Archive June 2012

How Do You Smell Success? Five Signs From Our Newest, Youngest Client

Posted by Beth on Jun 29, 2012 in Stories, Time-Sculpting, Tools | No Comments

This is a photograph of our newest and youngest soul-colleague* Tyler Orr living his abundance. (Yes, that’s a human brain; Tyler’s set to enter medicine.) We approached Tyler and his friend Jared Levi a few months ago to help them get to the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, the one in Washington, DC, just ...

How Well Do You Know Young Donors and Volunteers: The Millennial Impact Report

Posted by Beth on Jun 27, 2012 in Stories, Tools | No Comments

How well do you know the Millennial Generation? Knowledge is power, and creates abundance. Knowing about your donors, investors, and volunteers is not only important–it’s kind. This post is about an excellent free resource to learn more about Millennials. The Millennial Impact Report, published this month, gives us vital information about what gets educated young ...

Free! Our latest article: “Bringing Mindfulness to Fundraising”

Posted by Beth on Jun 25, 2012 in About RAISING CLARITY, Sacred Work, Tools | No Comments

Greetings! Our just-published article “Bringing Mindfulness to Fundraising” contains useful, actionable advice for fundraisers, organizers, solopreneurs, and anyone wanting to improve mental focus in a multi-faced, demanding worklife.* The first two sections are reprinted below. The entire article is here. Please feel free to reprint. We would love to know where you reprint the article. ...

Newsletter: RAISING CLARITY at Summer Solstice: Subscriptions Invited!

Posted by Beth on Jun 20, 2012 in About RAISING CLARITY | No Comments

Check out the newsletter below. For the gorgeous version right in your browser, click here. We only publish four per year, and would love to receive your subscription. It’s free of course! You can subscribe either by clicking the subscription link in the newsletter here, or emailing us directly at bethraps@raisingclarity.com . Raising Clarity About… ...

How Money is Like Marijuana

Posted by Beth on Jun 19, 2012 in Money Magicians and Other Money Types, Stories | No Comments

A few days ago consulting, a soul-colleague painted me a rainbow-colored picture: she would bring in big money and presto! all her relationships within her embattled organization would change. She would suddenly be beloved, respected, and able to drive home her agenda. Sound familiar? I am usually an exceedingly positive person. (See my post, “Caricature-Building.”) ...

Caricature-Building

Posted by Beth on Jun 18, 2012 in Sacred Work, Stories, Tools | 2 Comments

Turns out RAISING CLARITY’s caricature is relentless positivity. Who knew? Our soul-colleague John shook his head when I ended our last meeting asking he remember how lucky he was to be even having his level of problems: That’s my caricature of you: I could say, “I have cancer,” and you’d say, “John, that is such ...

How to Tell the Larger Story So YOU Listen

Posted by Beth on Jun 10, 2012 in Sacred Work, Stories, Tools | One Comment

A few days ago, a new soul-colleague wrote on our Facebook page, I just found you yesterday and already I’ve experienced some profound truths and yes Clarity! Thank you so much. Naturally, this was thrilling. We wanted to hear more, so we wrote back, …If there are specific issues that beset you, let us know; ...

Easier Listening: Here’s How

Posted by Beth on Jun 6, 2012 in Sacred Work, Stories, Tools | No Comments

Did you know listening is a big part of receiving? Empty, ask, receive, we teach at RAISING CLARITY. The reason we teach this is that you only receive what you have space for. Want more? Open up. Empty out. Listen. Learning to listen to the voice of Love was our focus in these posts about ...

Special Offer from RAISING CLARITY and Volunteer West Virginia

Posted by Beth on Jun 4, 2012 in About RAISING CLARITY, Tools | No Comments

Shhh! Just for you… …the Early Bird Registration Rate for Faces of Leadership 2012 has been extended to July 6th. This is the coolest nonprofit conference in driving distance this Summer, whether you are coming from the Big City or surrounding states–Ohio, Kentucky, southern West Virginia. The conference offerings are rich and amazing. Click ...

RAISING CLARITY’s “Rhythm Method”: Three Signs You’re Fertile

Posted by Beth on Jun 1, 2012 in Sacred Work, Time-Sculpting, Tools | One Comment

How do we learn when it’s time to ask–for money, or whatever else will move our neighborhood of the beloved community to its next level? And how do we learn when it’s a good time not to ask, without feeling weird or inadequate? Our culture loves to push: push us, push stuff on us, push ...