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On the value of donor database ratings

Robert Weiner

The report they sent is actually from 2011, so I wouldn’t call it “recent” if I were them.). Nonprofits need to know what they need and then test systems against those specific needs. It doesn’t matter how good a particular system is if it doesn’t fit your organization’s needs.

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Have You Outgrown Your Membership Database?

Wild Apricot

In our recent Blog Reader Survey, membership growth/acquisition ranked as the second most important issue facing small membership-based organizations for 2011, just behind member communications and engagement. read more ).

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Report Release: The 2011 Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems

NTEN

We're excited to announce the updated Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems , written by Idealware in partnership with NTEN. The systems reviewed cost no more than $4000 for the first year of use. Recommendations for systems based on particular needs. Comparison Matrix of the Top 10 Systems.

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How To Track Everyone Who's Anyone To You: Is A Single Database Right for Your Org?

NTEN

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. The ability to easily see how all your constituents interact with your organization, and with each other, makes for an attractive, ideal vision of what a database should be. For many organizations, multiple systems can be a better fit.

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Major Gifts and a $260,000 Online Donation

NetWits

In fact, Blackbaud’s 2011 Online Giving Report , noted that the largest online gift in 2011 was $260,000 ! The report further noted, “87% of the nonprofits in this analysis had at least one online gift of $1,000 or more during 2011.”. I would suggest that is not only poor database coding but it’s not major gifts fundraising.

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Great reads from around the web on December 9th

Amy Sample Ward

"" Free Access: Nonprofit Tagline Database & Report | Nonprofit Marketing | Getting Attention – "Don't miss the just-released, all-new Nonprofit Tagline Database with 4,800+ organizational, program, fundraising campaign and special event taglines. Get the Tagline Database and Report!"

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A Few Predictions for Nonprofit Development Technology in 2012

NTEN

Will 2012 be pretty much like 2011? It replied: Based on that, plus 27 years in the field, I foresee that 2012 will be pretty much like 2011. It replied: Based on that, plus 27 years in the field, I foresee that 2012 will be pretty much like 2011. Weiner Consulting. it’s not cloud-based. it’s the cheapest. it’s the “best”.

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