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Discussion of Donor Data Retention

Robert Weiner

The same topic came up recently on the APRA''s listserve, PRSPCT-L. It will depend on local laws, your storage needs, and your relationship to past customers. I’ve worked in institutions in the past that have decided to just enter everyone in a wealthy neighborhood or every local doctor, etc., I’m a bit worried by this.

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Should You Ever Delete Donor Records?

Tech Soup

Here is a compilation of responses to the same question from the APRA's listserve, PRSPCT-L : "I would consider any data valuable when it can be utilized for predictive analytics or to build a case for trends. All of these approaches have their downsides, of course, but they don't encourage data loss. Others Who Agree.

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Nonprofits Using Ning: An Interview with Community Media Workshop and Best Practices

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ning, which lets you set up your own custom social network, has attracted attention for its ability to create communities that are more functional than those created through competing services from Google and Yahoo listservs. But many nonprofits are using Ning for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and learning. All about the Forums.

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NTEN and SalesForce Screencast: Learnings About the Interview/Documentary Approach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I started my research on a listserv of practitioners for SalesForce Nonprofit version asking for case studies and examples. For one of the interviews, when they showed or mentioned something I wanted to incorporate into the screencast, I asked them to show it again while I recorded it locally on my desktop using Camtasia.

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[VIDEO] Building a Better Grants Strategy Post-COVID

Bloomerang

And we’re going to see what kind of shortfalls there are from a state and local perspective in the coming years because of COVID, but hoping that some of the other federal funds that we’re receiving through ARPA can try to help stop the bleeding a little bit. And I think another important component is knowledge.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Growing and Eating Local Foods. You can think of it as having 24/7 access to another users filing cabinet, but each user's collection of bookmarks helps to build an rich knowledge network. Think of wikis of a good tool to collect information or knowledge. Resource Collection off a listserv: [link]. Can you find more?

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Meet Nicola M. Wells: Social Media As An Online Door Knocking Campaign for Immigrant Rights

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My first job in the United States after working in France was as an intern with the Center for Community Change on their immigration team helping to create a toolkit on fighting anti-immigrant local ordinances. I quickly became integrated into the team as an Organizer for state and local rights.