This document provides recommendations for various technologies that can help with donor relations work. It lists apps and tools for managing notes and tasks with Evernote, calendars with Sunrise, integrating email and social data with Xobni, mapping and traffic with Waze, transportation with Uber, editing documents with Quick Office, testing email designs with Litmus, creating videos with Quick Office, dictating notes with Dragon Dictation, sending thank you cards with Thank You Pro, project management with Basecamp, social media marketing with HootSuite, event check-ins with Checkineasy, presentations with Keynote, live streaming events on YouTube, including remote participants with Skype, last minute travel with Hotel Tonight, expense reports with Expensify

1. New Technology for
Advancement - What Works and
What to Avoid
Lynne M. Wester
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4. Manage your Brain- Evernote
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5. Included in Evernote
• Notebook
• Tasklist
• Contacts
• Travel
• Images
• Websites
• Maps

6. Keep an Amazing Calendar: Sunrise

7. Keep track of your Travels
Also in Evernote!
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8. Integrate Your Email with Social Data:
Xobni
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9. Map Out First Visit and Check Traffic:
Waze
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10. Ugh! Its raining won't be able to find a
cab : Uber
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11. Edit your proposal: Quick Office
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12. Make your proposal amazing
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13. Sign a Gift Agreement!
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14. Capture Donor’s Business Associates
info: Full Contact Also in Evernote!
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16. See What Your Email Will Look Like:
Litmus Test
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17. Make a Quick Custom Video
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18. Enter contact Report into your
Database: TextGrabber or Dragon
Dictation
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20. Send handwritten Thank You to today's
visits: Thank You Pro
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21. Set Follow Up Tasks
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22. Manage Your Team Project: Basecamp
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23. Build Buzz on Twitter for tonight’s
event: HootSuite

24. Attend Donor Event. 200 people
expected: Checkineasy
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27. Show slideshow at event and control
with your phone: Keynote
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28. Live stream your event for free:
YouTube
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29. Have students join your event from
campus: Skype
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30. Storm turns ugly Flight cancelled,
Need a Room: Hotel Tonight
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31. Submit Expense Reports: Expensify
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32. In Testing: Humin, Vesper, Timeful
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34. Thank You!
Lynne M. Wester
lynne@donorrelationsguru.com
@donorguru
www.donorrelationsguru.com