Robert Weiner

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Year-end donation processing

Robert Weiner

Let's say the following donations will be processed by different nonprofits in the United States on Jan. That charity's online giving system did not charge the credit card immediately -- instead it sent an email (ideally, an encrypted one) to a staff member that the donation needed to be processed. Here are a few scenarios for U.S.

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Preventing Fraud on our Online Giving Pages

Robert Weiner

Most scammers do not have the complete addresses of the card holders and will be unable to process any transactions. If you typically see 10 transactions per hour on your website, setting a limit of 15 will allow your normal transactions to process but flag the extra charges. A Few Good Methods for Processing Credit Cards.

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Lame Spams of the Day: Job Offers

Robert Weiner

Please go here to begin the process: [link]. application process. Please go here to begin the process: [link] (I guess the job is in Russia). Please take the time to follow the directions and complete the entire application process. Please go here to begin the process: [link]. application process.

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Android factory reset on a Samsung S7: The ugly, the bad, and the good

Robert Weiner

2) Not every app came back during the restore process. 3) The restore process didn’t bring back the login credentials for my apps. 4) The restore process ran over the mobile network — it didn’t offer me a chance to log into a wireless network before it started. I hope I’ve found all the missing ones.

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What to Do When Technology Isn’t Your Problem

Robert Weiner

People and process problems frequently masquerade as technology problems. In fact, in many cases, what seem like problems with a particular piece of technology are actually due to issues with people, processes, or overall technology strategy. Have you looked at your business processes to make sure they’re efficient and effective?

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Migrating recurring donors to a new system

Robert Weiner

If, for instance, you’re moving from a processor that has a recurring billing system to one that doesn’t and you have a separate app that handles sustainer processing then you’ll have several pieces of data that need to migrate. Develop a manual process for tracking and recording payments made using the old processor.

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Lame spams of the day: more fake ADP notices

Robert Weiner

Case Reason: Processing. Event Cause: Processing. Please overview transaction processed by. Version 4: Valued client: David newly processed Operation at your account. Please overview action processed by. Most had subject = "ADP Major Accounts Changed Issue" but one had "ADP Major Accounts Solved Case".

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