3rd Sector Labs

MAY 29, 2014

We provide examples of how to achieve this alignment more effectively, as well as examples of common data problems that organizations encounter and need to overcome. For example: Why do you need two CRMs? Technology and data need to be challenged, justified, and made to work FOR your organization. We could go on.

Data 148

Data Technology Fundraising Database 148

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 14, 2014

Organizations in every industry today dependent on good data to be successful. For example …. Within a nonprofit organization, many data inputs are often manual. You are probably dealing with multiple types of data in or your organization – donor, event, social, service outcomes, financial, etc. What’s going on?

Data 130

Data Management Map Problem 130

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 7, 2014

If your organization is fundraising without donor data to support it, then you have a problem that needs your attention. All businesses and organizations need to develop predictable revenue streams. Our client took it as a given that lots of money came into the organization through “anonymous” donors. Two examples.

Data 100

Data Donor Giving Fundraising 100

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 1, 2015

To help with your donor data management planning, we have created a Donor Data Management Dictionary to help you make sense of all the data jargon as it applies to the nonprofit organization’s business needs. Is more data jargon giving you a headache? Send us a note and we’ll add it to the dictionary.

Data 100

Data Management Donor Database 100

3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 28, 2015

The answer is a resounding ‘yes,’ which should be good news to nonprofit organizations concerned about recent news articles portraying the declining fortunes in walkathons and other popular team-building events. You can also cross reference these groups by the number of touch points they have with your organization.

Fundraising 100

Fundraising Retention Data Donor 100

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

For example, Epsilon, a consumer brand loyalty expert, published a short report on using data to build customer loyalty. Here are examples of Tweets from orgs that didn’t include outcome data. Most organizations utilize multichannel fundraising. Do you know if your organization is offending prospective donors?

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Digital Data Marketing Org 138

3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Here is just one example – a great example – of a corporate social responsibility report , just released by Allstate. Data is the only way that the organization knows the donor. Without it, your organization is lost … like a ship at sea with neither a map or stars to guide it. Closing thought.

Problem 100

Problem Data Giving Charity 100

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 11, 2014

Where does it comes from, how is it stored and organized, who wants it and why, and so on. For example, consumers by law have access to credit reports used in making financial decisions about the consumer. Data is the way that an organization or institution understands its customer or consumer. But organizations know data.

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Data Aggregator Washington Law 122

3rd Sector Labs

DECEMBER 1, 2013

The Drupal framework, for example, has been extended through more than 25,000 modules contributed by the developer community. Customizable – Again and again we’ve seen SMBs medium-sized organizations be required to invest in mammoth technologies simply because they had no other choice.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Drupal WordPress 100

3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Worse still, if you weren’t in “the cloud”, then your organization was exposed to all sorts of risks, problems and unnecessary costs? Not long ago, chatting with a prospective customer about their donor data storage practices, I suggested we step back and look at the organization’s bigger technology picture.

Organization 130

Organization Software Data Local 130

3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

Is your organization is a donor data hoarder? Consider the following examples. Can your organization afford to waste that kind of money? Some organizations should clean their data quarterly, others annually. You keep adding new donors, new prospects and your mailing lists get larger. That feels right!

Data 100

Data Donor Database Mail 100

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

For example, one system may prefer that husband and wife are created as a joint account, while another may prefer that the two are individual donor accounts that are linked. That depends on your organization’s structure. Data management in every organization needs to have a plan and a budget. the fundraising team?

Data 178

Data Donor Database Map 178

3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The root cause of bad data management for any organization – for-profit, nonprofit or government – can usually be found in the data management paradigm itself. An example. Here’s an example of the problem through the eyes of a recent client (I’m paraphrasing). Does this sound like your organization?

Data 160

Data Management Synchronous Database 160

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 4, 2014

3 – Which of the following would describe your organization’s investment of time in deploying multichannel fundraising campaigns: Not enough time = 80%. And from the Q&A at the end of the event … QUESTION: Isn’t successful fundraising ultimately connected to the quality of the organization’s work?

Data 100

Data Technology Strategy Fundraising 100

3rd Sector Labs

MAY 4, 2015

Treat your organization’s budget as status quo management. All organizations spend near all of their budget for the purpose of running programs, serving clients, communicating with stakeholders, raising money from existing donors, etc. This is called “meta data”, and it is really important to understanding your organization.

Donor 100

Donor Database Analysis Activities 100