Robert Weiner

JUNE 9, 2009

The full transcript is now available if you weren’t able to participate in the live, online event. . Schwartz; and Felicia Carr, director of online communications for the National Parks Conservation Association.

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 17, 2009

Thus, in a well functioning data ecosystem, tools are connected so that the information gathered from online donations, for example, is easily commingled with the information gathered from an event which is commingled with the information collected about other supporters. read more.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2009

An organization’s databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more. My friend and fellow consultant John Kenyon is fond of saying that, after people, data is an organization’s most important asset. read more.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2009

An average online gift of $152.12, although organizations focused on event-based and peer-to-peer online fundraising had lower average gift amounts. There was a slight decrease in online giving during the third quarter but online giving rebounded in the fourth quarter.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2009

An organization’s databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more. My friend and fellow consultant John Kenyon is fond of saying that, after people, data is an organization’s most important asset.

Data 100

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

The most effective methods for gathering employment data (cited by at least 30% of respondents) were admissions/enrollment forms, alumni directory surveys, collecting business cards at events, individual surveys (follow-ups to address changes, etc.),

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2009

The most effective methods for gathering employment data (cited by at least 30% of respondents) were alumni directory surveys, collecting business cards at events, individual surveys (follow-ups to address changes, etc.), Only 24% of respondents said they have employment information on at least 50% of their constituents.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 5, 2010

I've also had some odd experiences with the sync -- some events have looked fine in Outlook but have refused to show up in my Google calendar, which means they don't show up on the Pre, either. I had to delete those events and recreate them. Plus, it was the most expensive option. I haven't figured out why this happened.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Support advocacy, volunteer management, complex events, electronic communications, content management, online payments, and merchandise sales. Complex family, social, business, corporate, and financial relationships. Provides robust, flexible support for all forms of fundraising, membership, marketing, and communications.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I'm not sure whether you're considering whether or not to buy NetCommunity, but if so, you should also consider the benefits it provides other than social networking: online donations, event registrations, mass emails, self-service for data updates, etc. There are other ways of providing most of those, of course.).

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Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

There are key components of advancement support missing in the current software (one of the two areas above, or Events management, or Volunteer management, or on-line fundraising, or Campaign Reporting, or…). This is an area of new or expanded emphasis for us.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 15, 2015

As others have said, data storage is cheap and reporting systems should allow you to deal with excluding individuals from mailings or solicitations if they''ve been inactive for a period of time, but if individuals aren''t in the database, they''re not being included in screenings for updated addresses, employment info, wealth events, etc.,

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Sync event information: registrants, event donations, fundraisers, and team information seamlessly flow into CRM. There are many benefits to upgrading, such as: Free FirstGiving account including a customizable donation button and virtual terminal. Push-to-sync online donations: sync donors and donations with CRM in a single click.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2010

Understand the business they and their colleagues are in (fundraising, communications, membership, events management, governmental relations, public relations) so they can make good decisions, plan ahead, and provide good service. Collect and enter data accurately and efficiently. Understand and use automation appropriately.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

There are weekly and monthly calendar views, but they only show colored bars to indicate events -- no text, no way to hover to see what's there. I was trying to figure out the dates of an upcoming conference, but the only way to do that is to look at every day individually.

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