Ericsson began work on the videophone in the mid-1960s, using a connection to a monitor and camera with the company's Ericovox loudspeaker phone. Although it was a functional prototype, Ericsson abandoned the project when users found it unimpressive and saw no significant need for the technology at the time.

Ericsson Videophone (1971)

Thank you Jane Goodall, for making the world a better place. May we learn by your example.

Walter Matthau, Audrey Hepburn “CHARADE” (1963) dir. Stanley Donen

🎬 Universal Pictures

Would like to see you do a body language breakdown of the generals and admirals during Trump’s and Hegeth’s speech.

That’s how you convert hearts into donors. That’s how you turn “aw, that’s nice” into “take my money.”

Bottom line: Stories make the cash register sing. Stats just put people to sleep.

Here’s the kicker: when you make donors feel something, they don’t just give once. They remember you. They come back.

So skip the corporate tone. Write like a person. Tell the story like you’d tell it to a friend in a smoky bar at 2am.

Cut the fluff. No donor ever said, “Wow, I love how many buzzwords were in that appeal letter.” Keep it raw. Keep it real.

If the story doesn’t punch someone in the gut—or warm their heart—you’re not doing it right.

The science is simple: brains light up when they hear stories, not statistics. A number is cold. A face with a name? That’s heat.

Instead of saying “we helped 10,000 families”… try “Maria finally slept through the night because her kid had a full meal for the first time.” Boom. Connection.

Donors don’t want jargon. They don’t care about your “strategic initiatives.” They want a human story. Something that makes them laugh, cry, or at least spill their wine.

If your nonprofit story sounds like it was written by a committee in beige suits, nobody’s giving you a dime.

Forget the swan. Make it easy, make it real, make it matter. That’s how you raise money.

Fancy décor doesn’t open wallets. Impact does. Show it, don’t bedazzle it.

Pro tip: Donors don’t remember the flowers. They remember the story that made them tear up over dessert.

If your board is fighting over centerpieces instead of your call-to-action, you’re doing fundraising wrong

Your gala doesn’t need a swan ice sculpture to make money. It needs heart, story, and a donate button that actually works. 🧵

Personal branding isn’t about logos or fonts.
It’s about frequency.
When people think of you, what feeling do they tune into?

People think algorithms hate them.
Truth? Algorithms don’t care.
They’re math.
But if you understand how they’re wired, you stop fighting shadows and start surfing waves. 🌊

You can smoke a cigarette in the rain and look cinematic… or like you’re one soggy drag from pneumonia.

The difference? Confidence. Swagger. Timing.

Personal branding is the art of committing so hard, nobody questions you.

Even when you’re soaking wet, you own it.

Personal branding is like smoking in the rain — you either look iconic or pathetic. The difference is confidence.

Branding is all performance. The trick is pretending you don’t know you’re performing.

Tell your own story. Or get edited out of it.

Branding is grabbing the mic before the gossip does.

If you don’t step in and define yourself, you’ll get stuck as background furniture.

People love to slap labels on you. Convenient ones. Lazy ones. “She’s the quiet one.” “He’s reliable.” Boring.

If you don’t define your brand, someone else will. And trust me, they’ll get it wrong.

Your brand is the trouble you leave behind. Make it irresistible.

A logo can’t do that. A mood can.

It’s aura, posture, a half-smile that says you know something they don’t.

Real branding? It’s when you enter a room and people whisper, “Who the hell is that?”