Recently, I caught the end of a televised University of Michigan football game. The Wolverines ended-up on the losing end of the score, and the television announcers were talking about . . .

As I noted in my previous blog post, many United Ways communicate information like their campaign goal, number of investment panels, number of funded partner agencies, and how many volunteer hours it took to determine the allocations – but, this information does not motivate donors to give.  

There was an interesting talk show on NPR several weeks ago about the demise of the printed newspaper. For nearly three decades, newspaper circulation has declined every single year.

“Worse than being blind would be to be able to see but not have any vision.” – Helen Keller

“It used to be money drives the work, now work drives the money” – Julie Capaldi, President, United Way of Pickens County

“The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” – Bill Copeland