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How to Send Gifts While Traveling

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Busy people saddled with much work responsibility while on travel sadly always end up having no time to attend to personal responsibilities like gift-giving to loved ones.  This limitation becomes more pronounced for those who frequently travel and are therefore forced to spend more time away from the family.  Moving from one place to another because of duties that have to be performed in relation to work eats up so much time and energy that personal responsibilities are often sacrificed.

Frequent business travelers will often find themselves missing special occasions.  Some would be lucky to have the time to prepare for a loved one’s special day in time to send a gift.  Most would have to continuously apologize and make amends for often appearing as a spouse, parent, or child who seemed to have forgotten.  It is really quite difficult to make family members understand especially the children, that work responsibilities may affect the timeliness of communication and manifestation of personal thoughts in the form of gifts.

The online environment has again come to the rescue of busy traveling people in the aspect of timely gift-giving.  It is now possible to send gifts to loved ones on the next day, the same day, or even instantly.  The good thing about this new option in gift-giving is that a customer gets to have access to hundreds of online shops that are able to make fast deliveries to reach the recipients on time.  Customers are given all the necessary information to help them decide on the perfect gift to send.

Busy people have so much to thank technology for making previously impossible tasks possible.  Timely gift-giving even when away on business travel concretizes the fact that loved ones are never really far from one’s mind in spite of the distance and hectic schedules.  Receiving a well thought-of gift somehow lightens the burden of temporary separation brought upon by work responsibilities.

This is not of course to lessen the value of the gift of time given to loved ones.  Innovative ways of gift-giving simply serve to bridge the distance and waiting.  While it is true that it is the thought that counts, being able to send a gift on the exact time it is needed is always beneficial to strengthening bonds even when physically separated by distance.

About the Guest Blogger

Henry is a business executive who frequently travels.  He swears by the usefulness of the ultimate next day gift guide for gift-giving needs while he’s away.

 

Online Fundraising

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Fundraising has always been a noble activity.  It involves soliciting contributions usually in money form and other resources.  These resources called donations are collected from organizations, individuals, businesses, government agencies, and charitable institutions.  However, due to the frequency in which fundraising activities are conducted, there arises the possibility of donation fatigue wherein regular contributors get overwhelmed by requests and may no longer be inclined to respond accordingly.

Traditional fundraising is done face-to-face .  Fundraisers will usually be seen on the streets, knocking on doors of private homes, and giving solicitation letters to companies. For a long time, these methods have delivered expectations. However, because of the complexity of organizing and conducting highly productive fundraising activities, many individuals and institutions have opted to get the services of professional fundraisers.

An arrangement is made between the professional fundraiser and the person or institution initiating the fundraising activity in relation to how the former gets to be compensated for the services it rendered.  Although most entities that regularly conduct fundraising hire a personnel to handle this task, a third party firm may be a more viable option for specific purposes .  One of the more recent innovations in this philanthropic work is the online fundraising.

Technology has allowed many aspects of human life to be more convenient.  Fundraising is just one area that has been identified to have potentially beneficial applications of advances in technology.  Several methodologies of fundraising have been seen online including auctions, raffles, and sale of donated items.

In this new wave of fundraising innovations , Causera Fundraising carves a niche of its own in the world of social fundraising.  Its concept originated from parents who happened to be technologically inclined and who were looking for a way to conduct a school fundraising with more efficiency.  Apparently, the concept clicked since non-profit organizations are also using it.

The concept entails partnering with businesses who are interested in bringing their products to the attention of customers while serving a worthwhile cause.  The advantages presented in this option include suitable control on the hands of the organizer as well as maintenance of security and privacy over all communication with its community.  The professional fundraiser simply facilitates social commerce by bringing together the organizers and the business entities.

Participants to this type of online fundraising can expect to be given a wide choice of products to choose from where their purchases can count as contributions to the fundraising.  This eliminates being forced to buy items which are not needed.  In this fundraising arrangement, everyone who participates is expected to gain a pleasurable fundraising experience.