Newsletter: Research Says Consumers, Employees Want Say in Corporate Giving 📣 ; 4 Companies Stepping Up for Military Appreciation Month🎖; Your Social Media Feed Needs Imperfection 💔
Did you miss me? I certainly missed you!
Thanks to everyone who replied to my last newsletter congratulating my daughter, Cate, on her graduation from George Washington University. And, wow, there are a lot of fellow GW graduates out there!
What a trip!
The real surprise in DC was the weather. The forecast did not look good heading into the weekend, but the weather turned out to be nice for both ceremonies.
Any fans of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills out there? I met Mauricio and just missed meeting Kyle Richards. Their daughter graduated in the same class. We're BFFs now. Expect to see me on the show soon! 😂
The downside of the trip was that both me and my wife came home with COVID.
After avoiding Covid for 26 months it finally got me...and it was not fun. Chills, fever, cough, heart palpitations. I regret not getting my second booster before leaving for DC. Maybe it would have helped!
Or maybe not.
There was an indoor graduation ceremony with thousands and an outdoor ceremony with tens of thousands. There were Uber rides around town. There were dinners with family and friends...and trips to Starbucks, of course.
We were masked most of the time, but looking back I guess I would have been more surprised if I DIDN'T come with Covid. Everything seemed so normal, but, of course, it's not. We're done with the pandemic, but it isn't done with us. I got my reminder last week.
Fortunately, I'm feeling better now and am glad to have Covid behind me. I'll get my second booster next month!
However you spent the past couple of weeks, I hope they were full of highs and no lows (and certainly no Covid, I hope).
Enjoy this week's newsletter! It's good to be back.
✍️ Partnership Notes
1. Research: Employees, consumers want a say in corporate giving.
2. 1-800-Flowers.com launches Pride Collection to support GLADD. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see how this company defines "net proceeds."
3. Four companies stepping up for Military Appreciation Month. 🇺🇸
🤑 Marketing Your Cause
1. Your social media needs imperfection. Six ways to achieve it!
2. Whatever social media you are being beautifully imperfect on, you need to move followers over to your email list. Email should always be your #1! Several tips on getting Instagram followers to sign up for your emails.
😎 Cool Jobs in Cause
1. Director of Corporate Partnership, The News Literacy Project, Washington, DC
2. New Business Development Specialist, National Park Foundation, Washington, DC ($58k - $75k)
3. Director, of Corporate Partnerships & Corporate Engagement, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Remote
4. Senior Engagement & Partnerships Manager, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, San Francisco ($80k - $90k)
🧠🍌 Brain Food
1. Journalist Taylor Lorenz makes the case that you should treat your personal inbox more like a social media feed and not feel obligated to respond to everyone who writes to you. What do you think? 🤔
2. Eight nonprofits to watch for Mental Health Awareness Month.
3. How I felt after I recovered from Covid.
