Liz rocks therefore America rocks! Or something like thatolsonm_raymondJune 7 2006, 16:46:30 UTC
I'm proud of you for doing what you felt was the right thing. Especially since it would have been so easy to do the other thing. Jon would be so proud!
Good for you for doing what you feel is the right thing. I wouldn't be able to handle a job like that, what with all the yelling and doors slamming. I once worked as a surveyer at a call centre and that was brutal. I can't imagine having to actually face people.
Good for you, Liz!! All my professional fundraiser/non-profit ethics lights went off with the story. Kinda weird. I like the volunteer work I do for MoveOn, but they've never asked me to raise money for them.
As for the Cheesecake Factory crack, my favorite scenario has me quitting to work for Costco, a decent, non-evil company where I'd probably be better paid....
It wasn't even that the place was shady, or that I questioned their motives, it was just that I didn't particularly like their motives or their way of doing things.
It seemed to lack class. And by class I'm not talking champagne and caviar, I'm talking common courtesy and basic manners.
Mmmm Costco. If you worked there you'd get good discount-discounted wine!
I think you made a good decision. I don't think I could have done it either... but then again, I can't do fundraising because I have a very hard time asking people for money (and I work for a nonprofit).
Not to defend them or anything, but keep in mind that for most organizations (foundations/charities) that you donate to some of it goes to "administration". The key is to find an organization that keeps "administration" under 25% because its shows that they are responsible with people's money.
There was a scandal a while back with one of the Breast Cancer 3day races. On the surface it sounded like a great opportunity for people to give back to a cause they believe in. Turned out the organization that was running the race had administrative expenses well over 25%. I believe it was in the 60's. So for every $ people raised, only about $.40 made it to a charity for a cause. Something to consider when you make a donation.
Oh I understand overhead costs having worked at a nonprofit. But it was more my own knowledge, and "working for a percentage" of what you'd earn for the party. It wasn't a flat rate that I'd be earning that was paid by a certain percentage.
I think that's where I felt sketched out.
But yeah, asking people for money just makes me feel like a used car dealer.
Okay, working just for a percentage... definitely not a good thing. I have no doubt in your ability to convey the message but to rely on strangers to pay. Yikes. You totally made the right decision.
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Thanks for the Jon.
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"...and for all the times in between, I just want to be able to look them in the eye."
Good for you, Liz. Better for all of us. Thanks for that.
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I like being compared to Josh. He's who I want to be when I grow up. In a CJ-kind of way.
I like dresses.
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And yes, Jonnie is awfully cute.
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Yes and I like to make him proud because he makes me proud. I like that out of my friends I found him "first". It makes him more mine.
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As for the Cheesecake Factory crack, my favorite scenario has me quitting to work for Costco, a decent, non-evil company where I'd probably be better paid....
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It wasn't even that the place was shady, or that I questioned their motives, it was just that I didn't particularly like their motives or their way of doing things.
It seemed to lack class. And by class I'm not talking champagne and caviar, I'm talking common courtesy and basic manners.
Mmmm Costco. If you worked there you'd get good discount-discounted wine!
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Not to defend them or anything, but keep in mind that for most organizations (foundations/charities) that you donate to some of it goes to "administration". The key is to find an organization that keeps "administration" under 25% because its shows that they are responsible with people's money.
There was a scandal a while back with one of the Breast Cancer 3day races. On the surface it sounded like a great opportunity for people to give back to a cause they believe in. Turned out the organization that was running the race had administrative expenses well over 25%. I believe it was in the 60's. So for every $ people raised, only about $.40 made it to a charity for a cause. Something to consider when you make a donation.
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I think that's where I felt sketched out.
But yeah, asking people for money just makes me feel like a used car dealer.
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