Elissa K. Miller

Elissa Miller, M.Ed. is Communications Director for Doubleknot and ClearView CRM.  As the former development director for a regional nonprofit, she's passionate about helping nonprofits and youth-serving organizations effectively harness new technologies to streamline operations and support their missions. 

Ticketing and Admission Solutions for Reopening Museums

June 23, 2020 / By
Learn about the must-have ticketing and admission solutions for reopening museums as coronavirus subsides.

Museums are eager to bring back staff, open their doors, serve their communities, and generate much-needed revenue as soon as shelter-in-place and other restrictions are lifted. To protect visitors and staff, the decision to reopen must be backed with procedures and policies that comply with social distancing and other health-related guidelines. This article discusses ticketing …

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Streamline Donations by Skipping the Shopping Cart

April 28, 2020 / By
Streamline donations

When supporters decide to donate online, every additional step in the process presents an opportunity to abandon the donation. For transactions in which a donation is the only item, Doubleknot can “skip” the shopping cart so the donor goes directly to the payment page. This eliminates one step in the process, increasing the likelihood that …

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Membership Strategies to Boost Goodwill and Revenue

April 1, 2020 / By

Many membership-based nonprofits and cultural attractions are using membership management options to satisfy current members and increase renewals and new sales. These options include:  Extending all memberships to make up for closures. If you use our membership management solution, we are happy to handle this task for you. Just email Support@doubleknot.com to let us know.? Offering discounts …

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UPDATED: Instead of Refunds, Offer Electronic Gift Cards

March 19, 2020 / By
Offer electronic gift cards instead of refunds

UPDATE: We have released a new feature that allows you to issue a refund directly to a gift card. The registration owner will automatically receive an email that contains information about the gift card. To watch a short video that demonstrates the simplified procedure and download a short user’s guide, log on to Doubleknot and click …

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Badge Management Webinar Rescheduled for 3/31/2020

March 17, 2020 / By
Badge management webinar rescheduled

Because this is a challenging week for many councils, we moved the New Badge Management Features webinar to Tuesday, March 31. If you already signed up for the March 17 webinar, your registration has moved to the rescheduled webinar and no additional action is required.  For organizations who want to review the information earlier, we …

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IMPORTANT: Verify Your Email Address at Our Support Site

March 17, 2020 / By
Verify your email address for Support

We’ve launched a new customer support system that will make it easier and faster for us to respond to your questions and issues. In addition, the support site has a growing FAQ about common questions and procedures. IMPORTANT: The first time you submit a help request or send any kind of email to support@doubleknot.com, you’ll receive an …

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Ask to Convert Registration Fees to Donations

March 17, 2020 / By
Best practice: Ask to convert registration fees to donations

We understand that organizations everywhere are faced with canceling events and issuing refunds. Instead of immediately issuing a full refund for cancelled events, some organizations are asking registration owners if they’d like to convert all or part of their registration fees for canceled events to a donation instead. To contact all event registrants through Communications …

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Mobile Donations/Text-to-Give Now Available!

March 3, 2020 / By
Mobile Donations are Available Now!

We are pleased to announce that we now support donations by text messaging! Donors who text “give” or “donate” to your organization’s special phone number will receive a link to a mobile-friendly donation page. You can pick any available phone number or port an existing number to the service. Text-to-give even supports recurring monthly donations! …

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Digital Membership Cards for Android and iPhones

February 21, 2020 / By
Digital membership cards, mobile membership cards

Doubleknot now supports digital mobile membership cards on Android devices. With our existing support for digital membership cards on iOS, you can now automatically issue digital membership cards that can be saved and displayed on any smartphone. Best of all, the Google Pay and Apple Wallet apps are included by default on all Android and …

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