Robert Weiner

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On the value of donor database ratings

Robert Weiner

I've redacted the message to anonymize the vendor: Dear _, I thought you might be interested in a recent analysis of low cost fundraising software, conducted jointly by independent organizations Idealware and N-TEN. They have published numerous reports and whitepapers on technology for nonprofit organizations.

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What to Do When Technology Isn’t Your Problem

Robert Weiner

If you technology decisions at your organization are driven by some of the following, we’d love to see you at NTEN''s Nonprofit Technology Conference (aka the NTC): We chose the system because we have a volunteer who knows it. It worked great at my last (completely dissimilar) organization. She’ll figure this out!”.

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CTK Foundation’s "Heart and Soul" Grants

Robert Weiner

They'll be awarding over $25,000 in grants to nonprofits, charities and voluntary organizations of all sizes in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Applicants are being asked to submit an original four-to-eight-line poem that reflects the work or mission of their organization.

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Lame scam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center

Robert Weiner

And every 5 years I get an official-looking form from this organization telling me that "California Law Requires You To Renew Your Fictitious Business Name.". If you run a web search on the name of this organization you'll see lots of posts with words like "ripoff" and "scam". This is a solicitation.

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Lame spam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center

Robert Weiner

And every 5 years I get an official-looking form from this organization telling me that "California Law Requires You To Renew Your Fictitious Business Name.". If you run a web search on the name of this organization you'll see lots of posts with words like "ripoff" and "scam". This is a solicitation.

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Controlling data entry

Robert Weiner

Some organizations make that person fix the mistake. Decentralized data entry is efficient and is the only practical approach at some organizations. You don’t need a week of training to enter a contact report. Monitoring. Someone (or multiple someones) needs to review new and changed entries. Retraining. Automation.

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Maybe It’s Not Your Database, It’s You

Robert Weiner

The premise is that complaints about an organization's database may be misdirected: the problem is how the system is being managed (aka management problems disguised as technology problems). I'm working on an article with the title, "Maybe It's Not Your Database, It's You."

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