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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | ROBERT WEINER AUGUST 8, 2012 Tales of faux donors scamming charities They researched online. Advancement Services Fraud Fundraising Prospect Research ScamThe following is a compilation of online discussions of faux donors trying to scam colleges, schools, and nonprofits. In most cases it’s not clear what the scammers are trying to achieve. Maybe they’re just practical jokes. billion. Our IT dept. | ROBERT WEINER MARCH 10, 2011 Creative credit card donation scam The scammer had done enough research to use specific references to our college to make it appear genuine, although there was considerable broken English in the emails. A friend forwarded the following description of a scam aimed at a well-known college. Fortunately, they didn't fall for it. Comments. | | | | | |
| ROBERT WEINER FEBRUARY 11, 2011 Controlling data entry A member of the PRSPCT-L listserve (for prospect researchers) asked "What do other institutions do to regulate or “police” data entry work, specifically when you have multiple users with authority to make updates?". It's a tough problem. Here are a few approaches (other than locking down data entry): Policies. Security. Training. Monitoring. | ROBERT WEINER JUNE 21, 2009 Advice for Consultants - Part 2 Your clients expect you to know about new technologies, or at least know enough to be able to research something and inform them about it. Last week I posted John Elbare’s advice for new nonprofit consultants. Reposted with Karen’s permission.). Rather, define what you do (and what you don’t do! 2) Get a wiki. use Turbo Tax. | ROBERT WEINER NOVEMBER 21, 2011 Lame spam of the day: weight loss blog comment Researching in Search engines I eventually have discovered this page. Some of the lamest spam I see comes in the form of comments on my blog posts. Some sounds convincing, but my spam filters (Akismet and Bad Behavior) are incredibly good at catching them. Here's an example. At the end there's a hyperlink that says "Weight Loss Program". | ROBERT WEINER MAY 4, 2010 Thoughts on Software RFPs Techsoup article: Nine Tips for Navigating the RFP Research Phase. I received the following email from Keith Heller , a database consultant who works with Raiser's Edge and Common Ground clients: We’ve been involved with responding to many RFPs over the years and I have a general inquiry that is in your bailiwick. What do you think? | | | | | | | |
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ROBERT WEINER | FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010 Making the Case for Advancement Services
John Taylor cites statistics from a 1999 study by TARP Research. I got a call last week from the Advancement Services manager at a small college asking for help. She's trying to make the case for investing in Advancement Services at a college that seems to only want to invest in fundraisers. Efficiency. Support for Advancement. MORE >> -
ROBERT WEINER | THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011 Use Online Surveys to Get the Feedback You Need to Succeed
An online survey is a powerful research tool that can deliver the feedback you need to determine the needs of your constituents and the activities that attract donors. TechSoup MORE >> -
ROBERT WEINER | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2009 The Idealware Research Fund
Our friends at Idealware (a nonprofit technology resource provider) have created a new fund to support their research. Many of Idealware's reports have been funded by foundations and some have had corporate sponsorship (and some are commissioned by TechSoup.org too). read more. MORE >> -
ROBERT WEINER | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 Editable List of Donor Databases
The entries came from a variety of other lists and from customer satisfaction surveys done by Campbell Research, NTEN, and Idealware. Over the past few years I've been compiling what turned out to be a huge list of donor databases. Once I posted the list I started getting requests to add links to vendor websites, tags, and comments. MORE >> -
ROBERT WEINER | THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2009 Green IT for Dummies
The guide, produced independently by research and analysis firm Freeform Dynamics, provides guidance for where to start in greening an organization and maps out a pragmatic, yet comprehensive course of action ranked according to expense and difficulty of implementation. Hewlett Packard has published a free guide to greening your IT. MORE >>
- Anatomy of My Web Site ROBERT WEINER | SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2009
- Twitter Best Practices ROBERT WEINER | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2009
- Using Prospect Research to Raise $1 Million ROBERT WEINER | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2009
- New listing of big gifts ROBERT WEINER | FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009
- How Many Donor Databases Are There? ROBERT WEINER | SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2009
- Results from Campbell Rinker Donor & Member Database Survey ROBERT WEINER | MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2009
- Guessing the Gender of a Name ROBERT WEINER | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2008
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