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By admin on
9/26/2008
Ever travel, get to your hotel ready to do some work and spend the next 15 minutes trying to find a plug to charge up and work with all of your electronic devices?
In some cases, every available plug is taken up, and is located behind the bed, television, or some other immovable object that you can barely reach behind. Maybe these organizations are trying to save money on power consumption and making it up by charging for Internet access.
So here's a solutution in one hotel that seemed a bit novel. This is the power bar that rises out of the desk to form the power column that is convenient and is still able to prevent the theft of it from the hotel. What a great idea!
Now, this was a little more of an "upscale" property, a little newer than most, but was still a bargain through one of the online hotel booking web sites. The guest ha ...
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By admin on
9/23/2008
Turn, turn, turn
 The world is in a constant state of change. The ocean never looks the same as it rises and falls, and as waves are churned by the currents that run beneath the surface. We are always changing and we know that the person we were yesterday is slightly different from the person we are today. The shy girl I was in eighth grade has been gone for quite awhile. Some of us face that year, that day, that moment when we are forced to step up in our canoe and send the rest of the people around us lurching for the sides to steady themselves. But we no longer have to grip the sides. No, we’ve changed.
The thought of it is exciting and also, sad. There is no other way to say it. The old is replace ...
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By admin on
9/18/2008
One of the tenets of great programs is that we measure everything we do and use these analytics and related tools to make improvements.
We all have campaign to date totals, year to date, this year vs. last year, fundraising by donor interest and designation and more.
Activity based metrics such as how many records have we updates, what is our average receipting times and similar are less common. It’s ironic that activity leads to investment, but we don’t have nearly the same amounts of focus that we do on bottom line numbers even though activity based metrics are just as important to “sell” our ideas. For example, a slipping addressable rate may be used to sell a board or governance body on the idea of using data tracing servi ...
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By admin on
9/16/2008
I would add a cautionary note for consideration by any institution exploring options for capturing credit card details.
You might already be aware that in June of 2005 the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards were made effective and they have an impact on any organization that accepts credit card payments. The penalties for being out of compliance with these standards can be severe and I would recommend to everyone that they become well versed in these standards which directly impact all of our credit card transactions and those include gifts, event payments and purchases in our book stores and gift shops, etc.
If discussions about PCI-DSS compliance have not yet taken place at your respective organization, I would highly recommend that such discourse be initiated as quickly as possible so that steps can be taken to assure compliance and avoid the penalties from our credit card vendors.
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By admin on
9/11/2008
If you do a Google search on alumni e-newsletters or alumni enewsletters you can find a lot of examples quickly.
A couple of good sites on email marketing:
TargetX focuses on the recruiting side of Higher Ed, but the tips, tricks and techniques are both interesting and have a lot of relevance for advancement and development.
thindata is a company specializing in email management, their newsletter is a good subscribe and offers a lot of practical tips, tricks and marketing ideas.
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