United Way

On the subject of pectorals and how you, too, can use fire prevention as an excuse to ruin my day

October 12, 2005

It’s Fire Prevention Week.  Firemen all over the city are going door to door asking people to check their smoke detectors.  Families are being encouraged to review their evacuation plans.  The annual calendar has been released. I love the calendar.  All the women (and some of the men) are ogling the finely-chiseled features of their [...]

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K-Jo: Paraphernalia Whore

September 19, 2005

I’m a United Way fanboy.  I’m like that kid in the Star Wars lightsaber video, except I brandish fundraising goal thermometers, and fall down more often. I came by it honestly.  After two account visits today I looked into the back of the car and surveyed my new utopia.  Among the piles of old newspapers, [...]

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A tale of two ECCs

September 15, 2005

One the highest priority jobs to be done for the United Way campaign is to meet with all of the Employee Campaign Coordinators (ECCs) for my accounts.  Each workplace appoints someone to head up their local fundraising campaign, and I have to meet with each of them to give them their campaign materials, talk about [...]

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Aw shit… I’m a salesman!

September 14, 2005

I recently came to the realization that working as a Loaned Representative for the United Way is essentially a sales job.  I go into workplaces and help campaign chairs set up United Way fundraising campaigns.  Usually I schmooze ‘em with a little small talk.  Then I tell them they’re beautiful people for supporting the community.  [...]

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Welcome to Campaign Central

September 4, 2005

No, it isn’t a war zone.  It"s my office.  For the next 14 weeks I will be sharing this space (you’re looking at most of it; my desk is behind the camera) with 39 other people and a whole ton of boxes full of campaign materials, as we all work towards achieving an as-yet-undeclared United [...]

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