Robert Weiner

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Thoughts on Software RFPs

Robert Weiner

I then see software vendors, who are already busy with other prospects, scrambling to pull together responses and often (quite frankly) not able to deliver their best because of the timeframe. Tags: Databases Donor Databases IT Management Nonprofit Technology Software. Techsoup article: The RFP Process: An Overview.

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The Limits of “Free” Software

Robert Weiner

I received an email newsletter today with the following pitch for a web-based donor database (perhaps you can guess which one): The Cloud offers you constituent relationship management (CRM) software that's less expensive, easier to maintain, more accessible, more intuitive, and with greater flexibility and capacity than you've ever seen before.

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Favorite Free Software

Robert Weiner

Joe Medina of Colby College asked members of the FUNDSVCS listserve about their favorite free software programs. CoreFTP — FTP client software: [link]. Hijack This — Restores Windows settings that have been altered or hijacked by software and malware: [link]. ZoneAlarm — PC firewall software: [link].

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Making Sense of Software Licensing

Robert Weiner

Software licenses! Take the complexity of technology and stir in the complexity of the legal system and what do you get?

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More nonprofit software mergers and acquisitions

Robert Weiner

Last year the big news in my industry was Blackbaud's acquisition of Convio and the merger/acquisition of Datatel and Sungard Higher Education (now called Ellucian). 2013 is off to a bang with Accel-KKR's acquisition of Sage's Nonprofit Solutions Group and iModules acquisition of Harris Connect.

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Do You Need New Donor Management Software?

Robert Weiner

Idealware just published an article by Keith Heller called Do You Need New Donor Management Software? Keith urges nonprofits to look before they leap into new software, cautioning that "new software may not make anything better — in fact, it could make things worse."

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Pizzigati Prize for Open Source Software Developers

Robert Weiner

From the Foundation Center’s RFP bulletin: The Tides Foundation Invites Nominations for Award Honoring Open Source Software Developers Who Add Value to Nonprofit Sector. The Tides Foundation is accepting nominations for the $10,000 Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. Deadline: March 2, 2009. read more.