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Robert L. Weiner: Nonprofit Fundraising Technology Consulting

Texting for $$: The Definitive Guide

In the wake of the huge number of donations given to Haiti earthquake relief via text mesage, MobileActive has published Texting for Charitable Dollars: The Definitive Guide.  It describes the process of raising funds via SMS from the donors' and the nonprofits' perspectives, including costs … [Read more...]

SF Fundraising Day 2010

San Francisco's Fundraising Day will be happening June 16 at the downtown Marriott.  Once again I have the honor of co-chairing the Technology Track with Michael Stein. We've programmed sessions on online fundraising with Madeline Stanionis, social media with Jeff Patrick, database selection … [Read more...]

Impressions of the Palm Pre

I've been waiting for the Palm Pre for nearly a year.  Sprint released it last summer, but Verizon waited until January.  Why a Palm?  I've been a loyal Palm PDA user for over a decade, from the original Pilot through the 700P.  I'm also a fan of MS Outlook.  I love having all 3,000 of my contacts … [Read more...]

The continuing saga of the new T400S

The continuing story of my new Thinkpad T400S laptop.  I finally feel like it's starting to come together, particularly the upgrade to Windows 7.  Here's the story so far.  Maybe my experience will help someone else. After transferring my data and software using Laplink (and … [Read more...]

Nominations Closing Soon for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

The Tides Foundation is accepting nominations for the annual Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. The prize will award $10,000 to an open-source software developer whose work is helping nonprofits succeed. Nominations will be accepted through February 1, 2010. The winner … [Read more...]

Making the Case for Advancement Services

I got a call last week from the Advancement Services manager at a small college asking for help.  She's trying to make the case for investing in Advancement Services at a college that seems to only want to invest in fundraisers.  She had already found my post on the Ingredients of a High … [Read more...]

Setting up my new Thinkpad T400S

I recently received my new Lenovo Thinkpad T400S -- thinner, faster, and lighter than my current T400.  But getting it set up has been a bear.  A few of the lowlights, after 6 days of work: 1) I used Laplink to transfer my data, apps, and settings.  I've been using Laplink products … [Read more...]

Ingredients of a High Performing Advancement Services Shop

I've been thinking about what it takes to run a great Advancement Services operation (aka Development Services, Development Operations, Development Systems, the fundraising infrastructure, the back office).  While outsiders sometimes view Advancement Services as data entry staff, there's a lot … [Read more...]

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