3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

D2: Do I use the CRM vendor’s import tools? But the import tool needs to be well-tested. Unfortunately, based on our experience, the quality of these tools varies. The less work that you can complete through the import tool, the more work you will have to address alternatively. For more help, see this post.

Data 178

Data Donor Database Map 178

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 14, 2014

Technologies and tools used to capture and manage data change, get upgraded, get replaced. Manual data entry is always prone to errors, and non-staff resources will create more errors than staff. Do your data input resources need training? Do you need a survey tool on your website? For example …. Not enough emails?

Data 130

Data Management Map Problem 130

3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

At some point, the number of duplicates and conflicting records was overwhelming … to the point that they did not have the time or resources to manually do the clean up work that was needed. Some CRMs contain tools that analyze the data. The result was a much cleaner, higher quality donor database. Step three , fix the problem.

Data 100

Data Donor Database Mail 100

3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 28, 2015

Walkers, runners, bikers, climbers, and a host of other participant types leveraged Web tools to enjoin friends, family, colleagues and others to sponsor their activity on behalf of a favorite charitable cause. Obviously, the more supporters they gathered, the greater their donation results. How to identify fundraising risk.

Fundraising 100

Fundraising Retention Data Donor 100

3rd Sector Labs

JULY 22, 2014

“Donor” or “constituent” is just another term for “consumer”, but the nonprofit industry does not have the mission nor the resources to pour funding into technology innovation in the way that, say, retailers do. Finally, nonprofits do not invest heavily in technology. We don’t know our data.

Software 161

Software Data Fundraising Database 161