Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 12, 2011

It's in their DIY series -- short tips for implementing something for your organization without extensive tech know-how or extra budget. NTEN just published a short piece of mine on data management in their Change magazine. The topic they gave me was managing decentralized data entry.

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Data NTEN Tech Tips 122

Robert Weiner

MAY 4, 2010

I often see RFPs that are quite lengthy and well-considered, and looking for a system that has huge strategic value to an organization, but the required turn-around time to respond to the RFP is very short – often only 2 or 3 weeks. Techsoup article: The RFP Process: An Overview. " But if you're a vendor it often does.

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Software Database Phase Proposal 112

Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 6, 2012

I'm working on an article with the title, "Maybe It's Not Your Database, It's You." The premise is that complaints about an organization's database may be misdirected: the problem is how the system is being managed (aka management problems disguised as technology problems).

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Database Law Policy Training 156

Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

The Nonprofit Times recently published an article called Is It Donor Management Software Or Business Intelligence. I've heard countless organizations describe their donor databases as "roach motels" or "data vaults" -- the data goes in but it doesn't come out.

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Track Business Donor Database 112

Robert Weiner

JUNE 3, 2010

My own resources page: [link] It includes links to articles like: Should Your Organization Use Social Networking Sites? Donor Databases. Idealware's "Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems" [link]. Social Media. Before You Jump in with Two Feet in Social Media - Important Boring Basic Stuff First.

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Resource eBook Social Media ROI 138

Robert Weiner

MARCH 23, 2009

Check out the article about TechSoup in Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle. TechSoup CEO’s are interviewed as well as some local Bay Area organizations who’ve benefited from TechSoup’s programs. TechSoup might be shy about blowing its own horn but since I’m a volunteer, I have no such reservations.

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San Francisco Interview Local Benefit 100

Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Idealware just published an article by Keith Heller called Do You Need New Donor Management Software? Keith urges nonprofits to look before they leap into new software, cautioning that "new software may not make anything better — in fact, it could make things worse."

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