http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-i Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:12:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-i/comment-page-1#comment-82405 Danielle Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:20:26 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-i#comment-82405 You are right, non-profits definitely have not explored all the options out there for them, and neither have most small businesses. In fact, most non-profits are way behind the technology curve. As a business owner myself, I encourage nonprofits and small businesses alike to take advantage of all the technology out there for us. As this article mentioned there are new electronic ways to collect donations and run fundraisers. We recently just set up electronic donations through a payment processor and are getting very close to doubling our donations this quarter. Take a look at this website page: <a href="http://www.paysimple.com/competitors.html" rel="nofollow">Competitors</a>, it will give you an idea of the different rates out there. Most companies also provide a discount to nonprofits so be sure to ask about pricing for nonprofits. For example, we started with PaySimple to accept donations online. Our setup fee was discounted 50 dollars and they helped us integrate our own design into the donation page. If your nonprofit mostly accepting paper check donations, then you can gain the a lot by checking out some new systems. You are right, non-profits definitely have not explored all the options out there for them, and neither have most small businesses. In fact, most non-profits are way behind the technology curve. As a business owner myself, I encourage nonprofits and small businesses alike to take advantage of all the technology out there for us. As this article mentioned there are new electronic ways to collect donations and run fundraisers. We recently just set up electronic donations through a payment processor and are getting very close to doubling our donations this quarter. Take a look at this website page: Competitors, it will give you an idea of the different rates out there. Most companies also provide a discount to nonprofits so be sure to ask about pricing for nonprofits. For example, we started with PaySimple to accept donations online. Our setup fee was discounted 50 dollars and they helped us integrate our own design into the donation page. If your nonprofit mostly accepting paper check donations, then you can gain the a lot by checking out some new systems.

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