Building the Affiliate Annual Report

Points of Light Institute – Phase 1

Featured, Our Work on November 20th, 2009 No Comments

Prelude built the first phase of the Points of Light Institute’s ambitious reporting and data collection system using SalesForce.com. The POLI supports more than 250 affiliate organizations around the United States and elsewhere. To encourage full affiliate participation, the POLI wanted to provide immediate feedback and accessible reports – we helped them get there.

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Lights, Camera, Help

Life, Nonprofiteering on May 4th, 2009 No Comments

I was tempted to wander around rhetorically for a few paragraphs talking about how to make choices about which nonprofits to support when you’re a nonprofit consultant, do you go with your beliefs, support your friends, or do you try to get leads, etc etc.  But, that’s kind of dumb because the rad people running [...]

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Volunteer data meets mad science!

Social Actions Tuner

Featured, Nerding, Nonprofiteering, Our Work on April 6th, 2009 No Comments

In the spring of 2009 we helped create a unique tool for connecting people with volunteer and donation opportunities, as part of the Change the Web challenge. It’s a great contest, and a cool technology, but it needs some explanation….

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