article thumbnail

Creating Fundraising Systems for Your Nonprofit

The Fundraising Authority

This is a two part article on how to create fundraising systems for your nonprofit. In Part 1, we will talk about what fundraising systems are and why they are important for development. In Part 2, we will show you how to create systems at your organization. In short, this nonprofit lacked fundraising systems.

System 354
article thumbnail

6 Qualities A Nonprofit Database Management System Should Have

TechImpact

Nonprofits use databases to handle volunteers, donors, staff, and more. For smaller nonprofits, a database may be nothing more than an Excel file. Medium to large nonprofits might have an IT staff and a simple database, designed by the in-house development team. A good system is one that makes maintenance easy.

Database 225
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Don’t Let Staff Turnover Affect Your Grantmaking Data Quality

sgEngage

Update Assigned Tasks One major pitfall to avoid during periods of staff turnover at your grantmaking organization is leaving ongoing activities or requests assigned to people who no longer work there. Action items not assigned to an active team member can lead to phone calls, meetings, and other crucial tasks not being completed.

Data 78
article thumbnail

5 Must-Have Productivity Software Products Nonprofits Need to Be Effective in 2021

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Alan Tyson , CEO of DATABASICS – a software product that enables nonprofits to report, approve, and track employee hours, activities, and spending from anywhere, something that is especially important in an increasingly decentralized environment. DATABASICS. Recommendation ? 4) Internal Communications Tools.

Product 317
article thumbnail

7 tips for preparing your nonprofit for a move to new software

EveryAction

Ask if they’re capturing and maintaining data in places such as spreadsheets or email inboxes to make sure you migrate all necessary information into your new software system. Keep in mind that while it’s important to prepare your data for migration to new software, data hygiene is not a one-and-done activity. Do a data clean-up.

Software 226
article thumbnail

New (Free) E-Book: Leading Systems Change Will Supercharge Your Facilitation Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My colleagues, Heather McLeod Grant and Adene Sacks, have just published a new workbook called “ Leading Systems Change.” That’s why I’ve keep a good list of meeting facilitation playbooks such as Leading Systems Change handy for inspiration. This section includes templates for meeting processes.

article thumbnail

4 Ways to Leverage Your Donor Database for Virtual Events

AccelEvents

Whatever format you choose, your donor database can aid you in engaging supporters prior to, during, and after the event. Here are a few ways that you can lean on your donor database to make your virtual event a huge success ! If you don’t, it’s worth the time to import everything from the separate systems. .