The Craigslist Foundation has launched a survey on grantmaker effectiveness, described as follows: We're partnering with Blue Shield Foundation of California to better understand ways in which grantmaker effectiveness can be advanced in the sector. We've put together a short survey not only for … [Read more...]
New Book: Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission
You can place your order now for Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders, which will be published in March 2009. The book was edited by NTEN's Executive Director, Holly Ross, former ED Katrin Verclas, and Special Projects Fellow Allison Levine. The authors … [Read more...]
Online Discussion: Using Twitter and Other Online Tools
The Chronicle of Philanthropy held an online discussion on November 25 on the subject of social media like Twitter and Facebook. They described the session as follows: For some groups, these tools have helped raise money for their causes and built increased visibility. But many groups are still … [Read more...]
Best Practices for Managing a Database
"After people, data is your most important asset." -- John Kenyon Left unattended, databases will turn into piles of mush. Therefore, develop data entry policies and procedures, and train everyone who enters data. Excel is not a database, and is one of the leading causes of dirty data. … [Read more...]
NTEN’s Donor Management Software Satisfaction Survey Results
NTEN has released the results of its donor management software customer satisfaction survey. Over 1,000 respondents rated a variety of systems, including custom databases. The report focuses on 15 systems that each received 10 or more responses. (The five that received the most responses were The … [Read more...]
Vodaphone Wireless Innovation Challenge
The Vodafone Americas Foundation has launched the Wireless Innovation Challenge. This is a new competition that seeks to identify and fund the best innovations using wireless related technology to address critical social issues around the world. Three winners will be awarded prizes of $300,000, … [Read more...]
CASE Online Fundraising Survey
It's been three years since CASE last ran its survey on online fundraising. We're in the planning stages to launch an updated survey early next year. Prior versions focused primarily on email appeals. This time we're planning a broader look at how CASE member institutions are raising money … [Read more...]
Internet Brand Justice & Safety Dept.
I recently received the following email: Dear Robert L. Weiner Consulting, We are a domain name register center in China. We have something important need to confirm with you. On the Nov23,2008, We received an application formally,one company which self-styled " Robert L. Weiner Consulting … [Read more...]
A Few Good Donor Management Tools
TechSoup and Idealware have published A Few Good Donor Management Tools. The article provides a roundup of a dozen donor databases based on interviews with six consultants, including moi. … [Read more...]
Relationship mapping software reviews
After reading several listserve discussions of the use of relationship mapping tools for prospect research, the WellStar Foundation's David Broussard decided to get serious about the subject. The result is a website called Relationship Map Reviews. The site describes relationship mapping as a … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- …
- 33
- Next Page »