Posts by David Phillips
Local Spotlight: Avery Research Center presents ISMs
CDS is proud of our colleauges who donate their time and talent in the community. Bridget Stahl, CDS Campaign Associate, is no exception. Bridget came to CDS through her work with RosaLuz, a children’s charity she established to work with underprivileged and at risk youth both locally right here in Charleston, SC where she calls home…
Read MoreEach One Matters
The Jubilee Market and Freedom Cafe, located at 1551 Remount Road in N. Charleston, SC.
Read MoreDon’t Do It! Resist Temptation to Fix It Personally
If a man would win the heart of a woman, he will listen, and not try to fix it!
Read MoreLife Is About Connections
Part I: Prologue Roughly a year ago, my desk was piled high with drafts and revisions for an application to the National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST) so that a client, Jumpstart Prison Ministry could be approved to receive low-income designated, affordable housing. Jumpstart is a group dedicated to preparing inmates to reenter society with the…
Read MoreStrategic Planning Pays Big Dividends
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. Michelangelo If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you?…
Read MoreAlmost: Musing from one who has defied the odds
I saw him from across the room, walking toward me, and my heart leaped with anticipation. Just before I noticed him, I had been the guest speaker at the fraternity’s father-son dinner, sharing my life story of goals and my change of goals after surviving being shot in the head during my college years at…
Read MorePlaying the Possibility Game
I was sitting outside a café cleaning some spilled coffee off of my legal pad. I was near the end of what seemed like a rather unsuccessful meeting. I was talking with a former donor who was displeased that my client, organization he supported, had moved in a direction he did not support. It wasn’t…
Read MoreKeeping Your Game Face in Tough Times
There’s an old saying: When the times get tough, the tough get going. In turbulent economic times, there’s no better advice for a sales manager.
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