Robert Weiner

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Training on your new database

Robert Weiner

Train the system administrator thoroughly at the start of the implementation project. Also train the team that will be making decisions about the system's configuration at the start of the implementation project. Train them again just before going live. Train end users just before going live.

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What to Do When Technology Isn’t Your Problem

Robert Weiner

Do you lie awake at night and wonder how everything is going to get done, or why a new project was just dumped on your plate? Have you prioritized your technology needs and projects, or are you responding to whoever screams the loudest? Does it feel like you never find the right combination of technologies to just make things work?

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Predictions for Nonprofit Fundraising Technology in 2012

Robert Weiner

On the other hand, many organizations (and this by no applies just to nonprofits) will throw money and time at trendy projects without thinking about whether they're the right tools, with the right strategy, investment, support, or marketing behind them. By all means, try new things. But do it smartly.

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Lame spams of the day: fortunemart

Robert Weiner

Logan Fontenelle Housing Project [link]. [link] Wed, 14 Nov 2012 5:35:59. Cuyama River [link]. Radix (genus) [link]. link] gratulierend. link] humanoid. The Mystery of the Grail [link]. Is this laziness or a baby spammer playing with a new toy? Do people really fall for this garbage? I hope not.

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So You Want to Be a Consultant? Part II

Robert Weiner

Juggling different projects efficiently without adding overhead, and working with others with different skills as sub- or co-contractors? Managing longer and larger-budget projects, with more stakeholders. Different price structures are ok for different projects. Sometimes a niche helps you define clearly.

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Lame Spam of the Day: willing to invest.

Robert Weiner

the project/investment AND provide fund as soft loan for percentage. In lieu to the economic social statutory meltdown,which led to the. world financial recession, My Boss is willing to invest aboard and he. needs a partner that can proficiently invest a given certain amount. companies with no history of revenues or cash flow)investments are.

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Resources from the Compasspoint Panel

Robert Weiner

AFP's Fundraising Effectiveness Project: [link]. Yesterday I spoke on a fundraising panel at Compasspoint's Silicon Valley/Peninsula Nonprofit Forum and mentioned a variety of resources. Here they are, with links: Donor Retention. The Agitator’s post “No New Donors!&# [link]. Attracting New Donors.

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