Archive for December 2014

Tool Tips Tuesday, the blog post where I tell you about three of my favourite digital tools, is back for the third month in a row. This month I’ve rounded up a list of tools that will help you run your non-profit. These tools will help you manage your team by making it easier for…

At Causeview, we are always working to improve our software so can you become more effective in your fundraising efforts.   With every update we send release notes to all of our valued customers. These release notes can be a little intimidating for some of our less technical customers . As a result (and in response…

Working in support at Causeview, I get a lot of questions about both Causeview’s fundraising software and Salesforce.com  – Causeview is an app built on top of Salesforce.com and leverages many native Salesforce.com features. While our customers have a lot of different types of questions, I noticed that there were specific questions that kept popping…

Estimated Read Time: 3 mins   The end of a calendar year is one of the busiest times for non-profit organizations because it’s one of the most important seasons for charitable giving. Nonprofits usually try to take advantage of this fact by sending out direct mail solicitations, email appeals and by organizing events, all of…

Estimated Read Time: 4.5 mins   Welcome to part one of our three part series on Google Grants, one of our favourite nonprofit fundraising ideas. Google Grants is the nonprofit edition of AdWords, Google’s online advertising tool. If you’re at all familiar with AdWords, you know that purchasing media from Google can be expensive, but…

Estimated Read Time: 3.5 mins    The holiday season is the busiest time of year for most fundraisers. Donations begin to pour in while non-profits are simultaneously running major appeals and holiday events. During busy season, fundraisers are left managing campaign and event logistics, meeting with major donors, worrying about their yearend, all while trying…