Jennifer Cobb at residence

Right here is our newest submission for our Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Quarantine Version. Let’s see how Jennifer Cobb is adapting.

Jennifer’s Bio:

Jennifer Cobb is a storyteller at coronary heart and a devoted disciple of “donor love.” She presently serves as the Govt Director of Donor Relations for College of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the place she leads a multi-faceted staff targeted on offering individualized, inspiring and intentional donor communications and experiences. 

Previous to her present position, Jennifer labored at Arkansas Kids’s, serving as the Director of Communications and Planning for the Arkansas Kids’s Basis for 5 years, constructing capability for investment-level philanthropy by way of strategic content material improvement and storytelling. She additionally served as the first Director Content material Advertising for Arkansas Kids’s, main storytelling for the pediatric well being system and overseeing all content material advertising tasks designed to maneuver folks to motion. Prior her tenure at Arkansas Kids’s, Jennifer held management roles in the area of interest publishing business in Little Rock and at numerous nonprofits in Montgomery, Alabama.  

Jennifer graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Rhodes School in Memphis. She is a member of the Arkansas Chapter of Worldwide Affiliation of Enterprise Communicators (IABC). Jennifer is married to Chris Travis. Between them, they’re the proud however exhausted dad and mom of two highschool college students and three school college students. 

And that is her typical work day whereas quarantined:

Earlier than 8:00 a.m. Do you instantly seize your cellphone if you get up? Are you taking the canine out? Breakfast with the household? Do you dress straight away?

I attempt to get up early sufficient to have an hour to myself. I spend the time making my espresso, watering my pandemic backyard, speaking to the child birds which have hatched outdoors my window, writing in my journal and typically even taking a stroll.

On days I’ve ZOOM calls, I get a bit extra dressed and even placed on make-up! If I don’t have calls, I’m in legging and T-shirts, sans make-up.

Dry shampoo is my finest pal. I don’t wish to discuss my grey roots.

8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m Are you on the pc now or getting the children arrange with their college work? Dressed but? Zoom conferences with colleagues?

I’m logged on by 8 a.m. My children are youngsters, so they’re on their very own!

My conferences don’t sometimes begin till mid-morning, so I spend the first hour or so of the day answering emails and dealing on tasks. My coworkers (a scruffy mutt named Harvey and a boxer/lab combine named Mikey) curl up below my toes and snore. I mute my Zoom name.

10:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m. Are you continue to on schedule for the day? What methods are you utilizing to remain organized? Is another person in your own home additionally working from residence? How are you getting alongside? Dressed but?

By this time, my husband has logged on to his pc and began his day. He’s an legal professional and is often on the cellphone all. day. lengthy. He paces round the home in order to not disrupt the Zen in our shared workplace. I take a break mid-morning and eat a snack.

I’ll wander round the home, choosing up after the children as I am going alongside. I’m amazed at the half-drunk bottles of water, Gatorade and Eating regimen Coke. Sheesh.

What time is it even? Are you hungry or simply bored? Why is sixth grade math so totally different now? Did your important different actually simply say “let’s circle again” on that decision? Are you dressed but?

I eat once more round midday(ish). Let’s be sincere, I eat one thing each two hours. However I sometimes cease round 4. I’ve determined intermittent fasting throughout COVID is a enjoyable experiment. My youngsters are lastly awake and nagging me for cash. They head off to the neighbor’s non-public pool. Fortunate geese.

Nap Time. What else is there to do? In case you received dressed, do you get undressed in your nap?

No nap for me! However I’m doubtless taking a break in my solar room enjoying Merge Dragons on my cellphone or checking social media. The newborn birds appear hungry. I ponder if I ought to feed them? I determine to let their mama do it. I’ve sufficient mouths to feed as it’s with all these !@#$% youngsters.

Now, it’s actually time to work. Did you end all the things you wanted to do?

By 4:00, I would really have the ability to get again to the mission I used to be engaged on this morning. I don’t really feel like there’s ever sufficient time in the day to get all the things finished.

Possibly I ought to focus extra on work and fewer on meals, birds, teenagers and my husband’s consumer calls. Wait, BRB, I must unload the dishwasher that I simply ran for the second time right now.

White or pink? Or do you wind down the day one other method? Guess you don’t must dress…

I favor Topo Chico with lime!

Thanks for sharing, Jennifer!

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Creator: Kristina Leroux, COO and Neighborhood Engagement Supervisor

I’m the COO and Neighborhood Engagement Supervisor at Nonprofit Advertising Information.

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