Robert Weiner

JANUARY 16, 2009

OneWorld.net is offering a workshop on what nonprofits can do to survive the current tough times. What: Nonprofit Survival 101, Planning for Tough Economic Times. When: January 29, 2009 3:30 - 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Where: Washington, DC though participants can also join by phone. Cost: Free for OneWorld partner organizations, $60 for others. Description: read more.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 13, 2009

Firstgiving is holding a free webinar TODAY designed to help nonprofits build their email lists, What: Advanced Email Fundraising: Building Your List. When: Tuesday, January 13, at 3:30pm Eastern time. Cost: Free. Description: Email marketing isn’t the wave of the future; it’s the wave of right now. Writing effective messages is critical, but just as critical, and often overlooked, is building your list.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 13, 2009

The flip side to my list of donor databases would be a list of systems that no longer exist. This does not mean that these systems are no longer in use, just that they’re no longer being sold or supported (I recently met someone who still uses FundMaster, which hasn’t been sold since at least 1999). This probably isn’t as useful a list, but it’s short so here goes: SYSTEM.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 12, 2009

I’m a member of NTEN and a huge fan. I’m thrilled that their 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference will be held at the San Francisco Hilton this year, April 26-28. The Early Bird rate expires after January 31st, so it’s time to stop procrastinating. Here’s what the NTEN folks have to say: The 2009 NTC will be THE place to engage around the technology issues that face the nonprofit sector.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

I thought it might be useful to compile a list of all of the commercial donor databases I’m aware of. This list came from my head, my bookmarks, and lists compiled by NTEN and Idealware for their donor management software surveys (and I’m not certain all of these are actually donor databases). It does not include custom systems, of which there are many.

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