Robert Weiner

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Lame spams of the day: Your score apparently changed!

Robert Weiner

Your TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian Scores Have Changed. Important: Your Score Report Just Changed. Warning: Your Report Just Changed. Your Score May have been Changed - please take a look Your Score Apparently Changed - please browse online. Warning: Your Credit Score Just Changed.

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Controlling data entry

Robert Weiner

You need to control who can make changes and what they can change. No one gets access to change data without training on your policies. Someone (or multiple someones) needs to review new and changed entries. Training should be targeted to role. You don’t need a week of training to enter a contact report. Monitoring.

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Important changes for GiftWorks users

Robert Weiner

This change is in-line with our transition to a subscription-based service. To help clients through this transition, we will be hosting biweekly live webinars dedicated to showing them what has changed since 2013. However, I expect that some nonprofits will be in for unpleasant surprises on August 1st.

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Training on your new database

Robert Weiner

Don't give users access to add, change, or delete records until they've demonstrated that they understand what to do. And be prepared to take away their add/change/delete access if they still don't get it. Someone needs to be available to answer questions and provide refreshers after the first training.

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Keeping appointment times from moving around

Robert Weiner

I've been trying to find a way to keep my appointment times from moving around on my calendar as I change time zones. To do this in Windows 7, click on the clock, click Change Date and Time Settings, click the Internet Time tab, click Change Settings, and uncheck Synchronize with an Internet Time Server. (I

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New article: Take Control of your Organization’s Data

Robert Weiner

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

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More nonprofit software mergers and acquisitions

Robert Weiner

Millennium users, at least, seem excited about the change and the possibility of new investment in the product. Last year the big news in my industry was Blackbaud's acquisition of Convio and the merger/acquisition of Datatel and Sungard Higher Education (now called Ellucian). for the foreseeable future.”

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