Robert Weiner

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Training on your new database

Robert Weiner

It's an art. I discussed training at a high level on page 13 of this chapter from CASE's Handbook of Institutional Advancement. Here are some more detailed rules of thumb: 90% of training is forgotten within the first 2 weeks if it's not put to immediate use. Not everyone can train.

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2012 Heroes With A Heart Awards

Robert Weiner

There are three awards: $15,000 for Three Heroes One Hero with a Heart from each of the three categories of Health and Human Social Service, Animal Rights and Environmental Protection and Arts and Literacy will be awarded $5,000 USD and a professionally produced video about their affiliated nonprofit for use in public awareness or education.

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Online Discussion on June 23: Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes

Robert Weiner

Previously she worked for the Future of Music Coalition and was a law clerk at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. Wendy Harman , the social-media manager at the American Red Cross, in Washington, DC.

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Transcript: Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes

Robert Weiner

Previously she worked for the Future of Music Coalition and was a law clerk at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. Wendy Harman , the social-media manager at the American Red Cross, in Washington, DC.

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MarketingProfs Free Virtual Conference

Robert Weiner

The keynote presentation by David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign Manager, is titled The Art of the Possible: Online Branding Strategies and Tactics. While it appears to be aimed at businesses (the tracks are called Business to Business and Business to Consumer), the topics look relevant to nonprofits, in my opinion.

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Lame spam of the day: spam mashup

Robert Weiner

Here''s the whole thing (minus the links): act. tryanew-typeofphonehere.us by [46.105.137.34] by tryanew-typeofphonehere.us with ServerM 2.7.3 ESMTP; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:58:09 +0100.

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Matching Gifts Best Practices

Robert Weiner

The responses came primarily from post-secondary schools, but also included elementary schools, healthcare, museums, gardens, performing arts, and service organizations. SupportingAdvancement.com has published the results of their 2008 survey on how nonprofits are handling corporate matching gifts. 63% raised over $50,000.

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