Robert Weiner

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Social Media for Revenue or Volunteers? Maybe Not

Robert Weiner

The results of two new surveys paint a bleak picture of the effectiveness of social media for fundraising and volunteer recruitment. It concludes that: Social technologies are not delivering much in terms of fundraising or attracting volunteers.

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What to Do When Technology Isn’t Your Problem

Robert Weiner

If you technology decisions at your organization are driven by some of the following, we’d love to see you at NTEN''s Nonprofit Technology Conference (aka the NTC): We chose the system because we have a volunteer who knows it. Or “Our VISTA/New Sector volunteer is really smart. She’ll figure this out!”. Let’s get this tool.

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CTK Foundation’s "Heart and Soul" Grants

Robert Weiner

The poem can be written by staff members, clients, or volunteers, but must be wholly original. Applicants are being asked to submit an original four-to-eight-line poem that reflects the work or mission of their organization. The grant application window is from March 1 to March 28, 2011. Your organization could win: read more.

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

Robert Weiner

Do volunteers enter data? Are there easily understandable reference materials (preferably online, in plain language) to help refresh memories? Is someone in charge of making sure that users actually do what they were trained to do? Do your security settings enforce what users are allowed to do and see? If so, does this really work for you?

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ROI for a donor database

Robert Weiner

There are key components of advancement support missing in the current software (one of the two areas above, or Events management, or Volunteer management, or on-line fundraising, or Campaign Reporting, or…). Difficulties in training new staff or volunteers on the database. This is an area of new or expanded emphasis for us.

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Online Discussion on June 23: Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes

Robert Weiner

Previously she worked for the Future of Music Coalition and was a law clerk at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. Wendy Harman , the social-media manager at the American Red Cross, in Washington, DC.

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New Year’s Resolution: Be Good To Your Data

Robert Weiner

An organization’s databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more. Pay attention to confidentiality and security: give staff and volunteers access to the data they need to do their jobs, but no more.

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