What’s your story?
Christine and I were inspired by something we read recently about how to involve a community of people and businesses in donating to non-profits doing exceptional work. This is what we came up with. Your input about our approach would be greatly appreciated.
We are inviting the VisualsSpeak Community to donate to a good cause. And it won’t cost you a cent!
Send us your VisualsSpeak story and we will make a contribution to Mercy Corps. This Portland, Oregon based group has a global perspective. Presently they are contributing their resources to relief in China and Myanmar after the recent disasters there.
This is a Win-Win-Win scenario:
- You win – Your story is converted into dollars and then contributed to an organization doing great work on a global level.
- VisualsSpeak wins – We get your great stories to share with current and potential community members.
- Mercy Corps wins – They receive money from our community to help continue their great work.
Mercy Corps works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided $1.5 billion in assistance to (more)
The Details
Send us a story* about something that happened while using VisualsSpeak. This might be about a time when there was a significant breakthrough, or something unusual happened, or new insights were inspired, or anything you think others might want to hear.
Include as much detail as possible such as:
- Who was the audience?
- What was the purpose of the process?
- Where did this take place?
- How did your participants respond?
Please include the following information about yourself: (as much as you like)
- Name
- Title/ Profession
- Company/ Organization
- Website/ Blog
- Digital Photograph (or where we can find one on the web)
How to send your story
- Leave your story as a comment on our Blog post “What’s your story?”
- Send a separate email to info at visualsspeak dot com
Show me the money!
- VisualsSpeak LLC will donate $10.00 per story
- Christine & Tom will personally contribute $10.00 per story for a total of $20 per story
- $300.00 total potential donation! (15 stories)
- Donations to be tabulated on June 18, 2008
Why?
We believe in giving back. And one of the ways to give back is to support organizations doing great work. There’s not enough time in a day to do everything, so contributing to groups that benefit us all makes sense.
* By sending your story to VisualsSpeak, you agree to give us permission to use it in various ways including but not limited to our website, Blog, and marketing materials.
Thanks for your story and for supporting an incredible organization like Mercy Corps!
More often in life, making a difference is about all of the small steps we take along the way.
Yours in service,
Christine Martell & Tom Tiernan
VisualsSpeak LLC
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Hi Christine,
Very happy to contribute.
I used VS about a month and 1/2 ago to facilitate a Board Meeting of an new organization for Italian Americans wanting to give back to their local community. The organization is called UNICO and they have just started a Oregon chapter.
The goal of the meeting was to bring the official members together for the first time; set goals for the Oregon Chapter; Cast a Mission Statement;
The group was made of 18 people (Business owner and/or independent consultant /professionals/educators….
The age spanned from 31 to 82.
VS glued the group together inspite of the age difference and culture (German, Italian, US, Gender…) soon after the icebraker/presentation exercise i facilitated.
No one had ever hear or seen VS and all loved it. The most recurring comment was how the meeting was much more fun, interesting and productive.
In 1.5 hours we accomplished all the desired goals and used 3 application of VS with 3 different frames (This is me; small teams desired goals; narrow goals down to 5 and weave a summary statement of what UNICO stands for).
Film pictures were taken (can you believe i forgot my camera and when the president said, no worries i will bring mine, she showed up with a FILM camera and a point a shoot to boot?). If they can send me a picture i will forward it to you.
Ciao
antimo
Hi Antimo
Thanks so much for contributing your VisualsSpeak story. These are the sorts of things we hear all the time and we appreciate you articulating the experience so well.
Tom