Notes from the Chicago NTEN Conference

Last Tuesday I attended the Chicago NTEN Conference (N-Ten stands for Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network) In fact, I had the opportunity to organize a session and present on the topic of taking an integrated approach to online fundraising. Liz Nielsen from Easter Seals and Avi Janssen from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ...Read more

Make Blogs Interactive

I added a way for people who view my blog to now post comments. Is anyone out there? If you are reading this blog, just click on comments and post away. What do you think? What’s working at your organization in terms of online fundraising and e-mail marketing? Have you ...Read more

E-Newsletters with Personality

Thanks to some help from my friend Melinda at Visual Communications in Seattle, I now have a better looking website. Now I can feel better about promoting it. Now a little rant regarding bad e-newsletters and a high five to one I recently saw that had something a little special. One thing that I really hate is when ...Read more

Accountability

About a month has gone by now since I started creating a website and a blog for myself. I wonder if anyone out in cyberspace has seen my blog. Ok so here is a comment on the actual topic of the blog. Here are some random thoughts about online fundraising and marketing. ...Read more

My Blog

Ok here is my blog. So a little about me and why I am doing this blog. I have 15 years of experience in nonprofit development, 10 of those working with public broadcasting. Back in December 2000, I started an e-mail newsletter for Chicago Public Radio. I knew a lot about annual giving programs ...Read more