Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Steve MacLaughlin at Blackbaud has written an analysis of the CASE Online Fundraising Survey. " His analysis is at [link]. Tags: Fundraising Online Fundraising.

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Analysis Survey Online Fundraising 112

Robert Weiner

MARCH 26, 2009

Care2’s Allyson Kapin just published an analysis of Convio’s online fundraising study (which I mentioned earlier this week ). The analysis is posted at [link]. The analysis is posted at [link]. Tags: Online Fundraising Fundraising. She interviewed me, so of course I think the article is good.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

It does Direct Marketing but not Major Gift fundraising (or it does Major Gift fundraising but not Direct Marketing); we need support in both areas. We need better tools for reporting, analysis, and business intelligence. These are not easy questions and the analysis may be complex/complicated.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 17, 2013

I've redacted the message to anonymize the vendor: Dear _, I thought you might be interested in a recent analysis of low cost fundraising software, conducted jointly by independent organizations Idealware and N-TEN. A colleague forwarded the following email from a vendor and asked how I think a potential buyer should respond.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The system needs to be intuitive for fundraisers, but streamlined for fast data entry. Have you experienced this "analysis paralysis"? You want to make a reasonably quick decision, but also need to get input and buy-in from stakeholders. You want to think big, but don't want to neglect operational details. How do you get down to one?

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Robert Weiner

JULY 9, 2009

The recent analysis of giving through Facebook Causes by The Washington Post was not encouraging. Things haven't improved much since Care2 published their 2007 analysis, The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes. It took years for email to become a viable fundraising channel. percent said they had raised over $10,000.

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Causes Facebook Analysis Washington 100

Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2009

Blackbaud has released a summary of early results from its analysis of 2008 online giving trends. The results come from 2,000 nonprofits using Blackbaud’s online fundraising tools. An average online gift of $152.12, although organizations focused on event-based and peer-to-peer online fundraising had lower average gift amounts.

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