It sounds strange, but sometimes I forget that I’m a photographer. A photographer who is published, sells images and truly loves making pictures.

Giving strategic marketing advice, crafting news releases and coaching clients is different than being the one capturing images, but it’s how I usually position myself and my Chicago area strategic marketing and public relations company.

Yesterday afternoon I sent an email RSVP to a fund-raising event manager with this line:

“Let me know if you’d like me to …

Here in the U.S. It’s Labor Day weekend, a time to celebrate the last few sweet bits of summer.

Last night while I sat in a friend’s driveway watching The Blues Brothers on a 16′ x 14′ screen, I got inspired to take a new look at the movie. This time, from a fundraising perspective. In the movie, two brothers – Jake, John Belushi and Elwood, Dan Aykroyd – go on a charity-driven mission to raise the back taxes needed …

Update 10.17.07 Final Results are in from Blog Action Day

20,603 Blogs Participated
23,327 Blog Posts (Google Blog Search)
14,631,038 RSS Readers

Today is Blog Action Day – as of this moment 15,861 blogs with a combined RSS reach of 12, 697,713 readers display posts about the environment. In researching BlogWorld & New Media Expo speaker blogs, I found Copyblogger Brian Clark’s Blog Action Day post, “The Butterfly Effect and the Environment: How Small Actions Can Change the World.” …

Update 10.17.07 – See the list of 670 sites going Pink for October 

Every Friday, Wired PR Works features a charity with a complimentary Public Service Announcement post. Because October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I’m joining in with Pink for October , an online grassroots cooperative dedicated to spreading knowledge and awareness.

While I’m still attempting to blush up my blog, if you’d like to glow pink, check out these top 10 Pink For October redesigns.

Have to admit I’m …

This Friday’s PSA is on behalf of Bridge Communities, an organization that serves the working poor, the fastest growing population, in one of Illinois’ wealthiest counites. Have a charity you’d like to see featured as a Friday PSA? Leave a suggestion in the comment box with the URL.

Organization Stats:
- average age of a homeless person …

Thanks to a friend for suggesting this week’s Friday PSA . . . Sharing Connections located in Chicago’s western suburbs.

With a vision to provide every baby with a bed to be tucked into, Leeanne McGrath founded the organization. Today, Sharing Connections collects and distributes furnishings to families in need from a warehouse. Here’s how to help Sharing Connections with a donation of time, furniture or financial support.

In researching a charity for the Friday PSA, I found the PSA Research Center, a site managed by Goodwill Communications. I grabbed the banner ad from the company’s site, which is a valuable creative and marketing resource both for non-profits and companies who want to partner with them.

Have a charity you’d like to see featured as a Friday PSA? Leave a suggestion in the comment box with the URL.

Tomorrow I’m going back to school at the front of a college class.

I’ll be teaching a 300 level marketing execution class for non-profits in The Academy for Excellence at College of DuPage.

When the scheduled instructor moved out of state, I got a call to step in a few weeks before the class started. I took some  time deciding whether or not I wanted to invest prep time and teaching time in a job that pays, well, the going rate for a …

 
 An online charity event to benefit Unitus called Internet Marketers Against Poverty, is this week’s Friday PSA. Today, we’ll cover the mission as well as what I like about this campaign.

Campaign Mission: Fund Global Entrepreneurs

About Unitus . . .

Who they serve: the three billion people living on less than $2/day

How they serve:  provide access to capital for micro-entrepreneurs

How your dollars go to work: $5.50 funds one entrepreneur

Portfolio: reaches over 2.2 million families through 17 partners in Argentina, India, Indonesia, Kenya, …