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Organizing better to raise money?

parmanparman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:48:46 -0800

I work as a fund raiser and need a better system of organization for following up on calls to and from alumni. We are using Banner, which is very clunky and heretofor I am unable to leave the system. I feel very reliant on the computer but as my portfolio grows smaller I want to find a more desk-oriented system that will allow me to peruse my portfolio and follow up on things faster. Any suggestions? I am already compiling to-do lists each evening for things to do the next day, but things are being lost in the cracks. I don't find GTD very effective as I tend to get my orders in the middle of the day and then need to finish them before leaving. Any advice or equipment I should be looking into. By all means, I don't want another computer/internet application to deal with.

Pet chicken

boby — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:16:43 -0800

Can a chicken be raised in a cage like a canary? Commercially raised chickens are confined to a small cage for their entire life. I've seen store bought setups that are outrageously expensive. Just looking for a couple fresh eggs per week.

How to make a bilingual child?

signal — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:27:49 -0800

I'm trying to raise my son to be bilingual in English and Spanish. I'm Chilean, but spent a good part of my childhood in the US and lived there for 2 years as an adult, so I'm close to 100% bilingual in Spanish and English and have a US accent. My wife lived in the US for 1 year, and speaks some English with a Spanish accent.

We currently live in Chile and speak to each other in Spanish. She speaks to our son in Spanish, I speak to him in English. I set the TV's audio channel to English for cartoons.

He's 1.25 years old and starting to speak, but only in Spanish, except for "Mommy". He seems to understand me, however.

I'm worried that as I'm the only English speaking person in his life, he won't really learn to speak the language.

Any tips, research or experience on how to make a bilingual kid is very appreciated.

How to design an indoor golfing

brent — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:34:13 -0800

What is the most affordable way to design an office miniature golf course? What reasonable obstacles or challenges would you build? Our company is having a fund raiser by having each floor build a challenging hole. Each of the four hall ways are carpeted. Teams of three will put once around using best ball rules. Creative designs are a bonus.