Robert Weiner

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Idealware’s revised Consumers Guide to Low-Cost Donor Management Systems

Robert Weiner

Idealware just released the latest version of their Consumers Guide to Low-Cost Donor Management Systems. It will give you an overview of 32 systems and in-depth reviews of their top 11 “best value” choices.

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Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems

Robert Weiner

Our friends at Idealware and NTEN have released their Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems. The guide presents detailed comparisons of 33 donor databases that cost less than $4,250 in the first year. The guide is available for free here. read more.

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NY Times says text donations system is flawed

Robert Weiner

If you want to learn more, Mobile Active published a great overview of the mobile giving landscape last year called Texting for Charitable Dollars: The Definitive Guide. But we’re not there yet.

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Idealware’s Field Guide to Nonprofit Software: Fundraising, Communications and Outreach

Robert Weiner

Unlike their earlier guides (to inexpensive donor databases, content management systems, online donation tools, etc.) It's likely to be a useful guide to nonprofits who are planning to purchase (or request donations) of a lot of software in the near future.

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Chosing a donor database

Robert Weiner

I am tending towards (system x) because it would seem to match what we need right away, and we could afford it. Here's how I respond to questions like this: I can't say whether (system x) would be a good fit for you. You said you've read the Idealware/NTEN Consumer's Guide, so you know that (system x) got a strong rating there.

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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

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. On the recent NTEN community call someone asked the panel to name 5 vendors (other than Blackbaud and Convio) to whom we’d send a CRM system RFP for a $100 million nonprofit.

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Resources from the Compasspoint Panel

Robert Weiner

Idealware's "Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems" [link]. . “Homer Simpson for Nonprofits: The Truth about How People Really Think and What It Means for Promoting Your Cause&#. Ebook: [link]. Archive of their workshop at the NTEN conference: [link]. Donor Databases. Social Media.

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