3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

” – focused on why you need, and how to create, a nonprofit data management plan. As always, if you have questions about your nonprofit data management plan, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Nonprofit data management plans: you’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. What tools do you recommend?

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Data Management Rate Benchmark 133

3rd Sector Labs

JULY 16, 2014

When it comes to nonprofit data, especially donor data, there’s a running debate. Facebook isn’t raising money for nonprofits. The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that the use of Facebook as a fundraising medium simply isn’t panning out. Which is more important, data quality or quantity?

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Data Retention History Government 144

3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

In fact, being in the nonprofit data services business, we get asked lots of questions about how to obtain more donor data, better data, the right data. In my experience, however, retailers are much more aggressive with their data that nonprofits. How do you know when your organization is storing and using too much data?

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Data Charity Hints Problem 155

3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Blogs, newsletters, periodicals, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter … people are still talking about it. Wow – that’s a problem almost every nonprofit would like to have, right? The conversations about the ALS Association’s astounding success with the Ice Bucket Challenge continue. million new donors.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 14, 2014

It’s no different for nonprofits, and donor data is at the top of the critical care list. The problem that every nonprofit faces, however, is that all data degrades, and donor data degrades faster than most. Within a nonprofit organization, many data inputs are often manual. Most nonprofits that we speak with do not.

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Data Management Map Problem 130