A Perfect 10!

As you can see from the picture, we had some excitement last week in the office with the release of Version 10.0 of our installed desktop edition of DonorPerfect.

The fun started early in the day on Friday when we posted over 300 "It's a Perfect 10.0" signs around our headquarters in Horsham, PA. And since our army of dedicated software developers, trainers, sales, marketing, and support personnel marches on its stomach, we also made sure that 100 donuts and 10 bagels were available.

Throughout the day we conducted Version 10.0 trivia. We put everyone's name in a hat, and pulled out 10 people. They then rolled dice to see who would play the trivia game- nearest to 10 won. If they answered the trivia question correctly, they received $10 (and since the answer was always, "Version 10.0" everyone won!). Next, the winner had two chances to roll a 10 on the dice, and in our last trivia contest of the day, Pam Stockunas, one of our incredible employees in our Support department, claimed the $100 prize.

Many thanks goes out to everyone in all departments to make this our best release ever. A new Special Event Module, (included free- no extra fees), and improved integration with Microsoft Excel will make it easier for our clients to raise more money more efficiently than ever before!

ps - And what happened to all those posters after Friday? A group of 'rogue' employees decided
to wallpaper my office with them. They're still up in my office- I kind of like it!

Obama's Runaway Fundraising Success

My partner, Doug Schoenberg, just posted a blog posting about Barack Obama's fundraising success.

Of particular interest was the notion of recruiting donors to match donations, and then facilitate communication between these donors who would otherwise never interact, further building community and commitment from the new donor.

It looks very compelling, not only for new donor acquisition, but for increased conversion rates for single gift donors to multiple gift ones.