How to talk to anyone anytime anywhere for any reason!

How to talk to anyone anytime anywhere for any reason!

I must fair warn you that learning this skill may open the door to your future success beyond your wildest dreams; this skill may propel you mentally, physically, spiritually and socially. This one skill alone has built more millionaires, developed more great leaders, helped people to be more giving, solved major social problems and has help to feed the hungry. Not only that it has made more people more friends and helped people to have a richer fuller life. Learning this skill has built more marriages, raised better children, and made a difference in my life.

Ok so, I have learned this far in life that talking to people will ultimately lead to more success in life. Have you ever noticed that there seems to be some people that can just start a conversation with you and next thing you know you are talking to them as if they were your best friend? This is not a talent it is a skill; just as you learned to write and spell, you can learn to start a conversation.The questions is do you want to learn it? The thing is I don’t even think you care enough to learn it, but I will put it out, so you now have a choice:
1. Continue reading and have the life you wish or
2. Give up like so many others.

How to talk to anyone anytime anywhere for any reason!

1. Prepare your self to talk – tell your self that you are a great conversationalist and that you can talk to anyone no matter who, what, when, where, or why.
2. Pick one of the following things to start the conversation with: current events, current in the situation, current weather, current topic on peoples minds, current sports team or current holiday (there are many more these are just a few).
3. Put a smile on your face- strife and laughter can’t co-exist
4. Have a reason for the conversation- conversations must have a mission attached, friendship, friendliness, new job, or whatever
5. Start with saying hi - hello, how you are, what’s up, or whatever greeting you are used to using. The trick is to start saying it to everyone with a smile on your face. The ability to say hello to anyone, anytime, anywhere, for any reason is as important to being a good conversationalist as batting practice is to a baseball player.
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Uncover the TRUTH in the Mission

Uncover the Truth in the Mission

What is the mission statement? How does it contribute to the organization? Why is it important to have a mission? One simple word answers all these questions: VISION!!!! With out vision an organization has absolutely no direction and with no direction no growth.

Like anything that is living (I do believe that organizations are a living creature) if it’s not growing its dieing and the mission is the blood of the organization. Each employee, volunteer, donor, board member, or client should have the mission running through their veins. The mission is what keeps the doors open in hard times and what contributes to the ultimate success of the organization.

A Non-profit with not mission has no reason for existing, and non-profit with a week mission has no reason for growth; a non-profit with a strong mission shows that strength through everything it does.

What is the TRUTH in a mission?

Territory
Reality
Utilitarian
Trustworthy
Heavenly

Territory – Where will we operate and what needs are we filling.
Reality- In reality are we helping
Utilitarian- Does our mission benefit more people than it hurts
Trustworthy- Is our mission believable in that people trust the organization to achieve
Heavenly- Is there a spiritual calling to the organizers of the mission statement

If you uncover the TRUTH in the mission your organization will bleed the mission and when in battle people will see if wounded what your team bleeds. Help, healing, higher achievement, and Hero’s come from bleeding TRUTH in your mission

What’s your mission?

Customer Satisfaction Survey Instructions

Customer satisfaction is the key to success. You want customers to be happy with the products and services you provide. If they feel they have received good value for their money, your business will prosper. Getting your customers to tell you what’s good about your business, and where you need improvement, helps you to be sure that your business measures up to their expectations.

A customer satisfaction survey is one way to gather this vital information. There are any number of ways to get copies to your customers. Copies can be included with orders, mailed directly at regular intervals, sent and received by fax, whatever is convenient for your particular business. Many won’t be returned, but those that are will make it worth your while.
The customer satisfaction survey below is designed to get your customers to tell you what they really think.

No ranking of quality on a scale of one to five, no lengthy questions, just a list of key business activities and space to respond. Limiting the choices to “outstanding” and “needs improvement” sends a clear message that you expect the products and service you supply to be the best available, period. Keeping the survey to a single page makes it more likely that customers will take the time to respond. It also facilitates faxing. Be sure to include instructions on how to return the completed surveys.

Give your fax number, include stamped, addressed envelopes, or whatever it takes to make it more likely that you’ll get them back.Don’t forget to follow up on the comments you receive. If you have to change a procedure, tell an employee how you want things done, pick a new delivery service, do it. And advertise the fact that you did.

Send thank you notes to the customers whose comments caused you to make a change. Let them know that you can do an even better job because they took the time to help you improve.

One company that is notorious for great customer satisfactions is www.inbeefinancial.com to be a great internet based compay you need good customer satisfaction or customers will not return. Not for profits need even better customers satisfaction or they might as well close up thier doors.

5 Ways to Ensure Ethical Fundraisers

1. Open communication
Show donors what the money will be used for. Then as the money comes in make sure every dime goes towards whatever project your 501 (c) 3 raised money for.
2. Set obtainable realistic goals
To ensure ethics in you campaign, make sure your board, leaders, and employees set obtainable fundraising goals. There is no need to raise money above and beyond the goal. Goals that are set too high cause ethical problems because your organization obviously doesn’t need the money.
3. Give money yourself
Individuals are the ones with ethical problems not organizations. A company can not be corrupt; it is the people within the organization that are. By giving you are ensuring that the fundraising in a valid cause.
4. Strong relationships
Your organization has a responsibility to every person who has ever donated moeny to keep them updated with what the organization is doing with the money today and from this point on. It is perfectly acceptable to ask them however, if they would like to be updated on the progress of your organization. Your donors no matter how small, are the stock holders in your organization.... keep them informed.
5. Finalize plans
Never EVER start a fundraising program and halfway through change your mind...... bad idea. Make sure all plans are finalized before you raise a dime.

The basics of non-profit management

1. What is a member driven association?
This is perhaps most obvious for a membership organization- the trade association, professional society, or technology user group- or the other group created specifically to assist a profession or industry. Members of these services provide a direct benefit to them as individuals.

2. What are some potential revenue sources for organizations?
Some potential revenue sources include: Trade shows, conferences, continuing education programs, journals, trade magazines, subscriptions, displays advertising, special publications, research independent studies, books, educational materials, directories, sponsorships, networking functions, working groups, research and statistics, certification programs, grants, cause related marketing, Event by- Products, tapes, cd-rom’s, conference proceedings, websites, sale of mailing lists, warehousing supplies, franchised chapters, cost sharing alliances, fundraisers.

3. What is a basic difference between a trade association and a professional association?
Trade associations typically have corporations as members while professional associations usually have people as members. Trade associations are industry specific while professional organizations do not necessarily specify which industry they are to pursue.

4. A user group is...
A user group is a specialized type of not-for-profit organization. Its members are customers and users of the products or services. We define user groups this way because the members literally are the members.

5. The importance of a cost-benefit analysis.
It is important to decide the cost / benefit of the program to see who what when where why and how the program can sustain its self and to determine if the program is financially youthful.