Periodically I have the privilege of visiting a local Assisted Living Facility and singing for the Alzheimer’s patients. Today was one of those times that I got to go and sing for them. As I was thinking in my mind of the other times I had visited, I remembered that no matter how many songs [...]

<p>I had the great pleasure of being the special guest of <a href=”http://www.sandyrees.com” target=”_blank”>Sandy Rees, CFRE</a> on her <a href=”http://getfullyfundedsupport.com/” target=”_blank”>Get Fully Funded Support Club</a> call today.  We had an awesome discussion on how to utilize the many tools on the Internet for raising funds for nonprofit organizations.</p> <p>Some of the topics we discussed were:</p> [...]

I had the opportunity to attend a teleseminar this morning by L. Drew Gerber CEO & Partner of PressKit 24/7. It was part of the Big Fish Nation program I am a member of. Big Fish empowers women entrepreneur’s to take their business to the next level through hard core business skills with a spiritual [...]

Today was so much fun. I had lunch at an incredible place with some of my closest and dearest friends. We all used to work together for a national non-profit organization and have kept in touch for the last five years as we have all went our separate ways. Each year we gather at Christmas [...]

My husband says, I have been “running the roads” a lot lately. That’s a southern thing if you don’t understand that phrase. But he is correct. I have been going a lot of places in the last couple of weeks and according to my calendar, I’m not going to slow down until around Christmas. Now [...]

My work as a virtual assistant began in 2003 with a local nonprofit organization, East Tennessee Veteran’s Memorial. When I was hired, I was the first and only employee and I worked from my bedroom office. I set-up a database, marketing materials, assisted with a website and ran the local office right out of my [...]

I have such a passion for nonprofit organizations and philanthropy. My background was in nonprofit management prior to starting my own business as a virtual assistant. I know the struggles and hardships that face nonprofits in fundraising. Now with the emergence of social media and internet marketing, nonprofit organizations have so many new doors open [...]

How many signs have you seen lately for Fall Festivals? In my neck of the woods, they are around every corner. Especially around Halloween. There’s apple festivals, tomato festivals, water festivals, you name it, there’s probably a festival for it. I was blessed to be asked to coordinate our church’s Fall Festival and Trunk or [...]

Do you love to network, but don’t have time to follow-up? You’re not alone. The majority of networkers love to mix and mingle with potential new clients at various events, but when they get back to their office, they toss those valuable business cards in a drawer and plan to follow up tomorrow. For most [...]

One of the first clients I contracted with when I started my virtual assistance business last year was Ingrid Gee. She is a sweet, petite blond that called me up one day and said, “I really need your help.” To say that the last year has been an adventure for us would be an understatement. [...]