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Training on your new database

Robert Weiner

A question was posted to a listserve for nonprofit techies looking for tips on training staff on a new database. It's an art. I discussed training at a high level on page 13 of this chapter from CASE's Handbook of Institutional Advancement. Not everyone can train.

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A 5 Week Mid-Level Donor Boot Camp: Make Your Nonprofit’s Mid-Level Fundraising Program Great Again

Connection Cafe

Are you suffering from mid-level donor envy? More and more organizations are catching on to the importance of this generous and loyal tier of donors. For now, pick a floor and ceiling that feels about right (there’s way more art than science to this than you might think). Where are these donors coming from? How quickly?

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinar series, we are also a provider of donor management software. I’ve managed campaigns ranging from about $5 million to over a billion dollars in health care, education, arts and culture, and advocacy sectors. So 62% of donors are also volunteers.

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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

Museum 2.0

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. There are thriving groups of Flickr users who share photos of themselves imitating art.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Technology in the Arts is accepting session proposals for its October 2007 conference. He also shares some process maps for donor management. (If " Donor Power Blogs describes the online/offline generation gap , although some members of the great generation have been spotted on YouTube. Check out NOSI 's plans for NTC.

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Second, we're hearing from most organizations that despite the huge membership of MySpace and Facebook, only 5-15% of their current donors are on either site. So nonprofits that focus exclusively on these sites are failing to fully engage 85% of their existing donors ??? " You read an excerpt here.

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Nonprofits Live: DIY Blogging Recap

Tech Soup

Melissa Schilling , writer and photographer for Project Hope Art. The success of Project Hope Art's blog has come from understanding what their audience wants and how to move them to action. Project Hope Art engages its supporters to raise funds to help children affected by the earthquake that devastated Haiti.