Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

In the Simple Development Systems’ donor communications model, we’ve always recommended both a print and an e-newsletter. When that happens, your ask looks like spam in my inbox. And there’s a reason for that. I’ve signed up for hundreds of emails from nonprofit organizations. What to Include. Time is, after all, money.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

TechSoup's own Kevin Lo noticed some strange activity on his email accounts when friends were replying to spam he was supposedly sending out. The group broke into PBS’s servers by finding a security hole in an older version of the content-management system Movable Type. Paranormal Email Activity. You can fight back!

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

Do development directors have to sift through duplicate records … or worse yet, conflicting records? Have you been blocked for sending out spam because too many of your emails go to bad addresses? Years ago, a friend of mine worked at a United Way organization that kept five years worth of giving records in their system.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

argues that cloud-based services are likely to be safer and more secure than most in-house nonprofit computer systems. He is director of programmes at CTT, which is our TechSoup Global partner in the UK. "I’m as big an advocate of a good firewall and a reputable anti-virus/spam package on all your systems as the next person.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 24, 2008

It basically eliminates comment spam, which, as you probably know, is the bane of bloggers everywhere. .&# Installation of WordPress is scarily easy. WordPress is expandable with tons of plugins. The best one, by the way, is Akismet , which is also made by Automattic.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

"The old systems get broken long before new ones become stable." The direct mail world was broken the instant the first email was sent, but 80% of all email sent is spam. How do you transition the ways you fund your mission without cracking the foundation? One day at a time. One tide change at a time. " – Clay Shirky.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

It’s a sharecropping system, but the sharecroppers are generally happy because their interest lies in self-expression or socializing, not in making money, and, besides, the economic value of each of their individual contributions is trivial. One of the fundamental economic characteristics of Web 2.0 goodiness.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

They are going to decide then whether or not they want to unsubscribe because you’re sending them spam or if they want to stay engaged with your organization. It’s largely up to you, but I recommend including the following components in your donor acquisition email series: A thank you email from your Executive Director. Click here.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Consultants and Vendors Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 05:26PM | by Justin Perkins Matt Howes Guest Blog By Matt Howes, Director of Technology, Media Matters for America Remember when the webmaster did everything from graphic design to information architecture and content writing?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Consultants and Vendors Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 05:26PM | by Justin Perkins Matt Howes Guest Blog By Matt Howes, Director of Technology, Media Matters for America Remember when the webmaster did everything from graphic design to information architecture and content writing?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

If you try to use your regular email, you run the risk of being marked as spam, looking unprofessional, and not being able to measure open rates. A system like Constant Contact complies with U.S. CAN SPAM laws so you don’t have to worry about it. Letter from your Executive Director or Board chair. So leave these out: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Set a Time Frame, Track it and Talk about it: Make sure you activate the tracking system or install an external tracking system like site meter, bloglog, or Google Analytics. Myspace avoids spamming so the members usually blocks people from adding them directly unless you know them personally or their email.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 7, 2021

“We have all these interactions with people, but where we needed to improve upon was how we interacted with our people, how we understood the needs of our customers…” – Seth Fera-Schanes, Director of Strategic Planning . Read More ». Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, demand for The Center’s services increased by nearly 40%.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

Reporting to your board of directors. It’s called email deliverability , and the gist of it is this: the more people that mark your messages as spam or consistently delete them, the higher the probability that email providers like Google will deliver your messages to junk folders. Communicating with your teams. One last thing.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I have to admit, I hate asking people for money and I know you’re like, “Wait a minute, I’m a development director. I don’t mean spamming people. You’re not spam. But if it’s not a part of that bigger system, you may be wasting your time. Thanks for the comments about my girls.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Even worse, if enough of them use the "Uninvite" (or "Spam") button, you might find yourself permanently uninvited from your entire email list. If your communications are always focused on what you want and not what the host wants, they'll revoke your invitation, and fast. .

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

If your organization is functioning without a content management system and a relationship management system that serves all your database needs, however, chances are you're wasting time (re)entering data, recreating communications every time, or waiting on someone with the technical capacity to take care of content and communications tasks.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

If your organization is functioning without a content management system and a relationship management system that serves all your database needs, however, chances are you're wasting time (re)entering data, recreating communications every time, or waiting on someone with the technical capacity to take care of content and communications tasks.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

I like to joke that I have had every job that is a Rubik’s cube in the nonprofit world, staff member, board member, founder, executive director. No spam here. Oh, Terry said she just learned that her former development director didn’t thank a lot of donors. Like Steven said, my background is in fundraising.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Haji initially stayed on, as Convios president, but stepped down from that role last month, although he remains a member of Convios board of directors. While spam is worse than it’s ever been, email continues to be the key to successful online fundraising programs – that’s a bit of surprise.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Haji initially stayed on, as Convios president, but stepped down from that role last month, although he remains a member of Convios board of directors. While spam is worse than it’s ever been, email continues to be the key to successful online fundraising programs – that’s a bit of surprise.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2021

Focus on the basics (Create Your Systems). Develop your organization’s Ask/Thank/Report/Repeat systems for growing individual giving. What systems do you have in place to collect the stories that move your donors? But systems thinking is the oftentimes critical missing piece in growing your donor base and your email list.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

It’s not enough to say someone’s famous, that you like spam. Our designer ended up designing a modular system that could really accommodate just about anything. Our director talked, I talked about the process, the conservator talked about the challenges of getting god knows what through the door.

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