Without innovation we as a world, and as a society, would be stuck, uninspired, and quite frankly BORING! Innovation pushes us to break the boundaries, bend the rules and do better things better. For example, in the last scene of the 1980 classic time travel film Back to the Future, Marty and Doc have the following exchange…

For those of you that weren’t fortunate enough to attend the National Postal Forum this year, you missed some exciting stuff!

We are now full-swing into the season of giving. Businesses choose their charity of choice, individuals sneak in some year-end donations (just in time for taxes), and those in need reap the rewards of the giving. But for a non-profit business, should the season of giving end when the New Year rolls around, or be restricted to the holiday season?

If you’re involved in non-profit fundraising and haven’t been to a large running event, get to one. I recently ran in the Baltimore Running Festival – talk about grass roots fundraising! It was hard not to bump into someone wearing a pink something-or-other or a T shirt and hat with graphics celebrating the cause of a family member or friend. I’ve never seen more devoted people in one place. And the event itself was incredible – experiential marketing has been taken to a whole new level.