Articles about using technology for fundraising, and managing development operations.
Covering Donor Databases, Prospect Tracking, Electronic Wealth Screenings, Email Campaigns, Online Communities, and managing Development Services.
Analysis of CASE's 2009 survey on online fundraising
Back Away From That Spreadsheet: Why Excel Isn't a Donor Database
Best Practices for Managing a Database
Duplicates in your Database? (compilation of deduping tips)
Finding the Perfect Fundraising Database in an Imperfect World, Grassroots Fundraising Journal, March 2008 (requires Acrobat Reader)
Top Issues Affecting Advancement Services, January 2007 (requires Acrobat Reader)
Ten Common Mistakes in Selecting Donor Databases (And How to Avoid Them), Idealware, February 2006
The Right Gift From The Right Person at the Right Time: Tracking Your Prospects, from Advancement Services Behind the Advancement Scene, published by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, April 2007 (requires Acrobat Reader)
Inexpensive Donor Databases, TechSoup
Analysis of the responses to the 2004 survey on the use of email fundraising appeals conducted by Robert Weiner and CASE. Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
Looking for Databases in All the Right Places , Nonprofit Quarterly, Fall 2004 (requires Acrobat Reader)
Review of "Data Mining for Fund Raisers" by Peter Wylie , CharityChannel, April 23, 2004
Choosing a Donor Database, AFP eWire, December 22, 2003
Why Building Your Own Database Should Be Your Last Resort, NTEN Forecast, October 14, 2003 (requires Acrobat Reader)
Database Outsourcing: When To Look For Help, and How To Do It, TechSoup, February 6, 2003
Doing Your Homework (selecting a donor database vendor), E-Philanthropy Review, April 29, 2002
Buying and Implementing a Development System, from CASE Handbook of Institutional Advancement, published by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, June 2000 (requires Acrobat Reader)
Recipe for a Successful Conversion, CASE Currents, February 1999 (requires Acrobat Reader)
Work by Robert L. Weiner Consulting is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
