3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

Oh, and (most of the time) people trust numbers, statistics, facts and figures. And let’s not forget that data captures people’s attention. Because people are drawn to reading numbers- numbers are short and sweet, and to the point.

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Digital Data Marketing Org 138

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 11, 2014

Data warehouses that store consumer data include donations, nonprofit board service, participation in fundraising walks, and any number of additional statistics related to the third sector. Donors are consumers.

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Data Aggregator Washington Law 122

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 1, 2015

Data science incorporates techniques and theories from a variety of disciplines including mathematics, statistics, computer science, data engineering, and system modeling. Data science – [DAY-tuh SAHY-uhns], nouns. The study of extracting knowledge from data.

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Data Management Donor Database 100

3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 28, 2015

A word about donor retention statistics. Create a plan to address each group that you consider to be at risk. Be sure to measure the results of your efforts. That’s in the data too. Talk to your fundraising consultant about donor retention and skip givers.

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Fundraising Retention Data Donor 100

3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

And let’s face it, “data” lives on a fundraising fun-to-do spectrum somewhere between boring, scary and “I didn’t take statistics in college for a reason!” One reason data problems like the example above don’t get resolved is because we lack sufficient IT expertise to get the work done.

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Data Management Synchronous Database 160