Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Gail J McGovern
We just launched a big holiday campaign that is a fundraising event at the American Red Cross. The centerpiece for this is the gift catalog. We are engaging all of our chapters and our development organization here at headquarters on this.
The gift catalog has gifts you can purchase in someone’s honor that will be used [...]
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Posted on October 12th, 2009 by Gail J McGovern
Today I’m answering the question: Where would you like the organization to be in 2020?
I am very impressed with the talent and willingness of employees and volunteers in the Red Cross to rally around some of the changes we’ve been making, whether it’s the One Red Cross initiative, the steps that are happening in [...]
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Posted on September 11th, 2009 by Gail J McGovern
The Initiative
First, I personally thank and applaud President and Mrs. Obama for having the courage and foresight to kick off an initiative like this. It was very bold and complex: it required a lot of players to play, it required a great deal of technology, and there were a number of places where there could [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2009 by Gail J McGovern
This is National Preparedness Month and we are trying a lot of different venues and messages to get the word out that it’s very simple for people to prepare for a disaster.
It seems like people know they need to prepare but for whatever reason there’s a roadblock. Perhaps they think it’s too complicated or will [...]
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Posted on July 27th, 2009 by Gail J McGovern
I’m new to writing blog posts, but I’m not new to reading them. I read lots of what you all write about our organization every day and I have a deep interest in social media. Today, I’d love to talk about the blogs I love to read and why.
My candy at the end of the [...]
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Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by Wendy Harman
This is the speech President and CEO Gail McGovern gave at the National Press Club yesterday.
Do you have additional questions for Gail? Leave them in the comments and we will try to get her answers in a future blog post.
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Posted on July 21st, 2009 by Wendy Harman
UPDATE: Remarks as prepared
Our President and CEO Gail McGovern (you’ve seen a couple of blog posts from her right here – hopefully more to come soon!) is giving a speech at 1pm EDT today.
We’ll get snippets of the speech up ASAP, but in the meantime you can follow @infobabe on Twitter (it’s Laura Howe, our [...]
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Posted on July 1st, 2009 by Gail J McGovern
It was just over a year ago that I became the President and CEO of the American Red Cross, and I was recently asked what this first year has been like.
It’s a blessing to be a part of the American Red Cross, and frankly, it’s been a time filled with pleasant surprises. Many of [...]
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Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Gail J McGovern
I just checked how the American Red Cross is doing in Target’s “Bullseye Gives” Facebook challenge—and thanks to you, we’ve received more than 45,000 votes.
That’s more than 45,000 life-changing gifts.
Watch our video telling the human story of how we have and will put your votes to work. Then make sure to submit your vote—today, and [...]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by Wendy Harman
– This post originally appeared on John Solomon’s In Case of Emergency … Read Blog
A former top business executive is recruited from the private sector to take over one of the country’s most venerated non-profit organizations at a crucial moment in its history right in the midst of a national economic crisis. Sounds like [...]
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