The good folks at Asipration have taken my list of donor databases and put it into the Social Source Commons wiki. What's more, they added descriptions, logos, and links to the vendors' sites. Very cool! You can go directly to the list at … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2009
TechSoup’s New Site Design
TechSoup, the nonprofit tech web site where I host a discussion forum, went live with a redesigned home page over the weekend. I love the new look, although it's only skin-deep. This is Phase 1 and only affects the home page--most links take you to pages on the old site, with a the old … [Read more...]
More Defunct Donor Databases
The good folks at Aspiration have been working to put my list of donor databases into a wiki. Along the way the identified some that seem to have disappeared and weren't on my earlier list of defunct donor databases. Here are the new entries: Association Management System from Micro … [Read more...]
Back Away from that Spreadsheet: Why Excel Isn’t a Donor Database
Idealware just published a new article of mine, on a subject that comes up whenever I teach workshops for small nonprofits: "Why not use Excel as my donor database?" The article, Back Away from that Spreadsheet: Why Excel Isn't a Donor Database is available now, and offers some good … [Read more...]
Taking Advantage of a Crisis
Although some recent news stories have reported postive economic signs, the outlook for the nonprofit sector still looks bleak. Target Analytics' Index of National Fundraising Performance for the first quarter of 2009 had nothing but bad news. All key metrics declined for the index as a whole for … [Read more...]
Email Bounce Codes Decoded
If you send mass email messages, you probably see a lot of bouncebacks that look like this: Remote host said: 550 SC-004 Mail rejected by Windows Live Hotmail for policy reasons. So what the heck does bounce code "550 SC-004" mean? The Email Experience Council's Deliverability Roundtable … [Read more...]