The Best Time to Switch Databases

The Best Time to Switch Databases

Surprise! There’s no easy time, especially if your organization uses your system regularly.  Imagine updating the electrical in your home while you’re still living there…changing your organization’s database, or CRM, can be similarly inconvenient and even stressful. In fact, it would be surprising if such a big change didn’t have an effect on day-to-day operations. […]

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Recommended Workaround: Google Chrome 108 Breaks Some WordPress Donation Pages

Recommended Workaround: Google Chrome 108 Breaks Some WordPress Donation Pages

​UPDATE: As of 12/8/2022 Click and Pledge has patched its WordPress plugin to avoid the problem. Visitors using Chrome 108 on Click and Pledge donation pages will see the picklists, which look slightly different – they’re truncated, and visitors will have to scroll to the desired value. But they work. Google is also rolling out […]

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What Did COVID Teach Your Volunteer Programs?

What Did COVID Teach Your Volunteer Programs?

COVID served as a sort of stress test for many volunteer programs. Could they survive without in-person activities? Could you adapt them to the new circumstances?   Most important – Were there changes you made that you’re adopting permanently? At WaterGrass we convened a discussion on the topic.  (WaterGrass is an organizational database that among other […]

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Issues Campaigns for Non-Advocacy Organizations

Many conservation organizations shy away from advocating on issues because they work closely with local governments or state agencies and don’t want to antagonize them. But advocacy can also lead to growth.  For example, over the last 20 years Organizations in the Waterkeepers Alliance – which advocate and also take legal action against polluters – […]

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