I just spoke on a fundraising panel at Compasspoint's Silicon Valley/Peninsula Nonprofit Forum. One takeaway: some California cities are finding that they need to raise private funds to make up for cuts in State and local funding. This means thinking and acting like … [Read more...]
Getting RSS Feeds Via Email
Do you want to be alerted when certain blogs or Twitter feeds are updated? The surest way for me to be sure see new items is to have them delivered as email messages. Some blogs offer email subscriptions, but most don't. However, I found a way to do this even for feeds that don't … [Read more...]
The Limits of “Free” Software
I received an email newsletter today with the following pitch for a web-based donor database (perhaps you can guess which one): The Cloud offers you constituent relationship management (CRM) software that's less expensive, easier to maintain, more accessible, more intuitive, and with greater … [Read more...]
Roundup of 2009 Online Giving Stats
It's the season for a slew of reports analyzing last year's online giving results. Convio released their 2010 Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study in March, based on results from nearly 500 clients. Its findings included: 14% growth in online giving overall. 69% of … [Read more...]
Thoughts on Software RFPs
I received the following email from Keith Heller, a database consultant who works with Raiser's Edge and Common Ground clients: We’ve been involved with responding to many RFPs over the years and I have a general inquiry that is in your bailiwick. I often see RFPs that are quite lengthy and … [Read more...]
Separating Personal and Professional Lives on Social Media
Do you "friend" your co-workers, clients, or service recipients on Facebook? What about LinkedIn? Are your tweets appropriate for all audiences? Andrew Heller discussed the risks of oversharing in his NTEN blog post Social Media and Privacy: Best Practices for Managing … [Read more...]
The Nonprofit Guide to Going Green: Book Release Parties!
The website for the new book, The Nonprofit Guide to Going Green describes it as "a comprehensive learning tool to guide nonprofits and NGOs towards becoming greener. The definitive, practical, go-to resource guide on helping all charities become more green." The authors are on a … [Read more...]
Keeping appointment times from moving around
I've been trying to find a way to keep my appointment times from moving around on my calendar as I change time zones. Here's a description of the problem from Microsoft (edited to match my situation): You are traveling through multiple time zones and need the calendar to display the local … [Read more...]
A Month with the Palm Pre
I've had my Palm Pre Plus for a little over a month now. I wrote up my initial impressions after having it for a week. Overall, I love it except for Outlook sync. Sync My major problem with the Pre is due to its lack of a built-in sync with a standalone/desktop copy of Outlook. … [Read more...]
Phishing Scam: Habitat for Humanity fundraising
I received the following phishing email today. It's a variation on the "your email inbox is too large" scam I posted in June. It plays on Habitat's name, Haiti relief, and pure greed -- it claims you can earn big tax-free commissions as a fundraiser. There are so many things wrong … [Read more...]
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