Monthly Archives: August 2009

Can Ritual Help You Manage Your Day?

August 28, 2009 – 8:26 am

How is your day going?
Or rather, where is your day going? Have you ever looked up at the clock and wondered where half the day went? Ever wondered how you let it get so hijacked?
Peter Bregman of HarvardBusiness.org suggests that ritual can help us overcome the time-killing fires and distractions that always seem to come [...]

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Authority Rules (.com)

August 20, 2009 – 9:18 am

Though authorityrules.com is mainly geared toward online marketing, I thought it had some gems for nonprofit organizations as well. If you’ve ever studied psychology, you’ll probably be familiar with the examples given (the shock therapy experiment, etc.) But they draw some interesting conclusions in the context of web marketing.
If people think you’re important, so will [...]

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We like to be fashionable.

August 18, 2009 – 10:33 am

We like to look good. Our Donor Tools fundraising software is all about being simple, clean and user friendly. We spend a lot of time making our software look good, so we think we should look good too.
We just  recently put an order in with Social Imprints for some cool eco-friendly sustainable clothing. We’re totally [...]

By Chris Dumas | Posted in Donor Tools News, Links | Comments

Webinar Linkroll

August 14, 2009 – 9:31 am

If you missed my presentation on Running IT Without an IT Department, you can still view the slides – we’ll keep them up on slideshare. I thought it would be nice to post all the links from the presentation as well, so you wouldn’t have to hunt the slides and type in all the urls. [...]

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How a Web Based Donor Database and Fundraising Software Makes the World a Better Place

August 13, 2009 – 12:30 pm

image credit: Giorgio Montersino
For a lot of people, using web-based software like Donor Tools is a no-brainer. Because Donor Tools is securely hosted on the web, you can access your donor database, manage fundraising campaigns, and keep up-to-date with donor relations from anywhere with a web connection.
Why a web based donor database rocks:
1) Work from anywhere
While you [...]

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Upcoming Webinars from NonprofitWebinars.com

August 12, 2009 – 3:10 pm

Donor Tools is a proud sponsor of NonprofitWebinars.com, and we’re thrilled at the lineup of events. Join the mailing list to stay up to date on all the new events and get special offers from us!

8/25 How to use Facebook for your Nonprofit
Susan Gordon, Senior Nonprofit Coordinator at Causes
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 11:00 AM [...]

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Running IT Without an IT Department

August 12, 2009 – 2:16 pm

We had a great turnout today for my presentation on Running IT Without an IT Department. Thanks to everyone who attended, and thanks for the great feedback!
I was pretty nervous, but it went really well. For those of you who couldn’t attend, here are the slides. Also, I mentioned a lot of products and links [...]

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Product Update: Small Change to Fund URLs

August 10, 2009 – 8:19 am

We’ve made a small change to the way the URLs work for fundraising pages. If you’ve linked to a fundraising page for your funds, then you might want to update your links.
Basically, what we’ve done is to put the name of your fundraising page in the URL. So if your fund is named “Feed the [...]

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Getting Read: The Art of Writing Effective Emails

August 7, 2009 – 8:44 am

A lot of emails tumble into your inbox every day. Many are filtered out as spam. The rest are a muck that you’re left to wade through – some are newsletters, some can be read and discarded, and some need your attention. Few are well-crafted, and even fewer are brief. Some are too brief.
How can [...]

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Charity Navigator Releases 5th Annual CEO Compensation Study

August 5, 2009 – 9:29 pm

We love Charity Navigator. They did a great job producing the 5th annual CEO Compensation Study.
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Here is the conclusion to their study:
“While it is true that the paychecks of some nonprofit executives are outrageously high, this study confirms that those receiving excessive pay are in the minority. However, we recognize that many donors will be hesitant [...]

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