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. ve also been compiling a list of every donor database I come across at https://socialsourcecommons.org/toolbox/show/1661. Here my perspective. My main questions are about product strategies. MORE >>

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. Advancement Services Databases Donor Databases Fundraising IT Management Nonprofit Technology Software MORE >>

Advancement Services Best Practices Databases Donor Databases 'The following story, posted with permission, was sent to the FUNDSVCS list in response to a question about how to reign in schools and departments at a university that keep their own shadow databases of contacts. We do NCOA, wealth and deceased screenings. We get Google alerts. MORE >>

Advancement Services Databases Donor Databases IT Management Nonprofit Management Nonprofit TechnologyA question was posted to a listserve for nonprofit techies looking for tips on training staff on a new database. discussed training at a high level on page 13 of this chapter from CASE's Handbook of Institutional Advancement. It's an art. MORE >>

Idealware is updating its 2009 report on low-cost donor databases. Donor Databases SoftwareThe survey deadline is Feb. 4, 2011, so don't delay. MORE >>