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Phonathons: The Fundraiser’s Ultimate Guide & 15+ Top Tips

Double the Donation

Create a standardized script. Include matching gifts in call scripts. To illustrate our point, take a look at two possible phonathon script introductions: Phonathon Script Introduction #1: “I’m calling on behalf of University X to raise money for our annual phonathon campaign. Create a standardized script.

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Google Analytics vs Site Meter

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Anyway, being a poor student, and having a few extremely low-traffic sites, I figured I’d stick with Site Meter , which seems to be the best of the free site analysis tools. It gives you all of the necessary stats: page hits, visits, referrers, some nice geographical info, etc. I think some nonprofits should read it.

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve been using databases since I was a grad student in the 80s, and I’ve been designing and developing database-driven applications for the web since 1995. It comes with a scripting language and interpreter, called ‘ij’ which is how you can interact with Derby on the command line. I promise (!)

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve been using databases since I was a grad student in the 80s, and I’ve been designing and developing database-driven applications for the web since 1995. It comes with a scripting language and interpreter, called ‘ij’ which is how you can interact with Derby on the command line. I promise (!)