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Five Steps Toward Successful Implementation of Online Fundraising Software

Thursday, 08 November 2007
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With the increasing availability of Web-based fundraising software, also known as software as a service (SaaS), non-profit groups now have the option of paying a monthly fee to use fundraising software rather than having to purchase the software and install it, maintain it, and support it themselves.

"We don't have an IT department, and we can't afford to hire someone to take care of our software," says Donna Salacuse, donations manager for Voice of the Faithful, a Catholic lay organization based in Newton, Massachusetts. Previously, before installing DonorPerfect Online, the fundraising database had been written in Microsoft Access, "and we had constant problems backing up the server. We decided we really needed to move to the online hosted application." Read more...
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Computer systems for nonprofits

Thursday, 25 October 2007
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"The nature of the model depends on the kind of animal we are."
--Evolutionary Biologist Richard Dawkins, TED Conference, 2005

It's hard out there for a nonprofit that's trying to make decisions about what kind of computer systems to buy. Every nonprofit, ranging from local organizations with staffs numbering in the single digits to large, relatively well-funded international organizations such as the Red Cross, has unique technology needs. But the basic priniciples for making technology decisions are similar, as is the big challenge: keeping expenses as low as possible. Smaller organizations may simply not have very much money to spend; larger ones have to keep a close eye on the bottom line because donors want to know that most of their money is being spent on the mission, and not the machines. Read more...
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Tapping the Web

Wednesday, 10 October 2007
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Given the phenomenal successes of non-profits online such as cancer.org, aspca.org and aclu.org, few can argue the impact and import of tapping the Web to move any given cause ahead, both in terms of brand viability and fundraising. Even with these pay-offs from online activities, there are even more resources to be profited from. These include CRM (Customer Resource Management) for improving donor relationships and follow-throughs, and BPM (Business Process Management) for service management to prevent embarrassments in delivery such as those that beset the Red Cross in the Hurricane Katrina aftermath. Unfortunately, too few non-profits know these tools exist, where to find them, and more importantly how to rake money in from the web… Read more...
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Social Networking and Fundraising

Monday, 24 September 2007
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Last May, Facebook , which has joined MySpace as one of the leading social networking sites on the Web, launched "Causes," an application that enables its users to raise money for -- well, for just about anything nonprofit. Since then, more than four million Facebook users have joined Causes, according to the Non-Pofit Tech Blog . Some of those users have created Cause pages and initiated great recruitment and fundraising efforts, and some have given simply donated through Causes pages. Read more...
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Fundraising Software At A Crossroads

Friday, 14 September 2007
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Standalone donor databases are on their way out, integrated Web-based services on their way in.

Fundraising is one of the most important things you do. Yet finding the right software to adequately support all aspects of your fundraising efforts can be a challenge—and bewildering—especially with recent developments in that particular technology niche.

Formerly dominated by large standalone donor databases, the fundraising software space has been undergoing a swift evolution in recent years. New integrated packages that provide a broader range of functionality are coming into their own. And customer relationship management (CRM) packages are gaining popularity due to their ability to provide a more holistic view of all the individuals who might be touched by the fundraising process—no matter how tangentially. Read more...
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