Robert Weiner

AUGUST 30, 2012

Today the news is that Blackbaud is killing off Common Ground , one of the two donor management products (aka CRMs or Constituent Relationship Management systems) that they acquired from Convio. In what was said to be an unrelated development, they also announced the departure of Gene Austin, the former CEO of Convio.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Idealware’s Consumer’s Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems reviewed 30 systems, the majority of which don’t come from Convio or Blackbaud. I’ve also been compiling a list of every donor database I come across at https://socialsourcecommons.org/toolbox/show/1661. I’m more concerned about the top end of the market.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2010

He suggests several, including donor retention. Donor retention can definitely be affected--positively and negatively--by Advancement Services. Do donors get timely, accurate receipts and thank-you letters? Are they listed properly in the honor roll and other publications? When constituents request changes (e.g.,

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 17, 2009

All of the industry sectors analyzed in the index had revenue declines over this period, and all but one sector had declines in donors as well. For the first time since the index began in 2002, overall revenue per donor declined; revenue per donor declines were experienced by two-thirds of the organizations in the index.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Our board member, donor, or funder said to do or buy __. Come join us for a collaborative, interactive, therapeutic discussion at the NTC. Or “Our VISTA/New Sector volunteer is really smart. She’ll figure this out!”. Let’s get this tool. It worked great at my last (completely dissimilar) organization. We should get the __est thing.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

I’ve already mentioned Beth Kanter’s extensive discussion of Twestival , an attempt to raise $500,000 for the group charity:water using Twitter. And yet a year later, when nothing has changed for all the other millions of families, those donors become disillusioned. and didn’t reach a conclusion either way.

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Social Media Media Fundraising Social 100

Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

and the subsequent TechSoup discussion , I’m posting an analysis conducted by Sarah Grosvenor , the Assistant Director of Annual Giving at Willamette University , on the potential for mobile fundraising at the University. Following up on Elliot’s blog post, How Important Is Mobile Giving? , " read more.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 21, 2012

I discussed training at a high level on page 13 of this chapter from CASE's Handbook of Institutional Advancement. A question was posted to a listserve for nonprofit techies looking for tips on training staff on a new database.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We've programmed sessions on online fundraising with Madeline Stanionis, social media with Jeff Patrick, database selection with Eric Leland, and an open discussion session with me and Michael on whatever tech topics the attendees bring. Once again I have the honor of co-chairing the Technology Track with Michael Stein.

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San Francisco Fundraising Database Social Media 100

Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Push-to-sync online donations: sync donors and donations with CRM in a single click. Process recurring donations based on donors'' schedule of giving. Maintain cleaner data: set required fields for donors and donation records. Donor Databases Fundraising Nonprofit Technology Software'

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