Robert Weiner

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ROI for a donor database

Robert Weiner

My colleague Charlie Hunsaker posted the following question on the FUNDSVCS Advancement Services listserve: I have two clients who are looking for new systems and want a “cost justification” for their acquisition to share with their management. But a big part of the analysis has to be “who’s the project sponsor?”

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Advice for Consultants - Part 3

Robert Weiner

being a conference sponsor or exhibitor. Sign up for CharityChannel’s CONSULTANTS listserve: [link]. Options include. writing articles. publishing a newsletter. public speaking. business cards. participation in online discussion groups. volunteer work. networking at conferences and workshops. online and print advertising.

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Advice for Consultants - Part 2

Robert Weiner

3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. One which they may not is LS-TECH, the tech listserv for legal services, which is quite a large slice of the national nonprofit sector. Attend conferences. Build this into your time and budget plans.