Robert Weiner

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Going from Accidental Techie to Technology Leader

Robert Weiner

I just wrote a guest blog post for NTEN on the topic of moving from an accidental techie role to a leadership role. On one hand, those who decide that technology will be their vocations need to push for roles and titles that reflect what they really do. She said, "it's not very nice to call anyone an accidental anything.

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Lame spams of the day: ADP Notifications

Robert Weiner

This email was sent to active users in your company that access ADP Netsecure with a security role of ‘security master’ or ‘security admin’. You may have other users that also access ADP Netsecure with other security roles. As always, thank you for choosing ADP as your business partner!

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Controlling data entry

Robert Weiner

Training should be targeted to role. You need to control who can make changes and what they can change. No one gets access to change data without training on your policies. 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.

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Inside the Mind of a Top Donor

Robert Weiner

What do you see as the ED’s role in working with major donors? What is the biggest mistake development officers make when first meeting a new prospect? How could a small institution with big aspirations engage donors with significant financial capability? What are the top three criteria you use when reviewing a funding proposal?

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So You Want to Be a Consultant?

Robert Weiner

She’s sees her self primarily as an educator in this role. 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. Recommends a book called “Consultants Calling&# — Geoffrey Bellman (it’s on Amazon).

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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

Has strong role-based security as well as strong protection against hackers. Has an intuitive user interface for casual users. Supports streamlined, high-volume data entry tools. Provide data integrity tools to keep the data clean. Has an open API and flexible import and export tools.

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Phishing Scam: Habitat for Humanity fundraising

Robert Weiner

This is demonstrated in our role as a corporate sponsor for the HAITI RELIEF PROGRAM with money raised going towards helping displaced and disabled children and their families. However, the actual work of HABITAT is carried out at the community level by affiliates that have been officially approved by the HFHI Board of Directors.

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