Some days you just have to listen to loud music in the car. I don't do it that much while driving with the wife but when I'm alone I crank it. Today as I was blasting Arcade Fire's Funeral on my drive home I got to wondering why I enjoy it so much. I think [...]
Posts under ‘Life’
Keeping Millennials Engaged
There’s a thought provoking post over on Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog titled Why Millennials Are Going to Keep You on Your Toes. In the post Katya Andresen talks about Millennials* and how they are different from past generations. She makes many interesting observations but the one that stands out to me comes from a study by [...]
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
I thought this was cool. Saturday, May 8th is the National Association of Letter Carriers National Food Drive. I received a blue plastic shopping bag in my mailbox yesterday specifically for the Food Drive. Here's what you do to help (according to www.helpstampouthunger.com). Place non-perishable food items in a bag Leave the bag [...]
Remember Last Week? Things Have Changed
Remember that post I wrote last week? The one about having too much going on? Oh my, how things have changed. And, the thing that scares me most is that, in a way, I may have asked for this. I ended that post saying I was going to try to work through everything and avoid [...]
Exciting News
I have some exciting news to share. I just accepted an offer to be the Assistant Director of Volunteers at Union Station Homeless Services starting June 1st. This has been in the works for quite a while and I'm excited to finally share the news. Posted via email from brianhimes’s posterous
Too Much Going On
There's just too much going on right now. It's hard to focus and think clearly about anything while being pulled in so many different directions. I think my cousin Sara shared the best course of action for this on her blog, Stories and Songs, yesterday. Ok, so maybe hiding isn't the most productive way [...]
Volunteers Make Church Work
Did you know that this is Volunteer Appreciation Week? In my line of business volunteers are extremely important. I work for a small non-profit and we use volunteers to help us with our jobs every day. I have a wonderful volunteer here this morning helping me with some data entry. It’s great that there are people [...]
File This Under “Duh!”
You can file this under “Duh!” Last Summer’s Sinkholes and Street Geysers Explaind. Now, did anyone really believe the DWP when they fed us the line about the cause not being the water rationing? Way to go USC for studying the situation and calling DWP out. Posted via email from brianhimes’s posterous
What I’m Up To: New Social Media Focus
Over the past couple days I've been making tweaks to brianhimes.com. And while the transformation is not yet complete, I thought I'd share a little about what I'm up to. I read a lot about social media, nonprofits and technology. It's the most prevalent subject in my Google Reader and it's what fills my email inbox [...]
Weekend Update
I have a little time, so I figure I should do a weekend update. Right? Friday Erin was at school so I stayed home and did pretty much nothing. I thought about doing something, but settled on doing nothing. Saturday Erin was at school so I stayed home and did pretty much nothing. Wait, [...]
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