Blackbaud kills off Common Ground
Robert Weiner was kind enough to let us reprint this post from his website about Blackbaud discontinuing Common Ground. Click through to the original post to read or contribute to the active comments...
View ArticleMajor Fundraising Application Canned, What’s Next for Nonprofit Databases?
As the nonprofit tech community continues to weigh in on the news that Blackbaud would be discontinuing Common Ground, we're still tracking the issue and sharing points of view we think would be of...
View ArticleBlackbaud Weighs In on Common Ground
In light of the recent announcement that Blackbaud would be retiring its Common Ground product, and the conversation that generated in the nonprofit community, we thought it would be a good idea to...
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Project Management Tools That Nonprofits Should Know About
This is a guest post written by Ryan Sauer, a writer and editor for Bisk Education in association with University Alliance. He actively writes about project management and leadership in different...
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Deciding the Fate of Outdated Content: To Update, Redirect or Rewrite?
For better or worse, we are witnessing a race to fill the Internet with information. Millions of pages are added each day at a rate far greater than they are removed, leaving lots of outdated content...
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New Heller Report on Donor Management Apps
If you've not yet seen it, the fine folks over at Heller Consulting recently published their report, The New World of Donor Management Apps for Nonprofits, providing an in-depth review of top...
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Social Media for Social Good: An Infographic
This is a repost from an entry that originally appeared at http://onlinempa.unc.edu/social-media-for-social-good-infographic/, UNC Chapel Hill's MPA program website. Shared with us by Logan Harper, the...
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Facebooking for Office: How Social Media Inspires Voters
You may have heard there's an election next week. Campaigns have changed over the years, and will continue to change as new means of reaching voters are developed. What role does social media play in...
View ArticleTwitter in the Charm City
This guest post was written by Kate Bladow, Founder & Strategist at Powered Pursuits. In Baltimore, Twitter is a popular tool for meeting new people and tracking local news, especially among the...
View ArticleElectronic Health Records and Small Nonprofits
This guest post was written for Idealware by Jennifer Amanda Jones, who has a Master's in Nonprofit Management and Leadership and more than a decade's experience with nonprofits including health,...
View ArticleThere's an App for That: New Article Up Today
Sometimes it seems like everywhere you go, everyone is talking, texting, or surfing the web on their phones: airports, beaches, zoos, sidewalks, even at restaurants. You're not imagining it--85 percent...
View ArticleIn Search of Better Data About Nonprofits' Programs
What are we really asking for when we require nonprofits to produce data on performance, effectiveness and impact? While the surface logic is clear – we need to know this information – the full context...
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New Infographics Course Tomorrow: Twice the Impact at Half the Price
Tomorrow we’re offering an online seminar about Infographics, and if you act now, you can take advantage of a half-price discount by entering the code SUMMER2013. Why are we offering a discount?...
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Cheap and Cheerful Video Conferencing
Though Idealware is based in Portland, Maine, I work from Portland, Oregon, which means we do a lot of videoconferencing. LIke many orgs, we struggle with the best setup for the technology. Lauren...
View ArticleProgram Evaluation on the Brain
We've had program evaluation on the brain lately at Idealware, and for good reason. It's a critical part of nonprofit work--if you can't asses the effectiveness of your programs, you can't adapt them...
View ArticleFour Tips to Attract the Best Tech Volunteers for Your Organization
This is the first in a series of guest posts written for Idealware by the staff of VolunteerMatch. This one comes from Senior Online Communications Manager Shari Ilsen. Volunteers are probably the...
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Three Tips for Managing Your Interns & Skilled Volunteers
This is the second in a series of posts written for Idealware by the staff of VolunteerMatch. This one comes from Communications and Social Media Intern Stephanie Rosenburg. Skilled volunteers let your...
View ArticleIdealware Introductions: In Which We Meet the Other Chris...
We've had a history of great interns at Idealware--in fact, two of them went on to work for us full time and remain valued members of our staff. A new intern recently joined our research team, and we...
View ArticleSelecting a Donor Management System – Eight Questions to Consider
Idealware's research team is hard at work on an update to our popular report comparing and reviewing donor management systems, which is scheduled for release in the next couple of weeks. To whet your...
View ArticleWhat Can a CRM Do For Me?
This guest post comes to us from Monika McMahon, Community Manager for Heller Consulting, a national nonprofit technology firm. Find more from Heller Consulting and other nonprofit technology and...
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