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By admin on
9/30/2006
Reconfiguring your information resources for the next century.
Change is now discontinuous and at the same time continually transformational. We’d like the world to remain steady, but the desire for continuity becomes a mirage. I.T. is now the way, in fact the primary way in which society is moving closer to working and collaborating as one global unit. Change is changing and the pace is ever faster.
Consider content management software. We can produce content at a comparatively low cost, and even include interactive elements as part of our content. And without programming on the user end. We lose independence of development by following a more generic approach, but experience great gains in efficiency.
Technology has now become our means but not our end. We are more capable than ever of transforming our organiz ...
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By admin on
9/30/2006
On the gift tab of a constituent record, you can right click anywhere in the grid and export the whole gift history to Excel, and then group by gift type, etc. We've found this extremely helpful when doing our Donor Wall updates.
For more information on this and other hot hot Raiser's Edge tips and tricks, please visit http://reusers.server-planet.com.
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By admin on
9/30/2006
We need to apply our ideas where they will do the most good. Be very clear on ideas that you thought might not have been great, but that could eventually lead to a practical implementation of something. Your idea may have been a little too far ahead of its time and maybe the tool just didn’t exist. The “Internet Bubble” of a few years ago is a prime example. Much money lost, but survivors capitalized R&D, and for all the failures, we ended up with ideas that worked, and technology tools to support them.
What tools are available, and how do we maintain what we currently have?
Select your tool set based on where you need to go vs. where you’re currently at. i.e. We all know HTML, but content management as a tool makes more sense for implementing and training staff than investing a lot of money in a new HTML editing tool.
Who makes decisions on your programs and services? For ...
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By admin on
9/30/2006
Success in the electronic world is becoming more dependent on the idea that interactions on a web site are a two way street. Expectations for robust interactivity are increasing.
Online behavior, especially a constituent’s willingness to invest in an organization can be positively correlated with some aspects of online behavior such as visiting and logging into a web site. Here are some ideas to help motivate visitors:
Giving up Control of your Site. Let your visitors decide what content they want on THEIR site. Talk to your audience, feature what they want as subjects and then track the traffic on these fea ...
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By admin on
9/30/2006
Look for things that make you productive so you can find time for other tasks. It sounds simple. For example, standardize your events invitations so that they work simultaneously in print and media. Encourage all of your institutional staff to send information updates to you via a web form rather than a paper one. If people phone in database changes, help train and direct them to the web form.
Efficiency is also about removing items from your site that may be extraneous or not particularly useful. Rearrange content according to statistics move lower traffic items from the main pages. This reduces maintenance.
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