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More fundraising software = more data headaches

3rd Sector Labs

Start with contact databases, donor management systems, and CRMs. We move, changes jobs, get married, have families, develop new interests, add and drop contact info like phone numbers and email addresses, and a whole lot more. More fundraising software = more data headaches. There’s a lot. And people’s lives change.

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Top Do’s and Don’ts in Using Online Donation Forms

Connection Cafe

Be careful to look for the right form builder that synchronizes with the payment processor you already use and it’s more convenient for your nonprofit. 2. Plan this on the long term and bear in mind the opportunities you will have to harvest such contact information. This way donations occur directly, with minimum effort.

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APIs for Social Media Integration and More: A Gentle Introduction for Nonprofits

NTEN

We can utilize APIs to transfer data from one system to another and even synchronize data sets in order to end up with the cleanest data possible. Take a look at the kind of data they keep by looking up your own info. Why do different applications need to communicate? Nonprofits often deal with an overwhelming amount of data.

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You don't want to be MacGyver with your donor data

Connection Cafe

You need to synchronize your online and offline systems. Especially because of ornery people like me, who tend to involve myself in multiple ways (so I’m on the donor list, the volunteer list, and the lists for perhaps 2 out of every 5 events you throw) - good luck keeping my contact info up-to-date across all those spreadsheets!

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The search for good web conferencing

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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