Database - Nonprofit Technology

Top 10 Tough Donor Data Migration Decisions

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

Keep in mind, however, that all CRMs and donor databases are different – each has its own database structure, definitions of key terms, and attributes for handling certain data types. Data governance represents ‘rules of the road’ for your donor database. As a general rule of thumb, though, use the importers.

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Data Donor Database Map

More fundraising software = more data headaches

3rd Sector Labs

JULY 22, 2014

Start with contact databases, donor management systems, and CRMs. All that, and we aren’t touching on the implications of accounting, systems integrations, data warehousing, ad hoc databases, and search. Well, for starters, every system, software or technology mentioned has its own database. There’s a lot.

Software

Software Data Fundraising Database

Data hoarding: Does the term apply to your donor data?

3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

Now, let’s talk about your donor database. Nobody gets rid of anything in your donor database. Filling up your database with bad data means you will spend that much more time and effort finding the data you need. Consider a nonprofit with 100,000 names in its donor database. When was the last time you cleaned it up?

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Data Donor Database Mail

CRM data migration: it’s all about the future

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 4, 2014

Need to merge multiple databases? Too much bad or unusable data, however, will leave you with an array of data hoarding problems that will clog your donor databases, put a drag on fundraising efficiency, and hurt your organization. Take what you NEED from the old CRM database, then go get the new. Yes, you are!

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Data Database Donor Problem

Technology, data and fundraising: is it getting too complicated?

3rd Sector Labs

MAY 29, 2014

Q3: When was the last time you cleaned your donor database(s)? Three donor databases? Does your CRM database hold thousands of lapsed and former donors but very few prospects? How does your web or online lead generation tool feed your CRM database? 0% – 1 to 2. 50% – 3 to 5. 50% – 6+.

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Data Technology Fundraising Database

Fundraising data analytics – mining the gold in your own backyard

3rd Sector Labs

MAY 14, 2014

It is so easy for us to develop one message for a campaign, mailing or communication, and to send that message to everybody in our contact database – every address, every email gets our “Dear Sally, we’d like to tell you about our newest opportunity to support our mission” appeal. Your donor database is a gold mine.

Analytics

Analytics Data Fundraising Database

Donor Data Management Dictionary

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 1, 2015

Refers to data sets so large and complex that traditional database tools are not able to manage or process the data. Data brokers rely upon big data warehouses to store, manage and transfer data sets that they sell to customers such as nonprofit organizations looking to append their donor databases.

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Data Management Donor Database

10 Donor Data Migration Decisions: Q&A with Gary Carr

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 22, 2014

Database / tech staff = 27%. We run polls at the start of our webinars, rotating through a series of questions, and accumulating results over time. ” Moving data to a new donor database or CRM system represents a terrific opportunity to review internal business processes related to both fundraising and data management.

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Data Donor Poll Aggregator

Attention nonprofits: We don’t know our donor data!

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 30, 2014

Answer: only what is stored in the donor database. 53% don’t know when was the last time that their donor database was cleaned. Big Data CRM Data Cleaning Data Management bad data big data database donor data donor retention fundraising fundraising mistakes' Nobody can complete an appeal using just 1 or 2 systems.

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Attention Data Donor Retention

Data quality vs. data quantity: let’s end the debate!

3rd Sector Labs

JULY 16, 2014

Use social media as a communications medium, not as an append to your donor database. #3. Save reports, save copies of old databases. If your nonprofit is attempting to track down donors using social media data accounts, you could be barking up the wrong data tree. Donor retention. Data hoarding kills data quality.

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Data Retention History Government

What’s in your data management plan?

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 14, 2014

Same goes for data enrichment – the practice of refining or enhancing the quality of your information assets, especially your donor database. Does your CRM database need new fields??!! It is important to remember, however, that cleaning cannot be a one-time or occasional event. But let’s not overdo it here.

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Data Management Map Problem

Nonprofit Data Migration Made Easier with Carr Partnership

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 13, 2013

Of particular concern to these nonprofits is, of course, their supporter databases. A central challenge facing many of today’s nonprofit organizations is the paucity of technology solutions, as well as expertise, available for things like website development, fundraising, data migration, and so on.

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Data Open Source Drupal Alternative

Fundraising without donor data: What’s that proverb about giving a man a fish?

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 7, 2014

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Data Donor Giving Fundraising

Fundraising without donor data: What’s that proverb about giving a man a fish?

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 7, 2014

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Data Donor Giving Fundraising

Data drives better digital marketing for nonprofits

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

Does your donor database keep track of this type of data? Direct mail might be a primary channel for established donors, but emails and your website might prevail for newer or younger donors. You can use data to learn which fundraising channels are most effective and how your donors respond to each channel. If not, it should.

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Digital Data Marketing Org

What’s up with consumer data privacy?

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 11, 2014

It all boils down to data … ones and zeroes stored in computer databases that represent billions of digital transactions. There’s been a lot of recent activity coming out of Washington, DC … it’s a good time for an update. It all boils down to ones and zeroes. More specifically, it’s about consumer data.

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Data Aggregator Washington Law

Optimize Drupal with Pre-rendering

3rd Sector Labs

JANUARY 16, 2014

In effect, the system can deliver most pages without ever having to load Drupal or open a connection to the database. So we wrote a custom business rules module to create a ”context key’ around content versions and assign them temporarily to groups of users, which in turn lets the system efficiently manage the pre-rendered pages.

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Drupal Module Application Content

“Donor retention by the numbers”: Q&A with Caity Craver and Gary Carr

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 17, 2014

Second, how easy is it to get your data OUT of the CRM database – not get into, but get it out, whether you need to run analytics, feed another system, or even migrate to a new solution. Also, if you are looking for a new CRM, there are a couple of points you should focus on. QUESTION: Last question.

Retention

Retention Donor Data Advice

Fundraising strategy, technology and data Q&A with Chris Goodman and Gary Carr

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 4, 2014

If you have questions about your nonprofit systems, databases, CRM or data needs, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Run some basic data analysis on your donor database, and create a couple of message alternatives that would appeal to your donor segments. How does a small organization afford to do that? Study your results.

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Data Technology Strategy Fundraising

Stop the Daisy Chain of Bad Data Management

3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

So, in terms of your data – especially your donor data – following the daisy chain paradigm means that you manage your data by copying and pasting data updates from one database to the next, from the most recently updated to the oldest, in order to keep your donor data stored and current in multiple systems. An example.

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Data Management Synchronous Database

How to calculate donor acquisition costs

3rd Sector Labs

MAY 4, 2015

Does your donor database code the gift so that you know what activity or appeal generated it? If you can’t get the answers you want, then it’s time to look at your donor database. For each activity, add up the total costs over a certain period of time, and divide by the number of donors. Simple enough. Why is this important?

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Donor Database Analysis Activities

Workplace Giving Data Problems Just Got Worse

3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Nonprofits everywhere are struggling to get their hands on reliable, useful workplace giving data from corporate giving programs. This has been a problem for a long time. And it is only getting worse. What’s going on? It used to be a United Way problem. Who remembers the days of charities arguing with local United Ways over the donor data?

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Problem Data Giving Charity

Fundraising without donor data: What’s that proverb about giving a man a fish?

3rd Sector Labs

JULY 24, 2015

Most charities raise money from many different sources – direct mail appeals, online donations, events, workplace giving campaigns, and matching gift programs to name a few. How often do the funds come in without usable donor data – or any donor data – behind it?

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Data Donor Giving Fundraising

My Organization is in “the cloud”! – What does that mean?

3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Likewise, data gathered by the software is stored on a database that is located remotely.

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Organization Software Data Local

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Data drives better digital marketing for nonprofits

What’s up with consumer data privacy?

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“Donor retention by the numbers”: Q&A with Caity Craver and Gary Carr

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Workplace Giving Data Problems Just Got Worse

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