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Tom Ahern
Interests: Consultant, travel, writing
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I’m at my lonely mailbox
I lift out today’s incoming small pile. Expectations are low. Bills … the rest. Most attempts to hijack my attention I discard without a second thought. Pathetic. Commercial. Predictable. How stupid do they think I am? Carelessly arrogant, too. YET... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Reply to France, in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade
Oh, Jean-Claude. It's come to that ... for now. But it's not a 50/50 proposition on abortion rights. A sturdy majority (61%) supports those rights in poll after poll. Roe v. Wade was around for almost 50 years ... people... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Sim One got it absolutely right. Me? Absolutely wrong...
[June 24, 2022] This morning's lead headline in the Boston Globe: Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortions Simone -- who served with distinction as the board chair for Planned Parenthood of Southern New England; who... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Getting to gratitude: There are 2 ways to say it
I wish you were here same place my love? same grand central? same eye contact? same grimace, doubt, assurance, you make me, i make you so yeah too: wish I weren't here not without you making sense of it for... Continue reading
Posted Jun 18, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Hey, you trust Tom Hanks, right?
Tom Hanks Explains It All (NY Times): "Look, there’s plenty of reason to be demoralized. Goodness is not a constant, and the good fight is not always fought, but there is a strength and a resiliency and an eventuality to... Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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The same objection arises ... has for decades
File under: Puppies and kittens There's always push back, from arts groups for instance. "But we don't have starving children ... or puppies and kittens! How can we raise money?" Give targeted donors (i.e., arts lovers) a great problem to... Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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I have 2 prom-night novels
one has robots one has Darwin stomping on stage demanding the mic to explode across the stars useless f*** OR the best theory wins Darwin's pronoun: THEY Continue reading
Posted Jun 14, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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It's noon on Sunday and I've consumed chardonnay past my limit....
But I had a job this afternoon. It seemed worth the wine risk. Trying to raise (min.) $150 million for an international charity that needs a much bigger endowment. Mostly, though? Hello, my dear Sim One. This is what we... Continue reading
Posted Jun 12, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Sim One, I'm talking to you on this evening of June 10, 2022
It's been more than a year since you rolled from our bed complaining of a headache and pretty much died right there on a carpet we'd bought together. The ambulance arrived in due course. That was you next: the worst... Continue reading
Posted Jun 9, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Where are we?
Delivered a routine-ish, newly updated "back to basics" webinar today re: effective [lucrative] donor newsletters ... to fundraisers in 8 countries, 36 US states, 8 Canadian provinces. Using examples of stuff that worked from 2007 to 2022. That took 1.5... Continue reading
Posted Jun 9, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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I am so [fill in the blank..]
... [sorry an apology sweeps across generations DNA drills down Continue reading
Posted Jun 7, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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You know, every week in the nonprofit sector can be a rich theme-park of surprise rides
Dear talented & committed & driven & itchy & socially-conscious: come on in, the water's fine and getting finer .... In just the last 2 weeks, "we" (members of The Case Writers cooperative) volunteered to help a women's-equity political action... Continue reading
Posted Jun 3, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Figuring out the food for some serious shop talk (with bourbon)
Dear M... Your house this time? I'll bring bourbon-appropriate food ... There are 2 ways to go: I sometimes say I have no hobbies. But I do. Simone was one. Another is BBQ ... which is seriously bourbon-appropriate food. When... Continue reading
Posted Jun 3, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Someone I deeply trust asked about condiments on Memorial Day
I don't know what I said..... yeah, this: Summer is mostly about condiments. Simone and I rhapsodized about "the condiments of summer." The dog is the carrier (maybe the buttered and brown-singed bun, too ... though I have gluten-free friends... Continue reading
Posted May 30, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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My webinar producer remarked: "Hope you're doing well..."
Written in response (then stuffed in a bottle floating down the Thames): I'll be doing well when we pass 200 registrations [that's the minimum for making a good living: mortgage paid, taxes paid, utilities paid, and meals out]. At 200... Continue reading
Posted May 26, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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To a MGO I love and admire ...
"X," I love you like a brother ... but have you looked at the stock market today or lately? Discretionary spending is tough when your entire portfolio is underwater. Yes, one supposes: this, too, will pass. And the stock market... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Working on my newsletter super-webby for June
Posted May 15, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Fundraising has NO magic wands
Your ED might not accept this. Your board chair might blow spit in your face ... and doubt you back to the 3rd grade. But fundraising is hard. It works best when there's a plan. With successful models/templates to follow.... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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The most useful thing I did in my career?
I tracked results. I went back to clients and asked for data: "How did it do?" Fundraising can't grow if it remains mostly a "guess-to-nation." Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Dr. Jen Shang, psychologist boxer
Posted May 8, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Chin up, Roe v. Wade supporters: What would a 10% improvement in voter turnout mean in America?
It would be enough. It would make the difference. Mark your November calendars. Continue reading
Posted May 5, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Where we are re: the assault on Roe v. Wade
The US Supreme Court will do what it will do. The majority of justices will prevail. That's the battle. The real war happens in November 2022, with America's mid-term elections. If the usual soft turnout occurs >>> then anti-women, anti-women's... Continue reading
Posted May 5, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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New acronym? YSCF
YSCF You Supreme Court Fuckers Continue reading
Posted May 4, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Do I have anything left to say? I dunno. It's packed in a trunk...
... and I'm leaving the stage station, with no great hopes; just a resignation sandwich plastered on my back It's May 4, 2022 The most precious person in my life died 2 days and a year ago. Her brain was... Continue reading
Posted May 4, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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Roe v. Wade tossed? Going to war ... a war for a FULL voter turn-out
Simone predicted this would happen. I didn't believe it was possible, given decades of progress in women's rights. And I was dead wrong. But there is a remedy: EVERYONE votes in the US mid-terms. That will send extremists back to... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2022 at The Little Words Mean the Most
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