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Twitter Best Practices

Robert Weiner

Their recommendations include: Do some casual research to learn if people who care about your cause are talking about it on the site. Find out what people are saying about your charity, and what information they’re looking for. Inject some personality into your messages. Be professional. Engage with users. read more.

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Discussion of Donor Data Retention

Robert Weiner

Advancement Services Best Practices Donor Databases Fundraising Prospect Research' The only potential issue here is then you need to consider an additional record as part of the retention schedule, though if this were also 7 years, you would conceivably be able to access records of people who had been inactive for up to 14 years.

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Tales of faux donors scamming charities

Robert Weiner

Not sure the purpose of the scam since they didn't get any information out of us really; maybe just to get our hopes up. They researched online. Searching provides no obituary for the wife, the phone number does not exist, and there is no information to be found for his name. They have no ties to [the college].

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How Many Donor Databases Are There?

Robert Weiner

Morant Information Systems. Symphony Information Services. Mission Research. Metafile Information Systems. Metafile Information Systems. Information Management Solutions. Batsch Group. ActiveGiving. The Active Network, Inc. SunGard Higher Education. Affinaquest. Affinaquest. Allegiance. Micro Solutions!

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Thoughts on Software RFPs

Robert Weiner

Finally, I’m often witness on the client side to the returned RFP information languishing for weeks beyond their own deadlines (and/or this being characteristic of earlier deadlines in designing the RFP). Techsoup article: Nine Tips for Navigating the RFP Research Phase. Techsoup article: The RFP Process: An Overview.

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Lame spam of the day: Raw spam merge text

Robert Weiner

.| Wow, this {article|post|piece of writing|paragraph} is {nice|pleasant|good|fastidious}, my {sister|younger sister} is analyzing {such|these|these kinds of} things, {so|thus|therefore} I am going to {tell|inform|let know|convey} her.| I’m definitely {enjoying|loving} the information. Some {very|extremely} valid points!

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Advice for Consultants - Part 2

Robert Weiner

Your clients expect you to know about new technologies, or at least know enough to be able to research something and inform them about it. Get files to hold all your new categories of information (esp. It’s easy and cheap, accessible from anywhere, and will help you define your work. (3) Attend conferences. use Turbo Tax.