Robert Weiner

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Thoughts on Software RFPs

Robert Weiner

I then see software vendors, who are already busy with other prospects, scrambling to pull together responses and often (quite frankly) not able to deliver their best because of the timeframe. Tags: Databases Donor Databases IT Management Nonprofit Technology Software. Techsoup article: The RFP Process: An Overview.

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

Robert Weiner

They describe it as follows: What types of software should your nonprofit be using? Through a friendly, easy-reference format, this book helps you pinpoint the types of software that can help your organization based on your needs and your level of technology savvy, and provides user-friendly summaries to demystify all the possible options.

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Lame spam of the day: Your Intuit.com invoice.

Robert Weiner

An earlier batch asked me to provide my tax information. Your Intuit.com software order. Your Quickbooks software order. The text varied slightly but was along the lines of this one: Dear Customer: Thank you for purchasing your software Intuit Market. ORDER INFORMATION. Your intuit.com order confirmation.

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Migrating recurring donors to a new system

Robert Weiner

A client is migrating to new Association Management Software, which will entail changing their credit card processor. He said: It’s definitely not impossible to migrate recurring donations, but it requires willingness on behalf of both processors in order to exchange the vaulted payment information.

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How Many Donor Databases Are There?

Robert Weiner

This list came from my head, my bookmarks, and lists compiled by NTEN and Idealware for their donor management software surveys (and I’m not certain all of these are actually donor databases). Allegiance Software, Inc. Morant Information Systems. nFocus Software. Summit Software. FundTrack Software.

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Lame spam of the day: Intuit GoPayment

Robert Weiner

But the From: address is obviously not from Intuit and text is pretty lame: "Your Intuit GoPayment statement for ONTIMEE SOFTWARE, DEVELOPMENTS has been accepted." Your Intuit GoPayment statement for ONTIMEE SOFTWARE, DEVELOPMENTS has been accepted. These spams aren't 100% lame -- at least they included a logo and some design elements.

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What’s in Your Data Ecosystem?

Robert Weiner

Similar to the interconnectedness in natural ecosystems (for example: marsh, birds, plants), we think of the data ecosystem as the interconnectedness of software tools and the data they hold. In a poorly functioning data ecosystem, each pool of data stands alone with little or no interconnectedness. read more.

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