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6 Reasons Open Source Makes Sense

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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. Don’t take our word for it, Google “WordPress Tutorial” to see for yourself). Why be forced into a monster truck when all you need is a scooter.

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

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Is your organization is a donor data hoarder? Can your organization afford to waste that kind of money? 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. That feels right! You are raising more money.

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More fundraising software = more data headaches

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Furthermore, as organizations grow in size, there is a tendency to use multiple versions of the same family of software as departments develop a fondness for particular systems that meet a specific need. Every system we add to our organization requires management … and the system’s database requires data management.

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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. That depends on your organization’s structure. Data management in every organization needs to have a plan and a budget. Seriously, what any organization needs is a resource(s) dedicated to completing the data migration and engaging leadership in the tough decisions.

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