Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 21, 2012

A question was posted to a listserve for nonprofit techies looking for tips on training staff on a new database. Training is not a one-time event. You'll get new staff, staff will need to learn new things over time, and there will be new software releases. Be prepared to retrain staff who aren't getting it.

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Database Training Train Classroom 166

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. staff time to specify and test system enhancements.

Database 181

Database ROI Donor Listserv 181

Whole Whale

MARCH 15, 2023

This email type is sent with the usual goals of acquiring, recruiting, informing, or welcoming new subscribers to your organization’s email listserv. Thank you for your time and input! Acquisition emails encourage movement down the marketing funnel, or as we like to call it, the funnel of engagement.

email 75

email Difference Marketing Retention 75

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Lately I have seen some discussion groups, listservs, and blogs on when to create a proposal in the Prospect Module of Raiser’s Edge® or for that matter in any fundraising legacy system. The timing or stage at which you create a proposal is truly up to each nonprofit organization. 4 to 6 weeks).

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Proposal Module Time Metrics 32

NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Skype, Google Hangout, listserv) Virtual opportunities can begin ahead of the conference If you''re a 15NTC attendee looking to volunteer while in Austin, you can sign up for an opportunity here. Many thanks to VolunteerMatch for sponsoring the Days of Service event. 15NTC Community day of service volunteermatch'

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Austin Service Help NTC 91

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I’m thankful for so many things especially at this time when we have just moved, and so many things seem to be changing and yet staying the same. One thing I’m thankful for every day, beyond my family and friends, is the rich and open discussion we are cultivating on the web.

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Share Avatar Listserv Celebrate 111

AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

Virtual conferences have been on the rise for quite some time. An association usually hosts the event and will market it on their website, through academic and social forums, through listservs, word-of-mouth, and more. This means that organizers may need to spend more time educating themselves on best practices.

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Virtual Conference Hosting Library 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Over the weekend, the New York Times ran an article about education programs in Second Life. There's still time to catch this opening happening tommorrow, January 10th: European Young Professionals (EYP) To Launch 2007 London Chapter Simultaneously. If you think that Seocond Life is just about buying virtual houses, be sure read this.

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Second Life Open Source Life Education 50

Care2

JULY 14, 2009

I have also ranked them from easy to moderate to time consuming. Moderate* Note: This can be time consuming if you let it, so that’s why I encourage nonprofits to spend at least 15 minutes a day using two main online social networks. Pick Two Social Networks: My two favorite social networks are Twitter and Facebook (Fanpages).

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Marketing Widget Adwords Listserv 70

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” Knowing how to get your message out and how to get support will help position you out in front the next time something like Sandy roars ashore (although hopefully not anytime soon!).

Communication 101

Communication New Jersey Disaster Hurricane 101

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

org on Climate Change and Building a Movement – "Social Media Coordinator, Joe Solomon took some time to explain what 350 really means, talk about transforming community inspiration into political power, and share a story about how his work with 350.org Repair Interview: Joe Solomon of 350.org

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Web Disaster Japan Org 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

How to set aside time for reflection and learning. We’re going to start a listserv and take some initial steps to become our own combination of learning community and support group. How to create systems for accessing knowledge resources that foundation staff will use. How to use learning to improve practice.

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Learning Seattle Knowledge Management Evaluation 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

I have also ranked them from easy to moderate to time consuming. Moderate* Note: This can be time consuming if you let it, so that’s why I encourage nonprofits to spend at least 15 minutes a day using two main online social networks. Pick Two Social Networks: My two favorite social networks are Twitter and Facebook (Fanpages).

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Track Social Media Tools Widget 50

Robert Weiner

JANUARY 15, 2015

The same topic came up recently on the APRA''s listserve, PRSPCT-L. Basically, if there are no laws in Canada about what kinds of records you have to keep for a certain amount of time, then you are good there. A few months ago I wrote a post on the topic of whether nonprofits should delete old donor records.

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Retention Discussion Data Donor 100

Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

" TAG is an active community of around 300 foundation techies who: Discuss foundation technology on the TAG listserv and blog. The project grew out of the Council on Foundations and led by one part-time staff person, executive director Lisa Pool. Hold a yearly conference. Organize regional meetings. Attend webinars.

Foundation 67

Foundation Resource Technology Listserv 67

Care2

JANUARY 12, 2011

Facebook Groups: The new Facebook Groups, while still buggy at times, is fast becoming a popular platform for nonprofits looking to create a hub for discussion among active members and stakeholders. If your group would make for an active and participatory email listserv, it will probably work as a group too.

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Group Platform Build Review 62

NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

Technology is the unintuitive phone system, the frustrating donor management system, the computer that blue screens every time it has more than three windows open. Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) In many organizations, technology is viewed as separate from the work the organization is doing.

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Tech NTC Listserv NTEN 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Our intent is to provide a space for just-in-time answers and share best practices at no charge. In those days, we used listservs and online discussion software, but platform matter. We will have a monthly theme, which will include resources, discussion questions, and more.

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Social Media Learning Community Media 102

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Recently, several subscribers to the RCAAM (Registrar’sCommittee of AAM) listserv posted concerns about professional photographers and museum visitors taking photographs of objects on exhibition. I encountered strong push-back on the listserv, with one subscriber calling my fitness for my job title, “collections care trainer,” into question.

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Accessibility Open Museum North Carolina 44

Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

Will you charge for travel time? Sign up for CharityChannel’s CONSULTANTS listserve: [link]. If you charge a fixed fee, or cap your fees, how will you deal with scope creep? Will you tier your fees for different sized organizations? Will you cover your own expenses or bill them to clients? At what rate, and for what distance?

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Consultant Advice Listserv Associations 100

Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 10, 2008

If I have non-work time, I’d rather be knitting. Less time at a keyboard is a good thing, too. Before, there were some high-activity listservs and sites with patterns to download. When I’m knitting, it’s all I can do not to knit 25 hours a day. On top of that, there’s a really nice yarn shop about 10 minutes from our new home.

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Meme Plugin Listserv Convio 100

Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

From time to time I will pull up a user profile to monitor what folks are doing in Salesforce since I have feeds turned on for Accounts and Opportunities, but that's about it. We have a couple of email listservs on Google Groups of our top-tier advocates that we've been interested in migrating to an online community.

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Org San Francisco Profile Feeds 133

Care2

AUGUST 16, 2014

Forward this to all the girls online” By 2011 the meme evolved a couple of times. “The incidence of ALS is two per 100,000 people, and it is estimated that as many as 30,000 Americans may have the disease at any given time,” according to the ALS Association. “We are playing a game…… silly, but fun!

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Meme Cancer Awareness France 77

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

It's not our first time advocating for charities and libraries in the hallowed halls of the U.S. Congress, but this time I've created a catch phrase that I hope will capture some hearts and minds of policymakers. We administrate the Refurbisher Listserv. " Perhaps I should explain. We have participated in a U.S.

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Global Illinois Mississippi Library 67

Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Then in the 90’s people had some of these conversations via online forums and listservs. Now many of these discussions are also taking place in large communities filled with millions of people – and often times with people who have never even met in person before.

Social Media 51

Social Media Tanzania Build Social 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

I've been doing Internet skills training workshops since 1995 and way back when I used to do one called "Digital Literacy" which was all about how to use email, listservs, and Internet search functions. I have in the past tried to access email from listservs that had RSS feeds. I also do everything on this list as well.

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RSS Listserv Tools Blogher 50

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text. While social media as a volunteer recruitment tool has been a popular topic recently, TechSoup flipped the equation on its head a bit.

Volunteer 59

Volunteer Data San Francisco Listserv 59

Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

" TAG is an active community of around 300 foundation techies who: Discuss foundation technology on the TAG listserv and blog. The project grew out of the Council on Foundations and led by one part-time staff person, executive director Lisa Pool. Hold a yearly conference. Organize regional meetings. Attend webinars.

Foundation 36

Foundation Resource Technology Listserv 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Okay, it is time to actually do some (billable) work. After posting a query about various conferences people attended on some peer listservs, I got only one reply with four more leads -- two of which I had discovered via cha cha guide and search engine by digging deeper into the leads provided. Wow, better than a listserv!

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Search Listserv Social Reflection 50

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

I've heard enough tales of bequests from one-time or small donors to believe that they're real. You should be able to mark records as inactive after a set time period and stop sending them anything. For my clients with on-premises systems, I see no justification for deleting donors; disk space is cheap. Others Who Agree.

Donor 36

Donor Database Contact Listserv 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

When they launched their staff as champion strategy, they had to make the case that it was worth the investment of their time. Over time, using Twitter has become more an organizational cultural norm. Says Murphy, it was a tough barrier for advocates and researchers who not used to communicating in 140 characters.

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Case Study Central African Republic Twitter Personal 50

Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Get Users to Grant Administrator Access Ask your users to visit Setup -> My Personal Information -> Grant Administrator Access and put in a date some time in the future that you don't have to worry about it for a few years. Nice time saver. than to poke around in the interface or export on demand.

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Convio Tips Baltimore Grant 113

Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

I spend my professional time online reading blogs, reading reports, sharing articles, engaging in text chat. At the same time, I recognize that these tools and this form of content-sharing is (so far) not for me. Most of the professional networks I belong to online operate using the most antiquated of text-based tools: the listserv.

Museum 47

Museum Images Listserv Bookmarking 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

There has been some discussion in nonprofit forums, blogs, and listservs about the pros and cons of Facebook Pages versus Groups for nonprofits. I might also add that a Facebook Page will provide better analysis in terms of users, time online the time , demographics compared to a Facebook Group. viral visibility ??? on Facebook.

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Facebook FAQ Screencast Listserv 67

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Some of the lessons learned include: -Could have provided the Netsquared community with more tools to do their work like listserves, web sites, etc. As Marnie Webb put it, to participate in this network, you simply has to raise your hand and be willing to meet people in a bar to talk about social media and social change.

Global 95

Global Difference Network Develop 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

I'm using some traditional ways to research this topic: -Email to listservs -Posts on online forums -Google search. Over the years I've done a lot of Internet-based research projects and I think it is time for me to do a little rethinking of how to incorporate the social web into this process. The work in progress is here.

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Search Reflection Research Project 50

See3

APRIL 22, 2009

When I left my position at Easter Seals , I had seven-plus years of research covering the field of nonprofits online flowing (more like gushing) in daily via email newsletters, listserve digests, etc. What enewsletters can you not live without, and why?

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Online Listserv Nonprofit Brain 45