Network for Good recently published The 2008 Online Fundraising Survival Guide: 12 Winning Strategies to Survive & Thrive in a Down Economy. This 45-page guide includes sections on avoiding "the four most common fundraising mistakes," answering the four questions required to get a donation (Why … [Read more...]
Everywun Wants Your Clicks
The San Francisco Chronicle published an article about everywun.com, a new click-to-give site. The article makes this sound like a new idea, but The Hunger Site (and their later projects for breast cancer, children's health, literacy, rain forest protection, and animal rescue) has been doing this … [Read more...]
Guessing the Gender of a Name
Ever wonder how to tell the gender of an unfamiliar first name? The PRSPCT-L listserve (for prospect researchers) had a discussion of resources for figuring this out and members provided the following suggestions: http://www.wikihow.com/Find-the-Gender-of-a-Name … [Read more...]
Survey on Grantmaker Effectiveness
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...]
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