So how do we justify that system to management (and perhaps our donors)? Here's how I responded: I’ve yet to see a published report that provided a convincing general argument that [insert any nonprofit name here] will raise more money by using [insert database name here]. Stewarding current donors. Identifying future donors. MORE >>

Donors often have interesting ways to tell organizations how much they love them. … CRM Donor Strategy Planning data mining fundraising nonprofit relationship management MORE >>

Databases Donor Databases IT Management Nonprofit TechnologyI'm working on an article with the title, "Maybe It's Not Your Database, It's You." The premise is that complaints about an organization's database may be misdirected: the problem is how the system is being managed (aka management problems disguised as technology problems). MORE >>

They have published numerous reports and whitepapers on technology for nonprofit organizations. But while nonprofits aren’t like snowflakes, each unique in its own special way, they’re not clones, either. Nonprofits need to know what they need and then test systems against those specific needs. MORE >>

Today the news is that Blackbaud is killing off Common Ground , one of the two donor management products (aka CRMs or Constituent Relationship Management systems) that they acquired from Convio. Advancement Services Databases Donor Databases Fundraising Nonprofit Technology SoftwareI'm surprised that things turned out this way. MORE >>