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Review

Every year I do a three-part review and planning process. I call it Review, Reflect, Forward. Today’s post is Review. This is a look at numbers and other metrics from my work this year.

Moleskine notebooks used: 5 (currently on #6)

Favorite pens: Pentel Energel, Papermate Inkjoy, Le Pens (I have an office supply addiction)

Books read in 2014: 24

My favorite reads: The Opposite of Loneliness, The Accidental Creative and Things A Little Bird Told Me

Conferences attended: 10

Number of flights taken: 12

Webinars taught: 26

Clients I worked with: 13

Blog posts written: 120

Blog visitors in 2014: 39,246

Most popular blog posts: This is my biggest secret, Story Collection Tips: How to Coordinate Collecting Stories from Staff, 21 Ideas to Refresh Your Donor Stewardship

Guest blog posts and features:  22 (see the full list on my Delicious thread)

Heart warming emails, notes, tweets, calls that remind me of why I do this: too many too count

Number of “pinch me” moments: 5

#1 – Meeting Roger Craver and having an amazing conversation over drinks at BBCon

#2 – An attendee at the ADRP Conference who told me that my story of imposter’s syndrome in a former fundraising job really helped her feel less alone in her own struggle with it

#3 – Reading through my review this year. I can’t believe how much I’ve done!

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About Vanessa Chase Lockshin

My name is Vanessa Chase Lockshin, and I want to empower you to tell your story. In my personal life, finding ways to tell my stories has been a transformational practice. In my fundraising life, I’ve helped hundreds of organizations tell their stories to engage and inspire their donors. To date, my work has helped non-profits raise over $10 million.

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