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Discussion of Donor Data Retention

Robert Weiner

The same topic came up recently on the APRA''s listserve, PRSPCT-L. We''ve since tried to contact the alum and explain why he hadn''t heard from us in 30 years, but, no surprise, he''s been somewhat difficult to engage. deceased; does not want to be contacted; do not email; etc.). no contact or gifts in the last 7 years).

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How I Used LinkedIn For the Final Leg of My Social Search Action Research Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Out of habit, I started off doing the research in my usual ways - posts to listservs, search engine, private emails, and posts to forums. The guide helped me understand that I was looking for both specific conferences as well as lists of conferences in those areas by knowledgeable people. The next step was to send it my contacts.

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Using Social Search Techniques for a Research Project. some reflections and a shout for help

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm using some traditional ways to research this topic: -Email to listservs -Posts on online forums -Google search. Oh no, your query is analyzed and sent to a knowledgable ChaCha Guide who is trained to search and already knows a lot about the very thing you???re The work in progress is here. re not searching alone. re looking for!

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The NpTech Mashup Meme

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This happens all the time on listservs where people who work on integrating technology into their work participate -- whether it be teachers, librarians, community of practice, online facilitators, nonprofit techies, etc. For example, recently on the UK Riders list there was a thread about tech support knowledge base software.

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Should You Ever Delete Donor Records?

Tech Soup

I was recently contacted by the vendor behind a new cloud-based donor management system with this question: "We have noticed that our clients have become much more conscious about archiving/deleting old donor/prospect records because our pricing model is based on the number of records. no contact or gifts in the last 7 years)."

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Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Murphy says they initiated training for employees, that offered the 101 and 201 of using Twitter. Murphy served as the point of contact, answering staff questions on the fine art of tweeting. He also identified staff who were enthusiastic and proficient in using Twitter to lead training.

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Wikis: What, When, Why

Museum 2.0

While there are some criticisms of its consensus-based model for information-vetting, there's no doubt of its success as a collaborative knowledge-creation project. Woody launched it with an email to the ASTC listserv--a good group to target for his content. Wikipedia, like YouTube and Facebook, is a giant in the world of Web 2.0.

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