Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

We are still in innovator phase here, not even early adopters have signed on. at 10:59 pm this is such great advice. I would love to see more dialog that helps us understand how to make the bridge and to track the evolution of the less-techy population so we can push the envelope a bit but not too much. 5 Erin 04.30.08

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Twitter Nonprofit Demographics Open Source 100

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Getting all of your old donor data cleaned and ready so that you can move it into the new system? Without a good plan in place, you’re going to spend your first month (or two) in the new system dealing with improperly formatted records that leave your nonprofit at a standstill. Not so much. Now for the goods news: We’re to help!

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Data Donor Map Test 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

Since moving its systems to Salesforce, the team has been able to stay lean by cutting out hours of what used to be manual data entry and management of disparate spreadsheets and applications.

Asia 98

Asia Dominican Republic Cambodia Children 98

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

“Working as a professional fundraiser, I knew that I was giving and my friends were giving but our common donor tracking systems weren’t capturing how the diversity of our interests and frequent smaller donations added up to a sizeable amount over the course of a year. I like to think of some of them as “nonprofit mutual funds.”.

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Colorado Local Project Interview 181

Whole Whale

JUNE 1, 2023

For the relationship level, AI chatbot provides greetings and routes teens to human counselors who then provide advice. For a relationship level, AI chatbot can discuss basic relationship issues and provide general empathy/support but lacks breadth of understanding needed for nuanced advice. Close monitoring is required.

Teen 52

Teen Test Advice Review 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 21, 2011

After all, any great idea needs a vote of confidence, great advice and an infusion of cash to have a large-scale impact! You can imagine how difficult it was back in 1982, when I founded Calera Recognition Systems (originally named the Palantir Corporation). But, Robert wasn’t just about giving me advice.

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Mentoring Indiana Press Profit 174

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Rachel Sacks, MPH will help demystify all five phases of the grants lifecycle: identifying well-aligned prospects, cultivating funder relationships, preparing compelling submissions, maintaining grants through stewarding and reporting, and submitting renewals. My team thinks of the grants lifecycle as having five phases.

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Grant Lesson Tips Video 78

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Sometimes there’s a committee, but I found that if there’s at least one person, like, they are the one who’s always staying on top of making sure communication is clear and people are on track and have expectations clearly set. I’m unable to address specific hand-raising questions. I think, yes, this is my slide.

Community 81

Community Video Slides Survey 81

Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

And if you’re interested in that, maybe you’re shopping for a new system this year, check us out. Am I going to be that scattered fundraising spray fire system or am I going to be a funder magnet?” So I understand why you think this because all of the old-school fundraising gurus talk about this crazy long relationship-building phase.

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Raise Map Fundraising Money 73

Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

And if you’re interested in that, maybe you’re shopping for a new system this year, check us out. Am I going to be that scattered fundraising spray fire system or am I going to be a funder magnet?” That’s what Bloomerang is, that’s what we do. Visit our website. You can choose Sandy. One of them is Sandy.

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Raise Video Map Fundraising 90

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Are you using systems that require lots of personalization that could be automated? The number of people who have come to me for spot coaching, so, you know, Steven, I’ve done some one-off, two-off sessions where folks who needed advice or they needed to make a career move. What’s your best advice for managing up?

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Work Management Video Slides 94

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

We have reality tours where we take people out to other parts of the world, kind of reverse Club Med, "get your butt off the beach and meet real people," see the development projects, the literacy campaigns, the women's groups, the political opposition parties, the trade unions, but focused on positive, build the next system kind of things.

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Global Green San Francisco Model 40