Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 5, 2008

The PRSPCT-L listserve (for prospect researchers) had a discussion of resources for figuring this out and members provided the following suggestions: [link]. Tags: Prospect Research. Ever wonder how to tell the gender of an unfamiliar first name?

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 4, 2009

I prefer listserves over online forums and email to IM. Tags: Web. Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks: I like to get information by email. And I don't like having to look at a web page/feed reader every day to find out whether anything new has appeared on an RSS feed. I want information to come to me -- I don't want to seek it out.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

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. Many other important issues are hard to put a price tag, like.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 19, 2009

Joe Medina of Colby College asked members of the FUNDSVCS listserve about their favorite free software programs. Tags: Software. Here are mine, minus obvious ones like Gmail and Firefox (note that many are only free for home use). Ad-Aware — Anti-spyware and malware tool for PCs: [link].

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

Sign up for CharityChannel’s CONSULTANTS listserve: [link]. Tags: Consulting. The next two steps require becoming a paid member of CharityChannel.com. Browse the back issues of CharityChannel's Nonprofit Consultants Review: [link].

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

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. Tags: Consulting. Attend conferences. Karen Nyhus. Karen Nyhus.

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