Had a busy weekend and couldn't catch the news? Here are three national stories you and your family may find interesting.
Want to get male millennials on board with your cause? Focus on feelings — PsyPost
New research from Concordia University found millennials will give more to charities and causes when companies appeal to their feelings. The study’s authors said Facebook is the most effective tool because millennials, especially men, want their families and friends to see that they’re giving to charity. It‘s also an important sharing tool to help causes grow.
“Facebook is the most important tool for engaging millennials in charitable causes because it lets them get involved, find out more and spread the word,” said the study’s author, Michèle Paulin, professor of marketing at Concordia’s John Molson School of Business. “Because participation in social media is by nature an emotional experience, non-profits that want to engage millennials need to focus on the feelings of their potential young donors.”
Do people who ask for raises actually get them? — The Atlantic
Doing more work than you should? Ask for a raise. Your company did well this quarter? Ask for a raise. But do those who ask for raises really get them? According to The Atlantic’s Bourree Lam, less than half of American workers ask for a raise, with less than half of those workers actually getting the raises they ask for.
And the workers that do get raises aren’t usually the boots on the ground, but top-level executives.
“Compared to other workers, CEOs were the most likely to get a raise,” Lam wrote. “That might be because the cost of replacing an employee is about 20 percent of a position's annual salary — so companies have to expend more resources to replace senior employees than junior ones.”
Maybe God’s trying to tell you something — The Huffington Post
The Rev. Dr. H. Beecher Hicks Jr. writes for The Huffington Post that Martin Luther King Jr.’s story was almost unbelievable because King, who was never seen as a great leader or politician, was chosen to lead the civil rights movement. But, Hicks said, God had a plan for him.
In some ways, Hicks said, King’s story is similar to Samuel’s story from the Bible.
“Strange, that God should choose an unexpected spokesman, an inexperienced politician, and an untested preacher with no prophetic credentials to his name,” Hicks wrote. “For young Samuel, leadership would not be born in him, but rather, thrust upon him. His place in history would not be his choice, but rather, would be his God-determined destiny. Such was the case with a man named Martin Luther King,Jr.”
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