Salsa Scoop

A Change of Address

You may have noticed, if you normally read this humble blog from democracyinaction.org, that it's become part of Salsa Commons. (Feed subscribers should have had the seamlessly -- no need to update.)

This is actually the second move for this blog, which now goes by the handle of Salsa Scoop and is part of the Salsa user space being created at the Commons.  We'll keep chattering away here, commenting on both Salsa developments and those in the wider world, but this is only one (relatively small) part of the Commons, which integrates such features as.

  • Dedicated blogs by our tech support guru and our new user
  • An ever-growing documentation space, including video
  • Strategic help, as well as technical how-to
  • Training event postings
  • Developer space to geek out with Salsa's robust API and its slick package development framework for independent programmers
  • User forums -- chew the fat with staff and fellow users on tips, tricks, workarounds, bug fixes, development priorities, or the price of rice in China

It's a major new enhancement of the Salsa community's resources.

There's a decent chance if you're reading this that you've had a whole bunch of e-mails about this site's deployment, so consider this another nudge.  But whether or not you check it out today, next time you click through on a blog post, that's where you'll be finding yourself.  We hope you'll stay and browse.

 

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02:02 PM Nov 24, 2008 - 80 comments permalink

Let's Raise Some Dough: Tips for Setting up Your First Donation Page in Salsa

It is the time of year where many organizations have end-of-year fundraising appeals on the brain. With that in mind, I thought I'd share some best practices about things to consider when setting up your first donation page in Salsa.

 

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12:00 AM Nov 21, 2008 - 19 comments permalink

Growing Needs, Shrinking Budget? Hit the Warp Drive to Salsa Enterprise.

In an economic climate uglier than any for the past quarter-century -- at least -- nonprofits of every size are facing potential shortfalls in the lean years ahead.

If you're in that boat, maybe you're looking at a CRM-sized hole in the budget and wondering:

Can we possibly afford to put our CRM fee to a more critical use?

Can we possibly afford not to keep the efficiency and impact our online data services give us?

Tough choice.  Luckily, you don't have to make it.

Say hello to Salsa Enterprise -- everything that large, complex nonprofits need, at a price that doesn't break the bank.

Join a Salsa Enterprise webinar on Tuesday, Nov. 25 to find out how to save tens of thousands and get the robust CRM toolset -- mass e-mailing, online donations, advocacy, and an integrated view of supporters -- plus free data migration from Convio, Kintera, GetActive, Blackbaud, Capitol Advantage or any other system; personalized training; strategy support; and a dedicated account manager.

 

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06:00 PM Nov 18, 2008 - 581 comments permalink

Nonprofit Web Design podcast from Big Duck

 Another nice entry in the podcast series of NYC-based consultant Big Duck, this one on designing for the web and e-mail. For some reason, it was overshadowed by something or other that happened this week. 

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01:09 PM Nov 07, 2008 - 3 comments permalink

Your Top Five Data Import Questions Answered

It took some finagling, but you finally got the money and the buy-in from the big wigs at your organization to switch to Salsa. The ink has hardly dried on your contract and you are already itching to get your data transferred. (We can't blame you, Salsa is pretty cool!)

 

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07:51 PM Nov 05, 2008 - 2 comments permalink

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