Robert Weiner

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Lame spams of the day: Support Center

Robert Weiner

Jordan Compton [support@opduin.nl]. Carolyn Goodman [support@russin.com]. Subjects: All but one had "Support Center" as the subject. The exception said "Med Support Center". Welcome to Support Center. Valentina Byrd [supportcenter@crimlawyer.ca]. Cheyanne Conley [emailconfirm@cabrera.nl].

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Podcast: How to Use Facebook to Attract Supporters and More

Robert Weiner

As we've noted previously, The Chronicle of Philanthropy has been running a series of online discussions on how nonprofits can use social media tools. In addition to these open discussions, the Chronicle has been conducting a series of recorded interviews.

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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

How) will this affect Blackbaud’s plans for, or ability to build, implement, and support Enterprise CRM? Provides robust, flexible support for all forms of fundraising, membership, marketing, and communications. Supports streamlined, high-volume data entry tools. (How) will this affect Convio’s online marketing suite?

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Blackbaud kills off Common Ground

Robert Weiner

The official word is that Common Ground (CG) will be supported through March, 2014. I don't know whether that means they'll turn off the CG servers on that date or simply stop providing help desk support. Blackbaud says it still gets support calls from GMP users.

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ROI for a donor database

Robert Weiner

It does Direct Marketing but not Major Gift fundraising (or it does Major Gift fundraising but not Direct Marketing); we need support in both areas. The current software will not support our “road warrior” fundraisers, or we cannot access it via the browser or devices that we wish to use.

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Maybe It’s Not Your Database, It’s You

Robert Weiner

Now, it's certainly possible that an organization chose the wrong database to begin with, or has outgrown the system they chose, or the vendor isn't providing good support and keeping the technology up to date. Here are my thoughts so far. What about best practices in data management and any applicable laws?

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Lame spam of the day: Termination of my CPA license

Robert Weiner

Here's what they look like (some are more lenient, giving me 14 days to get in touch): Here are the various versions I've received: Version 1: Senders: Agnes Jeffers (support@aicpa.org), Carissa Zimmerman (alert@aicpa.org), Simon Babcock (manager@aicpa.org). Unlike most lame spam, at least they bothered to make it look real.

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