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...]
More Tips and Tricks
A TechSoup discussion last December compiled a list of time-saving computer tips and tricks. David Pogue from The New York Times asked his readers to help with a similar list, and the results are on the Times' Web site. Some that were new to me: read more … [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...]
Convio Releases “Common Ground” Donor Database
In June I mentioned that Convio had announced the beta release of a donor database it was calling Aikido, built on the SalesForce platform. This is not a new template for SalesForce, but a product built from the ground up. At the time, they said it would be a separate product from their online … [Read more...]
60 Microsoft Word Tips
A posting on the Information Systems Forum listserve alerted me to TechRepublic's list of 60 Indispensable Microsoft Word tips. Some are basic, like Undo (I hope everyone already knows that one). But many were new to me, like how to select multiple, noncontiguous words, clear the contents of a … [Read more...]
New Grants Management Software Reviews
If you're in the market for new grants management software, or want to see how your current package stacks up to others out there, check out two reports recently released by Idealware.org. According to the description on their site: The Consumers Guide to Grants Management Software This detailed … [Read more...]
Convio Announces New Donor Database
Convio, a popular online advocacy toolset used by many nonprofit advocacy groups, recently announced that they will be releasing a donor database code-named Akido, on the SalesForce.com platform. This will be a separate product from their online Constituent Relationship Management suite — you … [Read more...]
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