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Texting for $$: The Definitive Guide

Robert Weiner

In the wake of the huge number of donations given to Haiti earthquake relief via text mesage, MobileActive has published Texting for Charitable Dollars: The Definitive Guide. It describes the process of raising funds via SMS from the donors' and the nonprofits' perspectives, including costs and tips for getting started. read more.

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NY Times says text donations system is flawed

Robert Weiner

If you have an urgent call to action, a way of reaching a mass audience, and don’t mind not being able to identify, steward, or resolicit most of the donors who give via text, mobile giving can definitely be effective. But those are big “ifs” and most nonprofits don’t meet those criteria. I do expect this to change over time.

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Migrating recurring donors to a new system

Robert Weiner

He said: It’s definitely not impossible to migrate recurring donations, but it requires willingness on behalf of both processors in order to exchange the vaulted payment information. 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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On the value of donor database ratings

Robert Weiner

My response: These reports are definitely useful — if a vendor is rated well they’re worth considering (assuming the rating criteria are appropriate for your needs) and if they’re rated badly they’re probably not. Bottom line – (our software) received more “Excellent” ratings than any of the over 33 products reviewed!

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The Nonprofit Guide to Going Green: Book Release Parties!

Robert Weiner

The definitive, practical, go-to resource guide on helping all charities become more green.". The website for the new book, The Nonprofit Guide to Going Green describes it as "a comprehensive learning tool to guide nonprofits and NGOs towards becoming greener. read more.

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Making the Case for Advancement Services

Robert Weiner

Donor retention can definitely be affected--positively and negatively--by Advancement Services. It's not within Advancement Services's power to guarantee that donors will continue to give or that constituents will be satisfied and supportive, but Advancement Services can definitely drive them away.

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Lame spam as blog comments

Robert Weiner

I say to you, I definitely get annoyed while people consider worries that they just do not know about. I don't know what the next one is promoting and don't plan to find out (the first sentence yields over 2 million hits). 2) Unquestionably believe that which you said.

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