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FUNdraising Friday: Interoffice Memes

10/7/2016

 
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The importance of not taking yourself (and your job) too seriously cannot be overstated. 

If you don't laugh about what we are called to do, you will burn out. Repeat: You will burn out. 

One of my favorite ways to motivate the staff and get everyone giggling was to take popular memes and make them specific to whatever was the big project for our office at the time. When we launched our first day of giving campaign, the Southern Miss Gold Rush, I did a series of these that were just for us in the office. One is above. Here are a few more. 
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These memes worked because in the back of everyone's mind when you launch a new project is "How much extra work is this going to cause me?" Right? So, let's make fun of that together and it makes it easier to get through the day. At the very least, everyone can laugh at me for sharing such silly memes via office email. 

We loved Grumpy Cat at my last office because our Vice President for Advancement was notoriously for his pessimism, earning him the title of Grumpy Cat. We even got him a cake on his birthday! Epic!!

So, lighten up and make your colleagues laugh a little. Otherwise you might end up with a birthday cake like this!
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    Jessica Cloud, CFRE

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