Robert Weiner

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Getting RSS Feeds Via Email

Robert Weiner

There are a few RSS feeds I don't want to miss. I have an RSS feed reader but I often go for days without looking at it. Some RSS feeds offer email subscriptions, but most don't. Once that's set up, click the My Feeds link in the upper-right corner. 2) Next, you need the RSS feed address for the page you want to track.

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Feed My Inbox — RSS feeds by email

Robert Weiner

And I don't like having to look at a web page/feed reader every day to find out whether anything new has appeared on an RSS feed. I'm testing a solution that will deliver RSS updates to me via email: Feed My Inbox I'm starting with a few sites I want to track, but that are only updated occasionally.

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Tangents 2-15-2020 Playlist

Robert Weiner

Verve Worried Mind Buddy Guy The Complete Chess Studio Recordings MCA Metamorphosis World Saxaphone Quartet Metamorphosis Nonesuch Swamped Floratone Floratone Blue Note La Chanson de Satie Arthur H. and Feist Adieu Tristesse Universal Music Polydor The righteous wrath of an honorable man Colin Stetson New History Warfare, Vol.

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The Limits of “Free” Software

Robert Weiner

Donor databases need care and feeding during implementation and throughout their lifetimes. Defining business rules, codes, and reports, converting data, configuring screens, and training users on the new system and policies are not simple tasks. This often requires hiring consultants who have experience with these systems free. "Free"

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New Year’s Resolution: Be Good to Your Data

Robert Weiner

Yet many organizations don’t pay enough attention to the care and feeding of their databases. An organization’s databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more. read more.

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Schools using social media but not for fundraising

Robert Weiner

UC Berkeley talked about a badge that donors can post to their Facebook pages after making a gift ("I Feed The Bears"). Very few speakers or attendees reported using these tools for fundraising, though. It's not an explicit fundraising appeal, but they might start using fundraising badges for class campaigns in the future.

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New Year’s Resolution: Be Good To Your Data

Robert Weiner

Yet many organizations don’t pay enough attention to the care and feeding of their databases. An organization’s databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more.

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