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By admin on
6/18/2009
Excitement keeps building and AASP continues to develop and expand the benefits of membership – you won’t want to miss any of these:
- The Best Practice wiki space opportunity for each of us to review and add our thoughts will be announced within the week so be sure to sign up for your own account on Wikispaces so you can be part of the process to articulate best standards of practice for our field!
- The AASP Staffing Survey is still open but we’re fast approaching the June 19th deadline for submitting details from your organization (more feedback leads to more meaningful results and we hope you’ll take part in the survey)!
- AASP is all about profe ...
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By admin on
6/18/2009
It's important to make the best use of our professional development and training dollars in a planned and thoughtful way - in tough economic times its imperative.
We are highly recommending the CASE Summer Institute in Advancement Services which covers the the myriad of tasks managed in development and advancement services. This year's faculty includes representation from education, healthcare and museum environments. Sessions will help attendees broaden their perspectives of operations, regulatory compliance, data mining, use of cutting edge technology, results of the most recent SupportingAdvancement survey on matching gifts and tools for prospect research and management. These are just a few of the important topics being covered and attendees will be able to take back practical knowledge to help their organizations. It's tough to find a better value.
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By admin on
6/5/2009
Just a reminder that the AASP Staffing Survey is still open! New deadline is June 19, 2009.
Due to popular demand, we're keeping open the AASP Staffing Survey. We've heard from a lot of you, and know that there are many who requested some extra time in filling this out!
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By admin on
5/22/2009
There are a few advantages to putting your videos on YouTube:
1. You don't have to develop technology in-house to deploy on your web site.
Once posted on YouTube, you can imbed videos into your own site and others such as Facebook, blogs, wikis, etc. with minimal effort once.
2. By setting up your own organization's YouTube channel you "protect"
your brand to some extent. This is true of all of the social networking sites.
3. The #2 search engine is actually YouTube.
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By admin on
5/15/2009
Digital convergence is happening faster than we realize, and just as the PC industry innovated at dramatic rates in the past, the mobile device industry is now the hotbed of innovation because of the intense level of competition.
So what does this mean for our profession? Some ideas and possibilities …
• More of an outcry from staff for more “friendly” devices such as iPhones. We’ll all need to understand where and why the outcry is happening.
• Less patience from our road warriors for accessing and updating information when they are travelling.
• More demand for ease of updating information such as contact reports using mobile devices.
• Our staff will face increasing challenges from having to support multiple device platforms.
• The distinction between 'personal' and 'corporate p ...
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By admin on
3/12/2009
How do we update our plans for Information Systems and Data Management and make strategic decisions on an ongoing basis in relation to how the work changes and changes in the world? Information systems plans need to address mid-to-long term needs but should be very flexible in an environment that changes rapidly.
Successful implementation of a plan will be to work “outside” the current organizational structure and address what’s best for the organization. Staffing and structure may need to change. Budgets may need to be reallocated so as to make the best use of scarce resources.
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By admin on
2/20/2009
Typical tuning and database performance activities are often based on ratios and sometimes they give misleading results. As database functionality continues to become more sophisticated, new methods of tuning will become more useful.
An example of this is the Wait-Time information in Microsoft SQL Server. This allows tracking of every step of a process so you can identify which steps are causing a lag in performance.
Consider the metaphor of the cashier in relation to performance tuning:
The Cashier is the CPU
Customer Being Checked is Running
Customers Waiting in Line are Runnable
Customer 1 Requires a Price Check
Price Check is Runnable
If you use a ratio or a simple statistic such as total time at a cashier, you may end up taking the wrong action to fix the problem.
Wait-time analysis would give you a clearer picture, by isolating the ...
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By admin on
1/12/2009
HEP is sponsoring a webinar on Wednesday, January 21. “How to double, triple, yes quadruple your Matching Gift Revenues” given by Jim Hammelev, Director of Workplace Mission Support Initiatives for The American Cancer Society. Jim will be sharing how ACS grew matching gifts to over $10 million dollars. Register now. More on matching gifts.
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By admin on
1/6/2009
A student writer can’t merely survive on the earnings from freelancing. It’s just not possible. With tuition, rent, gas money, and the occasional latte, it is necessary to get a part time job. This October, I got one of those job things. Since being hired onto the staff of a prestigious coffee company where I dress in black like a beat poet and don a green apron. People come to our store because they know that they will get great customer service and great coffee.
Last week, the head honchos from the head office came to check out our holiday setup and make sure we were doing things right. I was minding my own business, making fresh coffee, when they came up to me and asked: “How did you come to [GreatCoffeeLand]?” I told them that I had always been a customer.
What makes great customer service? My company’s mission is not just to provide great customer service&mda ...
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By admin on
12/1/2008
Dear FundSvcs & Advance-L colleagues,
The following e-mail message, sent this time every year, has been verified and validated by attorneys and IRS representatives. A Canadian colleague has repeatedly confirmed the Canadian references.
As a reminder, the IRS released the 2009 allowable benefit levels, below which no receipt disclaimer is required, several months ago. You will find that information both in the FundSvcs & Advance-L archives as well as at the download site at www.FundSvcs.org. In fact you will find copies of what I consider all the relevant IRS forms and publications (some mentioned below) at the same site.
With that, here's the "traditional" Annual Date of Gift message, with a f ...
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