Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

The Association of Fundraising Professionals has posted A Survival Kit for Fundraising in a Bad Economy , which includes links to dozens of articles.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 4, 2010

It plays Habitat's name, Haiti relief, and pure greed -- it claims you can earn big tax-free commissions as a fundraiser. Fundraising (at least in the U.S.) doesn't work this way -- commissions violate the Association of Fundraising Professionals' code of ethics. There are so many things wrong with this pitch.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

One of the presentations at last month’s Association of Advancement Services Professionals conference dealt with mobile giving. Tags: Fundraising Mobile Communications Online Fundraising. I’m still skeptical about its suitability for most nonprofits, and the NY Times said the same yesterday.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 13, 2009

Campagne Associates. Campagne Associates. Tags: Donor Databases Fundraising Advancement Services. This probably isn’t as useful a list, but it’s short so here goes: SYSTEM. Campaign Manager. CampaignSoft. CompassCRM. Compass Technologies. Donor Access. Donor Access. GroundSpring. First Chair. Third Sector Systems.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

Association Management System. Compton Fundraising Consultants. Havey & Associates. FundRaiser Basic. FundRaiser Software. FundRaiser Professional. FundRaiser Software. FundRaiser Select. FundRaiser Software. MatchMaker FundRaising Software. Qbase Fundraising Manager.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2010

She's trying to make the case for investing in Advancement Services at a college that seems to only want to invest in fundraisers. In his blog post on evaluating fundraising programs, Measuring Success The Buffett Way , Jason McNeil asks What measures might Warren Buffett use to evaluate development effectiveness?

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Robert Weiner

MAY 15, 2017

A client is migrating to new Association Management Software, which will entail changing their credit card processor. Credit card image from Ed Ivanushkin. They asked for advice on how to handle their existing recurring donations, and whether it’s possible to migrate those transactions to the new processor.

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