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

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What about access to great data that helps us to understand the outcomes being produced by our programs and to know our donors and their interests better? Isn’t all this technology and data helping? All this technology is helping us to capture more data than ever. For example: Why do you need two CRMs?

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

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Two examples. Lets look at a couple of examples. In our second example, let’s look at online giving. And perhaps most importantly, you need the data to help you plan your next fundraising appeal. Most websites and giving systems should have readily configurable options to help improve data collection.

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

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QUESTION: Caity talked about calculating the ‘growth score’, then used an example of the benefit of moving that metric just 2%. ” In Caity’s example, we saw an organization where a 2 percentage point improvement in its donor retention resulted a fundraising increase of over $150,000 on a donor file of 60,000.

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

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QUESTION: Do you also help clients evaluate database management systems to determine a best fit for a client? QUESTION: Can you provide examples of data standards policies? We provided some examples in the presentation, which you can download from our website. Below I will discuss a few more examples for you to consider.

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Does your charity have too much data?

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In fact, data is already a big enough challenge for most of us in the nonprofit sector, and it may not seem like I am helping matters by telling you “not too much, not too little … just the right amount.” An example close to home. Like the guy in a picture with too many signs to interpret. Too much data.

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‘Why don’t you have a nonprofit data management plan?’ Q&A with Debbie Snyder and Gary Carr

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And from the Q&A at the end of the event … QUESTION: You talked about using social media logins, like Facebook, to help capture more information about donors and prospects. QUESTION: When you gave an example of a data management plan, you started from a fundraising plan. Not sure = 40%. What tools do you recommend?

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

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Two examples. Lets look at a couple of examples. In our second example, let’s look at online giving. And perhaps most importantly, you need the data to help you plan your next fundraising appeal. Good luck, and let us know if we can help! Quite frankly, it’s lazy. Now you want to explore solutions.

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