Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2009

Blackbaud has released a summary of early results from its analysis of 2008 online giving trends. The results come from 2,000 nonprofits using Blackbaud’s online fundraising tools. They’ve found: Steady growth throughout the year.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 21, 2009

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is starting the year off with a list of trends they believe will affect fundraising in 2009.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2009

Blackbaud has released a summary of early results from its analysis of 2008 online giving trends. The results come from 2,000 nonprofits using Blackbaud’s online fundraising tools. They’ve found: Steady growth throughout the year. read more.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 2, 2009

Is this a trend? I attended three conferences in April and asked a variety of independent consultants and employees of consulting firms about how the economy is affecting them. The responses were consistent: January and February were dead, but inquiries picked up significantly in March and April.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 23, 2012

Is it a trend or just me? In the past 2 days I've received spams in the form of confirmations from MySpace, Habbo, Tagged, and Foursquare. They don't look related, but it's an odd coincidence. Here they are: 1) Subject: Please confirm your Myspace account cancellation. Sender: Myspace (noreply@message.sease.com). Text: You're… leaving us?

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 23, 2009

"This could be the biggest infection we’ve ever seen," said David Perry, global director of education at Trend Micro in Cupertino. "We ." According to the San Francisco Chronicle : Security vendors haven’t figured out what payload the Downadup/Conficker worm plans to deliver, but it’s not good. "This

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 15, 2015

I would consider any data valuable when it can be utilized for predictive analytics or to build a case for trends. It would just be harder to get at the ones that are over 7 years old. Do you know what the issues are that would prompt their wanting to do away with historical records?

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