Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 12, 2022

In our conversation, David Jacques, the organization’s chief information officer, shared that ALSAC was named number one on Fast Company’s “2020 Best Workplace for Innovators” list, beating out expected names from the for-profit sector. “We ALSAC has an internal accelerator where new ideas are explored and tested.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 18, 2022

This poses a real challenge for nonprofit organizations that have a small operating budget with which to put on engaging and profitable fundraisers. Musical instruments. Membership growth consulting. Event managing. Donor outreach consulting. The big question is, how much can your nonprofit spend on fundraising?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2014

Managing Editor @Blackbaud. By Scott Gilman : Louisville Cardinals, horse racing, nonprofits, music, movies, various rants. By Ryan King : Senior Marketing Manager. By Mike Snusz : Nonprofit online fundraising & marketing consultant @Blackbaud. Manager for Blackbaud’s Interactive Strategy team.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

The Luciano Barreto Júnior Institute in Aracaju, Brazil provides educational opportunities to low-income kids in the agricultural Brazilian state of Sergipe, the home of Brazil’s far-famed Forro music. If you’d like some attention for your nonprofit's work, please meet Bea Dominguez.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2007

March 7, 2007 Next Monday, I’m hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. The topic is “Nonprofit Data Management: from slips of paper to CRM&# As you all know, I’ve been thinking about data management issues for years, and it would be great for people to share their ideas and knowledge.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. So, come join me.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Nonprofit Management. Alliance Management Institute (AMI). Alliance Management Institute (AMI). The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Nonprofit Management / #AMI2019 / @NPL_Alliance. Nonprofit Management.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Nonprofits have become intimately familiar with Content Management Systems (CMS). Some, especially those that are very content/document heavy, have become familiar with Document Management Systems (DMS). What they might not be so familiar with are Learning Management Systems (LMS). Learning platforms, of course, are varied.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy. Actually, a client had a grant proposal, and it included the consultant’s “theory of practice&# which of course is something that most organizational development/effectiveness type consultants have, but rather few technology consultants have.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The Luciano Barreto Júnior Institute in Aracaju, Brazil provides educational opportunities to low-income kids in the agricultural Brazilian state of Sergipe, the home of Brazil’s far-famed Forro music. If you’d like some attention for your nonprofit's work, please meet Bea Dominguez.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

So for the next few tools, I’ll be describing CRMs (Constituent/Contact/Community/Customer Relationship Management). The first one is one that I’ve been using recently for my consulting business – SugarCRM.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2018

If you're new to the NPO world, consult your state and local laws about social host liability. There is nothing wrong with providing adult beverages for guests, and a cash/open bar may prove profitable. However, never presume; always double check, and confirm with your insurance provider. Provide Varied Menus and Activities.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

. &# It’s written by this guy, Alan Weiss, who has written the “ Ultimate Consulting &# series, which seems to be focused primarily on making a lot of money in consulting. One of which is something I would love to talk with other consultants (and clients, too) about. He thinks that time-based billing is bad.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Join us for our latest Care2 Expert Webinar with Dane Grams (formerly of nonprofit GLSEN) and Emily Logan (Senior Campaign Manager at Care2) as they reveal findings about what really works when it comes to welcome series messaging, so you can start your new online relationships with a bang. Dane Grams - Director of Nonprofit Services, Care2.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

First, they are putting the wraps on a new version, and there are some interesting projects happening, like integrating voter files, phone banking , and my favorite, case management. It looks to be a joint venture by a group of nonprofit-focused for-profits, none of which I’ve heard of (which doesn’t mean a thing, really.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2008

Last year’s winner was Barry Warsaw, lead developer of the awesome Mailman mailing list manager. The competition, judged by a panel of national leaders in public interest computing, is now entering its third year. The application deadline for this year’s prize: September 1, 2008. Ruby Sinreich is a new phenomenon ! You go girl!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

I am going to have to stop using Chrome. 2 film fan 09.16.08 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I am going to have to stop using Chrome. 2 film fan 09.16.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 20, 2008

Through our health offering, our users will be empowered to collect, store, and manage their own medical records online.&# Google says: “Google Health aims to solve an urgent need that dovetails with our overall mission of organizing patient information and making it accessible and useful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

That was one of the big reasons I had been looking for good web conferencing a while back (I’m still looking…) I’m starting my foray into this territory by giving a free course in the database management system, PostgreSQL. The course is a 12 week course, starting on November 19th (with time off for the holidaze.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

It would not be as cost-effective (and thus, not produce as much profit) if these SaaS developers had to pay license fees for the software they use (besides the fact that these are the most stable and robust platforms to build upon.) It’s my understanding that none of the major non-profit SaaS players use open source tools.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 2008

There is even a new case management feature in 2.0, CiviCRM has 4 basic components: CiviContribute, CiviMail, CiviMember, and CiviEvents – which allow you to track contacts, donations, members, send out email blasts, have event registration, etc. which can be useful for organizations that need that functionality.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Nonprofit Management. Alliance Management Institute (AMI). Alliance Management Institute (AMI). The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Nonprofit Management / #AMI2018 / @NPL_Alliance. Nonprofit Management.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 21, 2009

A DV (Domestic Violence) Awareness app provided by People Against a Violent Environment , that says that the organization receives all of the profits from the sale of the application. An iPhone app created by a company called Melodeo that streamed Christmas music for $2.99. $1 A ConsumerReports.org app to take shopping.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

As a 10,000 footer, NTEN’s new Donor Management System Survey is of keen interest. There is, of necessity, a lot of overlap betwen CRM systems and Donor Management Systems. In some ways, it is astonishing how many different donor management packages there are. of use in very large organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

at 2:51 pm There’s a great free Firefox plugin for students & researchers who need to manage citations and bibliographies, not to mention organize all those PDFs…Zotero is wonderful, and works perfectly with Word (for those of us still hooked on some Microsoft programs).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Whether it is a network of organizations or individuals, this handbook provides a wealth of theory and practice on build, manage, and fine tune a network. Madeleine is co-founder and principal of Arbor Consulting Partners , a research and consulting group led by senior social scientists. We talked a lot about network practices.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Office 365 for IT Staff and Consultants Tuesday, March 3, 10:00 a.m. IT staff and consultants will have the opportunity to learn tips and tricks about implementing Office 365 at nonprofit organizations. Are you a community manager or builder? Special Office 365 Event for Nonprofits and IT Consultants. – 4:00 p.m.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2006

I understand how important fundraising is (especially now as the coordinator of an organization that needs money,) but why aren’t there 5 big companies jockeying for space to provide nonprofits with reasonably priced, say, client management packages? at 9:15 pm You’ve hit the nail on the head! I can’t agree with you more.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

There are issues that relate to encoding, fonts, and character sets, machine translation, interfaces to facilitate human translation, issues of workflow, volunteer and project management, and a whole host of other issues. It’s also really interesting to see how free and open source fits into all of this. What are the tools like?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

In Kubuntu, the distribution of Ubuntu I had installed, the WPA-enabled Network Manager isn’t installed by default (or at least it seemed not to have been installed when I did it – could have been my fault.) Plugged it in, and it just worked. Of course with my mac, I opened up the system preferences, checked a button, and, voila!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

I just had a great conversation with a IT manager at a medium-sized nonprofit that had implemented Asterisk for their call center. Open source software, like kittens, take care and management. ’&# I do think that is something that we have a hard time getting across to folks. The bottom line, from his perspective, was flexibility.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

It will likely even manage to make it into space, I think. Which, on one hand, seems like a lot, but it’s not, when every cell phone, PC, router, cable set top box and toaster has one. So in comes IPv6, a different kind of addressing protocol. It allows for 5×10 28 addresses, which, for those interested, is 50 octillion.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

I’ve never understood why they rolled their own everything — forums, mailing list archives (at least they use Mailman for the list manager), bug tracking, etc. Some definitely cool stuff I’ll have to have a look at. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Dustin J Mitchell 02.14.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

No administration fees, no license checking, no running out of licenses for larger organizations, nothin’ Download it and put it on every desktop and get rid of that license manager thingy. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

Manny Hernandez, author of Ning for Dummies, nonprofit social media consultant, and organizer of two of the most successful nonprofit communities ( Tudiabetes and Estudiabetes ) on Ning, offered his two cents to the new CEO of Ning. And you should be attracting and enlisting equally passionate users as part of your community management plan.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Toward the end, a young man, who worked with urban kids of color on media and music, commented that he didn’t really know how to get access to the kinds of things available, and he noticed how few people of color were in the room. And aren’t those different that the issues other groups of people face?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

I’ve been helping a client hire a temporary project manager, and so in the interview process one of the questions I ask is how people keep up with change in the field. August 5, 2008 I have been thinking for the last few days about what it means to “keep up&# with the technology field, particularly ‘net technology.

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