Thank you for sharing (and for having @High Impact Professionals on your 2026 list)! Three additional thoughts:
People often think it’s hard for them to talk about effective giving but easy for the people who already do. I don’t think that’s the case. For various reasons (many of which raised in this post), I find it hard and uncomfortable to talk about my giving. And still I do it. I think the upsides are much larger. And it gets easier over time.
When I wrote my first post about effective giving (on Linked + here) I almost didn’t post it. I had already kicked it off my to do list—twice. What made the difference was seeing other people talk about it. So, you talking about this might not just lead to your additional posts on the topic but might inspire someone else to talk about it also!
Tracking your donations means you get to track donation milestones. I find this is a great way to make the impact more tangible and a good excuse to talk about it. ;-)
I love the push on tracking donations! I track mine but it’s a private spreadsheet—I have a donation milestone coming up, so I might publish it for that occasion.
Thank you for sharing (and for having @High Impact Professionals on your 2026 list)! Three additional thoughts:
People often think it’s hard for them to talk about effective giving but easy for the people who already do. I don’t think that’s the case. For various reasons (many of which raised in this post), I find it hard and uncomfortable to talk about my giving. And still I do it. I think the upsides are much larger. And it gets easier over time.
When I wrote my first post about effective giving (on Linked + here) I almost didn’t post it. I had already kicked it off my to do list—twice. What made the difference was seeing other people talk about it. So, you talking about this might not just lead to your additional posts on the topic but might inspire someone else to talk about it also!
Tracking your donations means you get to track donation milestones. I find this is a great way to make the impact more tangible and a good excuse to talk about it. ;-)
I love the push on tracking donations! I track mine but it’s a private spreadsheet—I have a donation milestone coming up, so I might publish it for that occasion.