Articles about using technology for fundraising, and managing development operations.
Covering Donor Databases, Prospect Tracking, Electronic Wealth Screenings, Email Campaigns, Online Communities, and managing Development Services.
You’re Just Too Good To Be True: The Many Odd Faces of the Faux Donor Nonprofit Quarterly, June 2016
Selecting a New CRM or Donor Management System, from “Advancement Services: Enhancing Fundraising Success” published by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, December 2015
Becoming an Advancement Services Leader, from “Advancement Services: Enhancing Fundraising Success” published by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, December 2015
An Eleven Step Program to Cure Shiny Object Syndrome, NTEN Connect, January 2015
Overcoming Database Demons, Advancing Philanthropy, Spring 2015
Ten Common Mistakes in Selecting Donor Databases (And How to Avoid Them), Idealware, Revised February 2012
Take Control of Your Organization’s Data, NTEN Change magazine, December 2012
Going from Accidental Techie to Technology Leader, NTEN blog, February 2011
Analysis of CASE’s 2009 survey on online fundraising
Back Away From That Spreadsheet: Why Excel Isn’t a Donor Database, Idealware, August 2009
Best Practices for Managing a Database
Duplicates in your Database? (compilation of deduping tips)
Finding the Perfect Fundraising Database in an Imperfect World, Grassroots Fundraising Journal, March 2008
Top Issues Affecting Advancement Services, January 2007
The Right Gift From The Right Person at the Right Time: Tracking Your Prospects, from Advancement Services Behind the Advancement Scene, published by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, April 2007
Looking for Databases in All the Right Places, Nonprofit Quarterly, Fall 2004
Why Building Your Own Database Should Be Your Last Resort, NTEN Forecast, October 14, 2003
Buying and Implementing a Development System, from The CASE Handbook of Institutional Advancement, published by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, June 2000
Recipe for a Successful Conversion, CASE Currents, February 1999
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