NTEN's latest newsletter is all about fundraising. The stories included Rapid Donor Cultivation: Getting the First Online Gift Faster from Jeff Patrick and Jenny Feinberg. It describes the results of an email marketing and solicitation series created for the International Fund for Animal Welfare. … [Read more...]
$10 Million in Social Enterprise Awards from Google
Google will be giving out $10 million in awards through what it's calling Project 10^100 ("Project 10 to the 100th"). They are calling for "ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible" in the following categories: Community: How can we help connect people, build … [Read more...]
Is Google Evil?
In an opinion piece in this morning's San Francisco Chronicle called, "Is Google Evil?", Randall Stross discusses how Google is amassing a wealth of data on its users. This includes documents stored in Google Docs, discussions on Google Groups, personal appointments in Google Calendar, email in … [Read more...]
Pew Survey on Cloud Computing
The Pew Internet & American Life Project has published a study of Americans' use of "cloud computing," in which data and applications are stored online and are accessible via Web browsers. As more and more nonprofits move to using hosted customer-relationship management tools (CRMs) … [Read more...]
Best Practices for Hosted Data
The Pew survey on cloud computing reminded me of a discussion that Aspiration led in March, 2008. The topic was Best Practices for Hosted Data. The recommendations that emerged were: Know where all of your data lives (what Aspiration called "your data universe"). Keep this … [Read more...]
Email Appends: Risks and Rewards
A listserv for Annual Giving professionals has been discussing the pros and cons of using email appends. The risks include being labeled a spammer, which can lead to bad relationships with constituents and could result in ISPs blocking email from your domain. The rewards include the ability to … [Read more...]
Pew Survey on Cloud Computing
The Pew Internet & American Life Project has published a study of Americans' use of “cloud computing,” in which data and applications are stored online and are accessible via web browsers. The findings include: 69% of online Americans use webmail, store data online, or use web-based … [Read more...]
What Wealthy Donors Want
A new survey from the University of Pennsylvania's Center for High Impact Philanthropy provides insight into how philanthropists select charities to support, view overhead costs, obtain information about nonprofits, and assess the impact of their philanthropy. Researchers interviewed 33 … [Read more...]
How Charities Use Screening Tools to Find Donors
According to a study commissioned by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, large charities are much more likely than small ones to use wealth screening services. Approximately 1,300 fundraisers answered a survey asking whether they use screening services to identify prospective donors or likely upgrade … [Read more...]
Association of Advancement Services Professionals Conference
The Association of Advancement Services Professionals was launched just over a year ago. Their first conference and annual membership meeting will take place November 6 - 7, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza. Information is at … [Read more...]