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468 Articles match "Database"
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Interested in knowing how to prioritize resources, analyze a donor database,
create The program book has gone to print, the Miss Piggy costume has arrived, and the registration numbers keep rising. We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting?
Just Just like in past years, we'll be kicking off the 10NTC with the Science Fair.
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
There was one database of projects, one set of guidelines for project management and shared progress-tracking system across boundaries, time zones, and domains of expertise. At the 2009 NTEN conference session on cloud computing, we heard examples of shared evaluation tools, databases of indicators that are being shared across networks of organizations, and cloud-hosted client intake forms that allow addiction programs to store their intake documents and aggregated reporting data in one place. Lucy Bernholz, Blueprint R+D
Once Once upon a time, just a little more than a century
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
The cloud refers to a number of different technical components -- from applications to databases to server virtualization to web services. David Geilhufe, NetSuite, Inc.
Simply Simply put, the cloud by its very nature offers you better, more effective software solutions while saving your organization time, money and effort.
Cloud Cloud solutions increase the probability of success and reduce
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
In general, although I am sometimes asked, I tend to avoid assisting clients with choosing a donor database package. Others I think about: CiviCRM had 4.8%, Organizer’s Database at 3%, Salesforce was at 2.6%, Democracy in Action at 0.6% I also have to wonder (shudder) how many home grown Access and Filemaker databases fall into the “Other” category of the survey, almost 20% of the total.
Mostly because, although I actually know the field pretty well, it’s at the 10,000 foot level, rather than the 50 ft level that clients really need. And I know
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
I thought it might be useful to compile a list of all of the commercial donor databases I’m aware of. This list came from my head, my bookmarks, and lists compiled by NTEN and Idealware for their donor management software surveys (and I’m not certain all of these are actually donor databases). It does not include custom systems, of which there are many. Feel free to let me know what I missed, which systems no longer exist, and which aren’t really I am not planning to keep this list updated — that sounds like a full-time job. But I will post additions
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Most database tools have features that do not work well, that I just wish they would have not included at all. Our food has too much sugar and refined flour, our economy has too much credit, and our databases have too many features - all of which can lead to serious systemic problems. In a follow up to my post last year covering Really Simple Databases , here are a few simple online donor management tools to consider. I like tools that just work, even when they do not necessarily do everything I could hope for. DonorTools : A relatively new donor management service
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
It just seems that too many databases are too complex to use. How many years have we had to develop simple databases, that just work? Here are a few appealing examples: Bento (filemaker.com/bento): From Filemaker, this is a personal database tool that really appeals to the side of me that does not want to work for a living. DabbleDB (dabbledb.com): I created Most groups I work with can quickly list off the information they truly care about in their systems. Yet only a fraction of these groups manage to get it out of their systems in a way that does not induce fits of
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Getting the card is just like adding a new person to your organization’s database. The Historical Role of the Database
Common Common wisdom says that you can measure an organization by the number of people who are in its database. Historically, a central staff maintained this database and treated it like a sacred collection of artifacts. Courtesy of Scott Henderson, publisher of Rally the Cause #1 Thing You Need To Know from This Post:
The The single most important asset of any non-profit organization is its relationships with its volunteers, donors, and other stakeholders.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
Tags: Geek Posts Salesforce Common Ground Convio databas If I knew that I could make the switch from the old Salesforce nonprofit Starter Pack to Convio Common Ground in less than 6 weeks, I would have made this move months ago.
Yes, it was time consuming, but not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be. I
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
NOZA (a TechSoup donor partner) is a Santa Barbara based technology company that has developed a platform to convert unstructured web data into searchable databases. Tags: Donors Donors Fundraising Grant-Management Databases Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Running Your Organization Staf This week, Craig Harris, the founder and CEO of NOZA, Inc . is sharing his wisdom on developing a major gifts program at nonprofits.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The good folks at Aspiration have been working to put my list of donor databases into a wiki. Along the way the identified some that seem to have disappeared and weren't on my earlier list of defunct donor databases . Giving Database from Willow Mountain Consulting
GivingCapital Here are the new entries:
Association Management System from Micro Solutions
Donation
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Monday, May 4, 2009
Tags: Non-profit technology Fundraising nptech database Donor management research softwar If your organization is in the market for new donor management or fundraising software, Idealware has just released a new (free) research report you may want to check out: The Consumer’s Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems is an impressive 48-page document that compares the specific features of 33 different donor management systems...( read more )
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Monday, April 27, 2009
The guide presents detailed comparisons of 33 donor databases that cost less than $4,250 in the first year. It includes a high-level overview of common features, comparisons and summaries of the systems they reviewed, recommendations for which systems might be suited to a variety of nonprofit scenarios, and a directory of consultants who can help you select a database. (Full Tags: Databases Donors Donors Finances Fundraising Running Your Organizatio Our friends at Idealware and NTEN have released their Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems . Full disclosure
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