How to Make Friends and Influence People ... in the Community
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I've got to admit, I never read the book. I had a few friends read it in college, but somehow it never made it into my must-read list. But it seemed applicable to our community. I encourage you to make friends BY influencing people. The community is the place to go for opinions, for help. Around 1 in every 7 questions that are posted are directed at community members, not our support team. So you have ample opportunity to share your thoughts, advice, and knowledge.
Want to meet people with similar interests? Looking for advice from someone doing your job in another city or vertical? Instead of Google-ing "contribution-based membership," ask your community. There are users in there giving it a try and I'm sure they'd be willing to share their advice.
Do you sell general admission tickets online?
Anyone using CardsApp?
How do you manage your Annual Report Mailing group?
How do you design your fundraising structure to enable reporting for annual fundraising events that may receive revenue across multiple fiscal years?
How do you structure the default name formats in Altru? Mr. Smith, Mr. John Smith, etc?
Can you recommend a laser printer for membership cards?
Household vs. spouse credits - do you have a guideline for the recognition process?
Do you use When to Work scheduling software?
Are you using the membership renewal process functionality?
Do you offer a corporate membership program? If so, what does it include?
Are you using group sales to track volunteer hours?
How are you training your staff on Altru?
How do you handle payments that are mailed in?
Do you use report codes in your appeals?
Ever thought about changing from a monthly membership renewal cycle to a once-per-year cycle?
Do you offer layaway at your retail store?
How do you handle multiple people involved in an interaction?
Do you put $0 memberships on constituent records?
If you've got some time, take a minute to help a fellow user. Give your advice, share your knowledge, maybe make some friends.
Want to meet people with similar interests? Looking for advice from someone doing your job in another city or vertical? Instead of Google-ing "contribution-based membership," ask your community. There are users in there giving it a try and I'm sure they'd be willing to share their advice.
Do you sell general admission tickets online?
Anyone using CardsApp?
How do you manage your Annual Report Mailing group?
How do you design your fundraising structure to enable reporting for annual fundraising events that may receive revenue across multiple fiscal years?
How do you structure the default name formats in Altru? Mr. Smith, Mr. John Smith, etc?
Can you recommend a laser printer for membership cards?
Household vs. spouse credits - do you have a guideline for the recognition process?
Do you use When to Work scheduling software?
Are you using the membership renewal process functionality?
Do you offer a corporate membership program? If so, what does it include?
Are you using group sales to track volunteer hours?
How are you training your staff on Altru?
How do you handle payments that are mailed in?
Do you use report codes in your appeals?
Ever thought about changing from a monthly membership renewal cycle to a once-per-year cycle?
Do you offer layaway at your retail store?
How do you handle multiple people involved in an interaction?
Do you put $0 memberships on constituent records?
If you've got some time, take a minute to help a fellow user. Give your advice, share your knowledge, maybe make some friends.
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