Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2009

My friend and fellow consultant John Kenyon is fond of saying that, after people, data is an organization’s most important asset. An organization’s databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more.

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Data Database History Attention 100

Robert Weiner

JANUARY 8, 2009

As part of its We Are Media program, NTEN is offering a 2-day training in San Francisco on how nonprofits can use social media. It’s designed for small planning teams from organizations ready to dive deeply into understanding how to craft a social media strategy and to experiment with tactical approaches.

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Social Media NTEN San Francisco Media 100

Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

There are tons of choices out there for small and mid-sized organizations. Finally, the system needs to be backed by strong implementation practices, training, and ongoing product development and user support. But that product started out with development and support from a major organization (the Metropolitan Opera).

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Blackbaud Convio Open Source Product 222

Robert Weiner

MARCH 4, 2010

An organization like Habitat wouldn't look for employees by sending mass emails to "undisclosed recipients." Hello Prospective Employee, At HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL, we work hard to improve and provide training, technical expertise and support in fund-raising to the national organizations in all the regions of the world.

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Haiti Fundraising Spam gMail 122

Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Discipline for processes and organization — clients appreciate this. Eric didn’t refuse clients and learned to work with sub-contractors, but he trained them to work with the clients in a quality control role too. She’s sees her self primarily as an educator in this role. Good consulting Qualities: Self-motivation.

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Consultant NTEN Conference Skills 100

Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Has always been the accidental techie in arts organizations, starting as a volunteer, so how can can I transition and set a dollar value for my skills? Managing a transition from being an employee in an organization to being a consultant in the same organization. And needs new bathrobe to wear at work?

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Consultant Structure NTEN Skills 100

Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2010

These are the people who need to determine whether a contribution can be counted as a gift, which fund it should go to, who is the legal donor, whether it's tax deductible and who gets tax credit, whether accepting it violates any federal, state,or organization rules, who should be notified of the gift's arrival, etc.

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Service Policy Law System 171

Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

The tech underground model (loose yet organized affiliation of npo techs who share skills and back each other up) is one of the good models out there. Likewise with training: almost all new technologies require training someone, either to use it, to maintain it, or both (unless it’s only going to be you). use Turbo Tax.

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