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Top 10 Tough Donor Data Migration Decisions

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You can find a lot of help via Google searches. With an insufficient data structure to support a growing charity, the easy short-cut to data management was to store more information in an ad hoc field – birth dates, family data, alma mater, notes from a meeting, etc. As a general rule of thumb, though, use the importers.

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Data hoarding: Does the term apply to your donor data?

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Year after year you gather information about donors. Not trying to scare anyone here, but a quick Google of “data hoarding” will produce articles talking about the potential legal issues of too much data, bad data, and data theft. Remember that donor data is filled with PII – personally identifiable information. Donors lapse.

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More fundraising software = more data headaches

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Google phrases like “how much fundraising software do I need?” At www.SoftwareAdvice.com , you can find a good discussion of available nonprofit software, including information on current market trends. Almost everyone is using 3 or more systems, with nearly 50% using 6 or more. Here’s a quick test you can do.

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