[Cash-and-caring] Did you mean what you said?

[Paul Martinez]

Greetings,
I am curious if I can get a copy of the 77 ways to fund raise. I am the second vice President for the state of Florida but also the president of the student division. Anything will help. Thanks

> On Oct 16, 2015, at 2:26 PM, Everett Gavel via Cash-and-Caring <cash-and-caring at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Ramona, and all,
> 
> As I know you're well aware, we had the same issue with the lack of participation, on the NFB-Fundraising list over the years. Why someone thought this list would be better, and with a rather unclear name at that, still perplexes me. Anyway, here's hoping we get better involvement here. Especially since this list did away with that list.
> 
> Onward & upward! I posted something I wrote, geared towards students mainly, back around, I think it was '02. Titled 70 ways to raise the money you need to get to convention, or something similar. I am in the process right now of turning that into a book, focused on ways for Christians to raise money to go on a missions trip. I've realized that at least 30 of those ideas are not specific to Christians or churches, but simply ways to earn some of that mysterious, so-called, "extra" income. So I may turn that into a separate thing at some point now that I'm fleshing them out.
> 
> In past years I've shared articles found on the Internet, like 53 ways for board members to quickly raise$2500, and others. The ideas are definitely out there. So how can we take an old idea, and make it amazingly relevant today? It's a challenge, as always, but a fun one if we let it be. So bring on the fun! ;-)
> 
> One tip I'll share is that it's become commonplace and fairly easy to hire a Virtual Assistant these days. To help with the day-to-day tasks of running a business -- but also to help with whatever you want help with, quite frankly. VA's from the Philippines on average make about $15 per day, sometimes working 8, 12, & even 15 hour days, or so a few different experts say. So if you pay a Filipino VA even $4-5 per hour to do some work for you, it's decent money for many of them. As always, though, the better you pay, the better you get. The culture, I'm told, doesn't generally work with hourly wages, though. Instead, they seem to get paid for a day's work. But still, I've hired a few VA's just for 1-off tasks for $10 here and there.
> 
> Volunteers are wonderful, indeed. Thank God for those that want to volunteer.
> Still, it can easily be worth the investment, to get many tedious, time-saving tasks done while you focus on more important tasks that are necessary to actually get things done on an event-sized basis. Many Nonprofits pay some workers, while of course utilizing volunteers as much as possible. There are times where it's just a smart investment.
> 
> Interested in hiring out to get more done, for less? Me, I started learning more through Chris Ducker. He has web sites, podcasts, and a book. ChrisDucker.com or VirtualFreedomBook.com should work. I first listened to his Virtual Freedom podcast series of 25 podcasts, each discussing a topic or chapter in his Virtual Freedom book. that ultimately led me to buy his book for a mere $10 via Kindle. The podcasts are great, and I recommend them to start learning more, definitely.
> 
> Here's a list of 101 things you can hire a VA to do for you, just as a brainstormer: http://www.chrisducker.com/101-tasks-to-outsource-to-virtual-staff/
> 
> 
> Strive On!
> Everett
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> At the convention the group said they wanted a listserve so we could share
>> ideas about projects we are doing for fundraising.  We have one.  I am not
>> finding that it is used.
> 
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