Category Archives: Technology

Why CRM Is For Business And Donor Management Software Is For Nonprofits

February 12, 2010 – 1:14 pm

Tired of managing your donors in excel sheets and thinking of trying out something a bit more sophisticated like CRM (Customer Relationship Software)? You may want to hold on to that thought for a while and consider a few things before taking the plunge. While the donor management process in a nonprofit can be considered [...]

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How Nonprofits Can Harness Volunteer Power Through Web Based Software

January 28, 2010 – 7:48 am

It could be the long commutes to the work place, the insanity of fuel prices or just the sheer convenience of being able to work from the comfort of one’s own home but it’s very evident that more organizations are leaning towards a distributed workforce. While this trend is still picking up among these businesses [...]

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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 [...]

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Nominate Us For the Crunchies!

November 23, 2009 – 10:00 am

Did you know that Donor Tools is a bootstrapped company? We’re pretty proud of that actually.
Now you can nominate us for the Best Bootstrapped Startup for the 2009 Crunchies! (The Crunchies are like the Oscars, but for the Internet.)
We could really use your help here. If you love us, please nominate Donor Tools for the [...]

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How to Get New Donors and Friends With Mobile Phones Using Facebook

November 12, 2009 – 9:01 am

I was updating our Facebook page and noticed  a link to,”Get more fans with SMS“. This got my brain rolling on the implications for nonprofits. Take a look

And when you clicked the link:
I think that this has the possibility to grow an organizations database rapidly and ability  to eventually move  fans up the ladder of [...]

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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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Introducing: Donor Tools on your iPhone

August 4, 2009 – 4:23 pm

If you’re like me, you find yourself needing to access information when you’re not at your desk. I’m constantly looking things up on my iPhone when I’m out and about.
The iPhone is such a useful tool that I decided it was high time for us to make a way for you to access your Donor [...]

By Ryan | Also posted in Donor Tools News, Links, Resources | Comments

Another reason the IPhone makes me cool… Meet the dogood app.

August 4, 2009 – 3:15 pm

What if 300,000 people did the same act of kindess on the same day?  That is what Mobill33t asks with thier really rockin’ app called dogood.

Why is this cool?
How it works is everyday is gives you something good to do. Today was buy a toy for a kid. Once you do a good deed you [...]

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Upcoming Webinar: Running IT without an IT Department

July 31, 2009 – 7:30 am

On August 12th at 10am PST our very own Ryan is running a webinar over at NonProfitWebinars.com. Running IT without an IT Department
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Utilizing technology doesn’t always require an IT department. If you’re a little adventurous and willing to learn new things, you and your staff can keep your office (or remote office) [...]

By Chris Dumas | Also posted in Donor Tools News, Resources | Comments

Could You PowerPoint This? Seven PowerPoint Alternatives

July 30, 2009 – 1:47 pm

This is a quick follow-up to my post earlier this week about Fuze Meeting. I’m going to be leading a webinar in a couple of weeks (Running IT without an IT Department), I’m on a quest for the perfect combination of web meeting/webinar software and presentation software.
“PowerPoint” is like “Xerox” – sometimes it feels easier [...]

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