Monthly Archives: December 2009

Quick Take: Pizza Perfection

December 29, 2009 – 4:46 pm

It may be about pizza, but this video is worth watching.

Focus, passion, and unrelenting pursuit of perfection in just a few things. What would change if you only had four toppings – if you focused on just the four things that you do best?

By Ryan | Posted in Links | Comments

End of year customer satisfaction survey

December 18, 2009 – 8:05 am

We care what you have to say! Please take a few minutes to fill out our end of year customer satisfaction survey and while you are at it tell us what features you want. We promise we will do more then listen, we will do something with what you say!
Tell us what you think!

By Chris Dumas | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments

How to Create Smart Tags

December 17, 2009 – 11:00 am

Smart Tags is a powerful feature that will change the way you look at your donor data.

First off, Smart Tags are pretty different from regular Tags; the main difference is in how they’re created (although you’ll notice that Smart Tags are orange, and regular Tags are blue). To create regular Tags, you simply add the [...]

By Chris Dumas | Posted in Best Practices | Comments

Allan Brown from Compasio

December 16, 2009 – 4:15 pm

One of the biggest reasons I’ve been a proponent of DT is because I’ve never experienced a high-tech company that responds as quickly or as personally. It’s a match for the way that we operate as a small startup charity.

By Ryan | Posted in Testimonials | Comments

What is the difference between Tags and Smart Tags?

December 16, 2009 – 11:58 am

Tags are just like regular old fashioned tags like what you may be familiar with from blog posts and social networking – you can manually any arbitrary tag to a donor record. Smart Tags, on the other hand, are applied automatically based on conditions that you define. For example, you could have a smart tag [...]

By Chris Dumas | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments

Happy Holidays from Donor Tools!

December 15, 2009 – 1:02 pm

We’re terrible dancers, but that didn’t stop us from putting together a special holiday dance, just for you! Click the video below to watch.

By Chris Dumas | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments

How to Setup Recurring Online Donations with PayPal

December 15, 2009 – 11:58 am

It’s easy to track recurring donations through PayPal. As long as you set up PayPal with IPN, then any recurring donations through PayPal will be recorded in your Donor Tools account.
Simply set up your PayPal account to notify Donor Tools of your donations, as described here: http://support.donortools.com/forums/49168/entries/45863.

Now, any donations that you receive on a recurring basis [...]

By Chris Dumas | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments

Nonprofit QuickBooks Integration Makes for Easy Donor Management

December 14, 2009 – 11:57 am

Duplicate data entry is crazy talk around here. You can export and work with Quickbooks in a flash. The best part is that this functionality is free with every paid account. Exporting data from Donor Tools to Quickbooks is really easy. To export donation data:

Navigate to the Donations tab
Select a date range that you’d like to [...]

By Chris Dumas | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments

Cheque this out!

December 9, 2009 – 8:18 pm

DonorTools is excited to partner with Aqubanc, and their solutions. DonorTools needed a Check 21 solution and chose Aqubanc’s Cheque 21; which will help our clients to better steward their resources.

Haven’t heard of a Check 21 system before? Here’s a short little description from their site.

NonProfit organizations are challenged by their donors to properly steward [...]

By April | Posted in Donor Tools News, Links, Resources, Technology | Comments

Nick Parsons from Mustard Seed Global Fellowship

December 4, 2009 – 4:13 pm

You guys are killing it in the customer service department! Promptness and a screencast? Bravo! Keep up the good work, you have made a great impression and I will make sure to let people know about Donor Tools! Thanks!

By Ryan | Posted in Testimonials | Comments