Author Archives: Alumni Channel

Upcoming Idealware Online Seminars

Idealware’s Upcoming Online Training

Looking to boost your software knowledge? Idealware is here to help with a great collection of seminars — two of them brand new!
Idealware online training — carefully designed by experts to ensure both in-depth content and a great training experience — is designed to give you the tactical advice you need to make smart software decisions. Our 90-minute live online seminars are capped at 25 participants so you’ll have lots of opportunity to ask questions. Each is $40, and all you need is an internet connection and a phone line.

Want all the content for half the price?  Check out our on-demand recordings, including many of these same seminars plus a lot more.

Catholic Elementary Alumni Tips

Have you been tasked with improving alumni relations for a catholic elementary school?   If so, here are some ideas to help your program . . .

We realize the work you are doing in elementary school alumni relations is like navigating uncharted waters.  There are very little guides and handbooks to help you on your way.  Your neighboring schools aren’t doing it, your diocese may not offer much help, and there is hardly anything being written on the subject out on the Internet. Continue reading

A Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems

In partnership with NTEN, Idealware presents an impartial, detailed comparison of 33 different donor management systems (also called donor databases) that cost less than $4250 in the first year.

They provide two reports—the first 48-page Consumers Guide includes an overview of common features in donor management system, comparisons and summaries of all 33 systems reviewed, recommendations for which systems best meet common nonprofit scenarios and a directory of consultants who can help you in this area.

The second 85-page document provides detailed reviews of twelve systems—Common Ground, Donation Director, Donor Perfect, DonorPro, eTapestry, Giftworks, Mission Assist, Neon by Z2, Orange Leap MPX, Sage Fundraising 50 and Total Info. For each each system, we walk through the functionality offered for each of 127 criteria.

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