenerative disability. The idea was, his disability has gotten worse over the years, yet his ability to whistle, loud, proud and to the delight of many, did not appear to be affected by the degeneration of his Read more
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Why Anyone Will Keep Watching Your Video
Music. It’s one of the last things people think about, but it’s important. It’s really the difference between an interesting video and one that will put you asleep. The right music, seriously, can evoke emotions, set the tone, and elevate the overall viewing experience. Just think about the suspenseful music in movies. It might have Read more