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ROI for a donor database

Robert Weiner

We want a more efficient, more productive, easier to use, more flexible, “you name it” system. So if I acquire a new software product, how do I “cost justify” that without considering all the legs of the system stool? (We An inability to hire staff who know how to use or support the database in question. Time-management.

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More fundraising software = more data headaches

3rd Sector Labs

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.

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What Type of CRM Does My Organization Need? 4 Considerations

Get Fully Funded

Before switching to a new CRM, consider partnering with a consultant with expertise in CRM data management to help clean your database and ensure duplicate, outdated, and other unhelpful data is removed from your database and not carried over. Budget CRMs come at various price points based on their features, scale, and other factors.

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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing Nonprofit Technology

Everyaction

Technology maximizes your potential by automating repetitive work, synchronizing data, and allowing you to easily spot trends and paths for growth. With tools that maximize your staff’s potential, they’ll be doing more of the work you hired them for and less mundane, time-consuming tasks that can be done by by a database instead.

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The BRIDGE Is Open! New Lookup Tool Distinguishes Global Social Sector Entities

Tech Soup

Already there are nearly 3 million BRIDGE numbers assigned worldwide, a result of synchronizing information from the databases of founding partners Foundation Center, GlobalGiving, GuideStar, and TechSoup. Ongoing synchronization makes it easier to share and compare data among databases.

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Salesforce for Nonprofits: 5 Reasons to Switch Your CRM

Nonprofits Source

While this system may work for smaller organizations, nonprofits seeking to expedite their growth will need a solution for quick data synchronization and integrated analysis. With Nonprofit Cloud, this also extends to various other industry-specific products, allowing nonprofits to better serve their supporters.

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Integration of CRM and CMS

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The organization wants to capture the demographic details, as well as make sure that data is synchronized with the data they might already have on that web user, so they can track their constituents over time. Forms sent go to email, or a separate database, and someone manually enters that data into the CRM. All-in-one.