Author: Dan Rice

stop multitasking
Effective fundraising
Dan Rice

Stop Multitasking… it Reduces Your Productivity!

So you think you’re good at multitasking? You can talk on the phone, write an email and schedule a dentist appointment online all at once, can you? Scientific studies show that’s not true. It’s time to stop multitasking, before you destroy your productivity!

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stop multitasking
Planned Giving Marketing
Dan Rice

The Planned Giving Productivity Quiz

Planned giving productivity. It’s not about learning calculators, CRUTs and CRATs. Here are 5, simple helpful tips for you career — and mental health.

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Get Un-Stuck and Get Moving
Self Improvement & Career
Dan Rice

Get Un-Stuck and Get Moving

There are many smart people walking around with brilliant ideas in their heads, but just a small few of them can manage to take action and make something happen.

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What Are You Thankful For?

Our clients are some of the most successful, creative people in the planned giving community. We asked them what they’re grateful for, and here’s what they said. (Feel free to steal their ideas at your family feast on Thanksgiving.)

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What a Planned Giving Professional Can Learn from a Realtor

By Two Cent Steve, Planned Giving Director at one of PlannedGiving.com’s university clients Two hundred and fifty three brave souls signed on for a recent webinar with Viken Mikaelian and Tom Ahern. That’s two out-of-the-box thinkers with a habit of saying it like it is … bound to get interesting.

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Google Uses Direct Mail Like Crazy
Giving
Dan Rice

Google Uses Direct Mail Like Crazy

  So it’s settled. Direct mail is a good idea. My husband and I run a small business. A very small business. So I was a little surprised to find out that we’re on Google’s mailing list. I’d understand if they sent me an email, or maybe a personalized video pop-up on YouTube. But no … the King of the Internet sent me a good old-fashioned letter, in a paper envelope, with a stamp, delivered by the postman. Yes, direct mail.

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