Healthy Philanthropic Results Lab

Keep Calm and Carry On was a motivational poster produced by the British government in 1939 in preparation for World War II. The poster was intended to raise the morale of the British public, threatened with widely predicted mass air attacks on major cities. When fear, anxiety, and even confusion about the right thing to do is high, we need good practical solutions to reduce stress. This podcast discusses a few ways to keep calm and carry on. It explores a few methods for finding calm in this sluggish pandemic recovery. We all know we need to focus on ways to cope with stress and anxiety and to find the new normal.

Many hospitals and healthcare system fundraising offices have decided to furlough employees and fundraising staff rather than lay them off in order to save money and jobs, and most importantly, to save talent. While employee furloughs can be a positive alternative to layoffs for employees, they can have negative consequences, too. If you are considering or have implemented a furlough, listen in to hear about making sure your communication is clear and consistent with employees and your donors.

Pull, don't push. To persuade donors to give amid this COVID-19 pandemic, you must pull donors in to show your impact. You must not push a message of organizational need. Instead you should pull then into seeing your social impact. In so doing, you will enjoy a donor base that is more invested, engaged, and committed to the work your health care nonprofit does for the community. Get donors to come to you. Generate an interest or desire to support your great mission and dedicated caregivers.

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 1 of our new podcast, titled the Healthy Philanthropic Results Lab. This podcast will offer a great deal of helpful content, particularly for those engaged in health and healthcare philanthropic fundraising. We're beginning this new podcast adventure and we're not sure what's on the horizon. But one thing is certain, we plan to offer good, valuable content for our listeners. Onward and upward!

As a professional fundraiser, whose job depends on being social and connecting with people, you might be experiencing feelings of isolation, uncertainty, or anxiety. You're out of your ‘comfort zone.’ We are after all a face-to-face business and we can’t be face-to-face right now. This podcast shares 10 tips to help you cope with work stress, anxiety, isolation, and worry as we adjust to the new normal amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Never has our fundraising profession, healthcare industry, or even our country seen anything like this. If it takes being outside of our comfort zone to get through it, that's what we'll do. Let's be proactive, positive, and productive because it gives us all some measure of comfort. 

National Doctors’ Day is on March 30, 2020. It is an opportunity for patients, families, colleagues, and others to honor the talented and dedicated doctors who faithfully serve our communities. Without question, we need to recognize physicians for their hard work and dedication during this COVID-19 pandemic. Let's all find a way to show appreciation and honor a doctor who is making a difference.