Member Appreciation Updates: CRM & Consulting Contest Plus Free Webinar

There are only a couple more days to participate in our CRM and Consulting give-away contest, so don't forget to enter. It's easy: just vent about what you wish your CRM could do for your organization but doesn't.

While you're waiting to hear who wins on Friday, join us for the free-for-members webinar about working with your CRM: Get More From Your Database, today at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Sign up here!

In other Member Appreciation news, I'm also happy to announce today's NTEN give-away:

Day 7: Member Appreciation Month Continues With Contests and Programming

Each morning when I get ready to blog about that day's Member Appreciation winner and activities, I first think, "They're probably going to get tired of this. . ." Then I remember, "Hey, I'm giving away free stuff here. How can folks get tired of that?"

So, I'm giving away more free stuff today!

To start things off, I'm happy to announce today's member receiving an NTEN give-away, a free NTEN Webinar:

Member Appreciation: Stakes Increase with Free CRM and Consulting Give-aways This Week

NTEN's Member Appreciation Month has gotten off to a great start with 5 days of prizes and 2 member-appreciation-webinars.

But you haven't seen anything yet!

I'm excited to announce a special Member Appreciation event and opportunity for this week:

• Join us for a free-for-members webinar this Wednesday, "Get More From Your Database", where you'll see and hear about what you probably should be doing with your CRM (that you aren't, because your CRM can't cut it, or because you just hadn't thought about using it that way).
• Enter to win 2 free seats for Convio's new CRM, Common Ground ($2400 value). You'll also get 10 free consulting hours ($1600 value) to help you get started with your new tools, thanks to Causeway Interactive.

Here's how to play:

Do You Speak Open Source? Check Out this Contest!

Good deeds do get rewarded! If you know someone who’s been toiling in the open source vineyards, developing software that’s helping nonprofits succeed, check out the Tides Foundation Pizzigati Prize, a $10,000 annual award for outstanding contributions to software in the public interest. The competition, judged by a panel of national leaders in public interest computing, is now entering its third year. The application deadline for this year’s prize: September 1, 2008. You can find out more at www.pizzigatiprize.org.

The last winner was announced at the NTC in New Orleans.  

Donor Recognition Contest

Katya Andresen and Stacie Mann, authors of the report "The Wired Fundraiser", mention a couple of times that contests are a great way to engage constituents.  In that spirit, Planned Legacy, a provider of technology to nonprofits, is running a contest to collect best practices and suggestions for interacting with donors. One randomly selected entrant will win an iPod Touch; everyone who enters (presumably with real suggestions) will receive a copy of the final document.  Hopefully, the document will be released to the nonprofit community at large, as it may well gather some interesting information.