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Volunteer Screening: Are You Using your Intuition -- or Bias?
Wednesday, December 05, 2001
Volunteer resource managers are fond of and often applauded by trainers for trusting their intuition when screening applicants for suitability for volunteer projects. While many volunteer managers wisely use screening tools such as position descriptions, applications, references and even criminal background screening, they will often divulge a "gut feeling" that someone is "just not right." And they generally turn the applicant down based solely on that very subjective feeling.
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Contributed by:
Nan Hawthorne
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Online Direct Marketing for Nonprofits (Part 2)
Monday, December 03, 2001
In part 1 of our piece on online direct marketing, we made the case that nonprofit organizations cannot afford to ignore an email marketing strategy in the future. By combining the best lessons of our traditional direct mail experience with the efficiency, speed, and flexibility of today?s Internet email technologies, an organization can expand its reach as never before.
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Contributed by:
Michael Burack
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International Volunteer Manager Appreciation Day: December 5
Wednesday, November 28, 2001
As 2001: International Year of Volunteers draws to an end and the closing ceremonies take place this December 5th, it is time to set aside a day to recognize those who play a catalytic role in the success of any volunteer effort: the paid or voluntary staff who organize and oversee it.
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Contributed by:
Nan Hawthorne
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Online Direct Marketing for Nonprofits (Part 1)
Monday, November 26, 2001
...Since then, science has taken his miraculous device and over time turned it into a medium we now refer to as the Internet. The web accepts signals and sends them in nanoseconds with text, pictures, and sound. How nonprofits use this technology may well be an indication of how they fare financially in the future. Why? Because most traditional fundraising pleas now being sent by direct mail will be replaced by lower cost, more effective email messages.
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Contributed by:
Michael Burack
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Why Don't They Appreciate our Volunteers?
Wednesday, November 21, 2001
It's a common lament: organization staff sometimes don't seem to appreciate the volunteers you provide for them. They drag their feet. They complain. They turn the volunteer away everyday. Sometimes they go so far as to sabotage everything you've worked to build.
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Contributed by:
Nan Hawthorne
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E-Grants: Doing More With Existing Resources (Part 1)
Monday, November 12, 2001
Like the rest of the non-profit world, grantmakers today have more information coming in and a greater need to organize that information than ever before. Grantmaking has always been an information-intensive practice, and grantmakers are finding that carefully designed Web-based, or "E-Grants," solutions can add value to the grants process.
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Contributed by:
Mary Taylor
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Email Campaigns (Part 2) - The Technical Side
Monday, November 05, 2001
This is the final installment of a two-part article on e-mail campaigns. Last week, Eric Rutten provided a marketing perspective on e-mail campaigns. This week's article will focus on the steps involved in creating and managing a campaign.
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Contributed by:
Robert Weiner
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Email Campaigns (Part 1) - The Marketing Side
Monday, October 29, 2001
This is the first of two articles that will focus on email campaigns. We're going to look at this broad topic from two perspectives: 1) the marketing side and 2) the technical/mechanical side which will be offered by Robert Weiner, Vice President for Technology Consulting, Grenzebach, Glier & Associates
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Contributed by:
Eric Rutten
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Online Volunteer Management: Recruitment, Management & Retention
Monday, October 22, 2001
Efficient volunteer recruitment, management, and retention are some of the most under-rated strengths of the nonprofit sector. In some circles, it is even said that the first paid staff member of an NPO should be the volunteer coordinator. Learning how to use online tools to manage volunteers can help with the mammoth task of volunteer management.
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Contributed by:
Amie Michaelek
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Fast Philanthropy
Monday, October 15, 2001
...Philanthropy has a major role in how we are healing and getting beyond this enormous tragedy. Americans are giving money, services, goods or volunteer time in massive numbers. Thousands and thousands of Americans, both famous and ordinary, have made charitable giving the way they want to help.
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Contributed by:
Eileen Heisman
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Taking On-Line Donations - Lessons Learned from September 11th
Monday, October 08, 2001
Obviously the importance of on-line fundraising changed dramatically after the phenomenal outpouring of donations for the tragedies in New York, DC and Pennsylvania. Within 19 days of that terrible day, several hundred million dollars have been collected using the web. The largest databank of on-line donors has been gathered and the potential for future web fundraising and communication for the non-profits supporting the relief efforts has increased exponentially.
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Contributed by:
Robert Ellsworth
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I'm a small nonprofit, how do I build a Web site?
Monday, October 01, 2001
An earlier issue of E-Philanthropy Review provided a wonderful dream of a Web site with online giving. Donors came by the thousands to push the "magic money button." You're thinking, "we need a site like that!" And, then reality rears its ugly head.
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Contributed by:
Marlene Clausen
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ASP's -- How could such a sure fire concept not succeed as a newbusiness every single time?
Monday, September 24, 2001
In our previous two segments of this series on ASP's, both of us expounded upon the many benefits and outstanding facets of the business model. (See Part One and Part Two of this series) Many of our readers are surely now curious as to why so many new ASP (Application Service Provider)-based businesses have either failed or are in some difficulty. Perhaps there is no single set of reasons, however both authors believe there are several extremely strong clues that might please even Columbo or the master Sherlock Holmes!
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Contributed by:
Jay Love
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ASP and ye shall receive…
Monday, September 17, 2001
OK, so now that you know what an ASP is… let's talk about what it does in practical terms. How does an ASP support the efficient and effective operation of a nonprofit organization? Why should you be considering adding this tool to your bag of tricks?
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Contributed by:
Carolyn Sechler
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Planning and Evaluating
Monday, September 03, 2001
The struggles and challenges companies face in today's economic climate are well documented. No one wants to be left "high and dry" with technology that is outdated, incomplete or out of business. So what should your nonprofit organization do as you search for technologies, partners, and service providers that will help you expand you e-philanthropy activity? How do you choose the products and services that will help you accomplish your goals without putting yourself at risk?
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Contributed by:
Lori Pugh
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