Robert Weiner

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Survey on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Charitable Giving

Robert Weiner

Jay Frost of ContactReporter.com (and formerly with WealthID.com) is conducting a survey on the impact of the economic crisis on charitable giving. He describes it as follows: This short survey is designed to gather information about the impact of the economic crisis on charitable giving.

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Migrating recurring donors to a new system

Robert Weiner

I also pointed my client to an old article from Convio called Switching Payment Processors: Assessing the Impact on Your Sustainer Program and suggested the following steps: 1. Ask the two processors if they will cooperate on the migration and what they’d charge. If they won’t cooperate or the price is too high, read on.

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Green IT for Dummies

Robert Weiner

They describe it as: Green IT for Dummies … is intended to give organizations simple and straight-forward ideas on how to reduce the environmental impact of IT systems and harness the power of IT to reduce the wider environmental impacts of climate change in society.

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Lame Spam of the Day: Lehman Brothers Centre for Women 2008 Newsletter

Robert Weiner

World impact. The Centre has gone from strength to strength since its research agenda was officially launched on 1st November 2006 and we are delighted to keep you up-to-date with our research reports and activities. Newsletter London experience. Image: Spam'

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Lame spam of the day: The variant of the contract you’ve offered has been delcined.

Robert Weiner

Wow, very creative syntax (though the misspelling of "declined" lessens the impact). I just love the subject line in this one. I also got a second version, but the subject was much more prosaic. This blog says the links download malware. Version 1: Sender: Argelia Vogel (SterlingGroesbeck@myexcel.com).

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Trends Affecting Fundraising in 2009

Robert Weiner

The trends they cite include lower estate taxes, low investment returns, the possibility of inflation, no minimum required withdrawal from individual retirement accounts, the impact of medical costs, and a push to lower fund-raising costs. You can read the full article at philanthropy.com/news/prospecting/index.php?id=6835.

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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

While I generally think vendor consolidation is bad for the nonprofit world (unless the vendor being absorbed wasn’t a strong player to begin with), I’m less concerned about the impact on small nonprofits. There are tons of choices out there for small and mid-sized organizations.

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