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ROI for a donor database

Robert Weiner

My colleague Charlie Hunsaker posted the following question on the FUNDSVCS Advancement Services listserve: I have two clients who are looking for new systems and want a “cost justification” for their acquisition to share with their management. Probably an issue that we should all be looking at.

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Google fires prominent AI ethicist Timnit Gebru

The Verge

The email, which was sent to the Brain Women and Allies listserv, voiced frustration that managers were trying to get Gebru to retract a research paper. A week before you go out on vacation, you see a meeting pop up at 4:30pm PST on your calendar,” it reads. The full text was first published in Platformer. “A

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November Member Round-Up: Data satellites, women in nonprofit tech, and horrifying your middle school teacher

NTEN

AASP''s listserv, Fundsvcs, won the grand prize in the 2013-2014 LISTSERV Choice Awards. Mark your calendars for 2015! EveryAction compiled their list of 2015 nonprofit conferences you won''t want to miss, with a handy link to add it right into your calendar.

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Advice for Consultants - Part 2

Robert Weiner

3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. While onsite, I put reminders on my smartphone calendar to make sure I do critical things during my next ‘free time,’ or I send myself an email to do it at home that night. Attend conferences. do it ASAP.

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Meet Amy Fox of MuseumTweets: Best Practices for Micro Blogging in Museums

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I first met Amy Fox when she de-lurked on the Museum Computer Network listserv. She describes herself as having a "unhealthy obsession with Twitter." " Indeed, her first post summarized some observations from her research on how museums were using Twitter for her masters thesis.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Resource Collection off a listserv: [link]. Collaborative writing off a listserv: [link]. Calendar: Google Calendar. And users do not need to know HTML in order to apply styles to text or add and edit content. In most cases simple syntax structure is used. Directories: [link]. Collaborative Educational Content: [link].

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

And when you are kicking off your fiscal year or your calendar year, set those expectations high so people know what they can do to be helpful. We’ll craft talking points and you know, do you have an event calendar or prospect list? Here’s our event calendar. I like to use the calendar. I always like to set.