Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Here are two new resources for surviving in tough times: The Chronicle of Philanthropy has compiled a collection of recent stories , discussions, and statistics about how charities deal with turbulent economic times. Tags: TechSoup Fundraising.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 17, 2009

Target Analytics' Index of National Fundraising Performance for the first quarter of 2009 had nothing but bad news. Grizzard says that "when others scale back on their fundraising efforts, it presents an opportunity to cut through the clutter for those that stay the course." He says: read more.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

She discusses the strategy behind the research, the tools she used, how the list was narrowed to a group of top prospects, and the general approach to cultivating the foundations. Tags: Prospect Research Fundraising Foundations. The results: a 75% success rate, resulting in nearly $1 million. You can read the article at [link].

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Provides robust, flexible support for all forms of fundraising, membership, marketing, and communications. During the NTEN call we discussed Tessitura , the performing arts fundraising and ticketing system as an example of a successful effort. Complex family, social, business, corporate, and financial relationships.

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

One of the discussions during NTEN’s community call about Blackbaud’s purchase of Convio was whether the nonprofit community should band together and build its own donor management system rather than being dependent on for-profit vendors. That discussion continued on my blog. I expect it will be strengthened by this move.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 29, 2009

The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently conducted an online discussion with Lorry I. Tags: Fundraising. Lokey, who has appeared on The Chronicle’s list of America’s top donors every year since 2000. Mr. Lokey responded to questions such as. What do you see as the ED’s role in working with major donors?

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2010

She's trying to make the case for investing in Advancement Services at a college that seems to only want to invest in fundraisers. In his blog post on evaluating fundraising programs, Measuring Success The Buffett Way , Jason McNeil asks What measures might Warren Buffett use to evaluate development effectiveness?

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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? ,

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I've been enjoying the discussion in the Chronicle of Philanthropy's LinkedIn group in response to the question, " What's a good, affordable donor database program for a small non profit? " (you'll probably need to join the group to read the responses).

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Jana Byington-Smith did a great job of capturing the discussion for the conference’s live blog. I moderated a panel with the above title yesterday at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. I’m reposting her summary below. The list of links she mentions is at [link]. You can read all of the conference blogs at [link].

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 30, 2012

I've been in numerous discussions recently where senior Blackbaud staff have said that clients will be given 5 - 7 years to migrate off any discontinued products. But with an online product, if the company turns off the servers there's no way for clients to continue using the product. This time it's giving them less than 2 years.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 8, 2012

The following is a compilation of online discussions of faux donors trying to scam colleges, schools, and nonprofits. In most cases it’s not clear what the scammers are trying to achieve. Maybe they’re just practical jokes.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Sync event information: registrants, event donations, fundraisers, and team information seamlessly flow into CRM. There have been extensive discussions of this on TechSoup ( here and here ), and I hope that by now all GiftWorks clients know about this impending change. Donor Databases Fundraising Nonprofit Technology Software'

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