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‘Why don’t you have a nonprofit data management plan?’ Q&A with Debbie Snyder and Gary Carr

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What tools do you recommend? Plan those activities. Data management plans should support the activities of the organization – financial reporting, outcome measuring, fundraising, communications. But that doesn’t mean that those activities should drive data management plans or schedules. DEBBIE: Yes.

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Donor Data Management Dictionary

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The plan needs to address a variety of topics, such as data hygiene and enrichment , data usage in various communications activities , input/output management, and more. Refers to data sets so large and complex that traditional database tools are not able to manage or process the data. Below is a selection of terms you will find there.

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It’s that time of year: your 8-step fundraising data checklist

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Check your reply cards, online forms and every other tool that you use to intake donor data. Step one for any good data management plan is to divorce it from the marketing, communications and fundraising activities that need the data. You’d be surprised at how many charities today encourage anonymous giving. Don’t do it!

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How to forecast fundraising risk before your walkathon stalls

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Walkers, runners, bikers, climbers, and a host of other participant types leveraged Web tools to enjoin friends, family, colleagues and others to sponsor their activity on behalf of a favorite charitable cause. Obviously, the more supporters they gathered, the greater their donation results.