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Tangents 2-15-2020 Playlist

Robert Weiner

and Feist Adieu Tristesse Universal Music Polydor The righteous wrath of an honorable man Colin Stetson New History Warfare, Vol. and Feist Adieu Tristesse Universal Music Polydor The righteous wrath of an honorable man Colin Stetson New History Warfare, Vol.

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Reigning in shadow databases

Robert Weiner

The following story, posted with permission, was sent to the FUNDSVCS list in response to a question about how to reign in schools and departments at a university that keep their own shadow databases of contacts.

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Tales of faux donors scamming charities

Robert Weiner

Paul's School, Lori Redfearn at the California State University Chancellor’s Office, Stephen M. Rodriguez at Boston University, and Kristi Worden at Augustana College. He has an MBA from [major university] and a law degree from [another major university]. I’ve anonymized the tellers of the tales and the subjects.

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Discussion of Donor Data Retention

Robert Weiner

Fast forward to a couple of years ago, and we''re forwarded a press release of a $5M gift to an out-of-state university, in which it says the donor is an alumnus of our university (the donor wasn''t an alum of the university that got the gift, but it was in his home community).

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Cn U Raise $ Via Txt?

Robert Weiner

, and the subsequent TechSoup discussion , I’m posting an analysis conducted by Sarah Grosvenor , the Assistant Director of Annual Giving at Willamette University , on the potential for mobile fundraising at the University. Sarah granted me permission to share her findings with the world.

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Social Media and College Admissions

Robert Weiner

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has just published Social Media and College Admissions: The First Longitudinal Study by Eric Mattson and Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D. The findings include: 41% of US college and university admissions departments have blogs, compared to 13% of Fortune 500 companies.

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Preventing Fraud on our Online Giving Pages

Robert Weiner

University of Oregon Foundation. Vered Siegel , Manager of Development Services. Children’s Home + Aid. Kirsten Williams , Associate Director, Gift Services. The credit card scam/fraud attempt that many nonprofits have experiences starts with a very large online gift from an unknown donor.

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