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Top Ten Data Challenges (And Solutions) for Associations

Association Analytics

Start by looking at the various licenses and logins available to your association. Additionally, to resolve this trust issue, you’ll want to refer back to your data governance template and management systems. Solution : First, don’t confuse availability with accessibility.

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ROI for a donor database

Robert Weiner

My colleague Charlie Hunsaker posted the following question on the FUNDSVCS Advancement Services listserve: I have two clients who are looking for new systems and want a “cost justification” for their acquisition to share with their management. Our system is like the “roach motel” of data; the data goes in, but never comes out again.

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Navigating Nonprofit Data Warehouses: A Comprehensive Guide

DNL OmniMedia

It’s designed to consolidate and integrate data from various sources, including CRM systems, fundraising software, financial databases, program management tools, and more. For instance, one CRM system may be a better fit for small organizations while another is built for enterprise-level needs.

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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It wasn’t too many years ago when our pharmaceutical industry more or less argued that people with AIDS in Africa should die rather than to license their medicines for low cost manufacture. I want to advocate for “giving the sleeves off your vest” strategy! But, allow the benefits of technology to reach far beyond the top of the pyramid.

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A Roadmap to Salesforce for Nonprofits Implementation

DNL OmniMedia

Then, your team will conduct their own tests to ensure the system is working as you expected and that all the pieces fit together in a way that suits your existing processes well. Analysis: Review the data that will be migrated, refine plans, and document next steps. Initiation: Sync with key stakeholders and finalize all plans.

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Seven Tips on How to Use Your Digital Ecosystem to Enhance Your Fundraising

Forum One

Digital tools and systems often touch different teams and departments and can require investments that need to be discussed at a higher level. Choose open and extensible systems and platforms . Consider whether you are able to export data for analysis in other systems and move the data to other platforms as needed.

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Open Source vs. Proprietary. Who won?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Speaking of Apple and FOSS, Apple’s OS X and iOS are based on the BSD operating system – another open source *NIX that has been around for a while. There is no way that the kind of inexpensive cloud architecture could have developed if everyone had to have depended on proprietary, licensed software. The Server to the Cloud.