It’s Not Just Your Complaince That Matters Tips to Ensuring Third-Party Compliance For Data Security As recent events in the donor software world have shown, you not only need to be vigilant about your own data security, but make sure that any third party vendors with access to your data are compliant as well. Assurances …
These are truly extraordinary times, and in response to the efforts and obstacles so many nonprofit organizations are facing, Big River has decided to make our simple donation software available for free through July 1st. The only fee charged wll be the credit card transaction fee of 3.7% +.20, and a button is available to …
Time, Treasure & Talent. It’s the phrase every fundraiser knows, and possibly the oldest saying in nonprofit history. But what if you changed it to – Talent + Time = Treasure That’s the concept Kilter Rewards is bringing to nonprofit fundraising, and it’s been taking off like wildfire. Simply put Kilter is an app …
Current events have made abundantly clear what some nonprofits have learned the hard way in the past; events can sometimes be cancelled because of circumstances beyond your control. What used to be an isolated incident due to a venue closing, a vendor going out of business or other reasons is rapidly becoming the new normal …
Virtual Fundraising – Little Ideas for Big Impact Read More »
I can feel like new ideas are hard to come by in fundraising. Galas, auctions, appeals, raffles – lather, rinse, repeat. You can get so caught up in the everyday “grind” of getting to the next milestone, or through the next crisis, that it’s easy to just assume what you’ve been doing is all you …
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Tell the Whole Story by Only Telling Part of It Its that time of the (new) year again. Time to let your donors, employees, supporters and the public in general know how the last year went. All too often this becomes a report as dry and uninteresting as any Fortune 500 company’s annual report, stuffed …
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Big River is pleased to announce the addition of Linda Wetzel to our team. Ms. Wetzel will be joining us as a Customer Success Specialist, which is fitting as she was the first outside admin of the Big River platform! She brings a wealth of outside experience to her role as a Customer Success Specialist …
This year’s Giving Tuesday is planned for December 3rd, but you should be planning now to capitalize on this rapidly growing national movement. Having grow exponentially since its founding, Giving Tuesday seeks to be an altruistic “palate cleanser” from the consumerism of Black Friday (and increasingly, Cyber Monday). It also helps focus attention on the …
Saying that digital security is important isn’t exactly a revelation. A recent look at the news features fake fundraisers, Cyberassaults on small towns and previously well-respected nonprofits suddenly going dark, taking clients money with them. So what’s to be done? The bleak answer is that no system is ever 100% safe. Cyber security is a …
Cyber Security and Compliance – More Critical Than Ever Read More »
Today we are pleased to announce the release of a major update to the Big River platform. Your account has been migrated automatically and we look forward to you checking out these new features! Responsive Design The first thing you will notice after you log in is our redesigned frame and dashboard. BTW – that …