Robert Weiner

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Pizzigati Prize for Open Source Software Developers

Robert Weiner

From the Foundation Center’s RFP bulletin: The Tides Foundation Invites Nominations for Award Honoring Open Source Software Developers Who Add Value to Nonprofit Sector. Deadline: March 2, 2009. The Tides Foundation is accepting nominations for the $10,000 Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. read more.

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Develop Your Social Media Strategy with NTEN

Robert Weiner

What: NTEN is holding an online workshop on social media using a Choose Your Own Expert format. They've gathered a group of nonprofit social media experts to help you devise a solid organizational strategy and learn the secrets of a variety of social media tools.

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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

Will Blackbaud continue to develop on both the Salesforce and Infinity platforms? Finally, the system needs to be backed by strong implementation practices, training, and ongoing product development and user support. But that product started out with development and support from a major organization (the Metropolitan Opera).

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Lame spam of the day: Intuit GoPayment

Robert Weiner

But the From: address is obviously not from Intuit and text is pretty lame: "Your Intuit GoPayment statement for ONTIMEE SOFTWARE, DEVELOPMENTS has been accepted." Your Intuit GoPayment statement for ONTIMEE SOFTWARE, DEVELOPMENTS has been accepted. These spams aren't 100% lame -- at least they included a logo and some design elements.

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What’s a good donor database?

Robert Weiner

to "I do not recommend SalesForce, even if it is free" and "It may be free, but as someone with software development experience, I found administration of it to be much too complex for the average nonprofit user.". Salesforce has the most disparate comments, ranging from "I am a huge Salesforce fan" and "Salesforce is excellent!"

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Spam of the Day: So and so wants to connect on LinkedIn

Robert Weiner

Note that the person who wants to connect (Mark Andronas) does not match the signature block (Neal Collins, Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development at Payroll Processing, Greater Chicago Area). So far the text has been identical.

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Migrating recurring donors to a new system

Robert Weiner

Develop a manual process for tracking and recording payments made using the old processor. Ask your recurring donors to move to the new processor. Keep your account with your old processor open as long as the value of the donations (minus transaction costs) exceeds their fees. Evaluate this at least annually.

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