Association Analytics

JULY 22, 2021

The concept of “dirty data” and how to approach it can be daunting. Simply put, dirty data is data that is inaccurate, incomplete, inconsistent, duplicative, or outdated. At Association Analytics, we sometimes hear concerns about data quality in the context of associations starting their journey into analytics.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

Whichever format you choose, you should consider your historical event data as you develop your event marketing strategy. Be deliberate as you start to dig into the data you need. In our previous blog posts on retention and product value , we illustrated how data isn’t one dimensional. Does it fluctuate?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 19, 2024

In the realm of nonprofit organizations, effective data management is essential for optimizing resources, enhancing donor relations, and achieving mission-driven goals. However, many nonprofits grapple with the challenges of managing data efficiently due to limited resources, disparate data sources, and manual processes.

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sgEngage

APRIL 23, 2021

Dear Maureen, My organization’s fundraising database is a hot mess! There are no rules, and that means our database is almost useless. I’m trying to figure out how to share the extent of the problem with my boss, but I have no idea what will help us solve this nightmare. We don’t have any real data experts on our team.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Create a Policies and Procedures Manual Once a new employee joins your team, having a comprehensive document outlining standard procedures for data entry will make that transition much easier on both the individual and the staff members training them. Consider the level of database training the user has. Does everyone get full access?

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EveryAction

MAY 2, 2023

Collecting petition signatures A petition is many things: a way to quantify support around an issue; a tactic that helps bring new supporters on board; a relatively light lift to help keep passionate advocates engaged. Some have even described it as a grassroots rally on paper. If possible, include a photo of the stakeholder!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Your donor database is only as good as the data you put into it. A clean database should be a high priority as you plan ahead. As with every other industry today, nonprofits are especially dependent on good data to be successful. And donor data is at the top of the critical care list.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Database are extremely useful in simplifying business operations, communication, and workflow for both the for-profit sector and nonprofit sector. Nonprofits and charities use databases to manage donor, volunteer, and B2B profiles and aggregate data. Duplicate files, profiles, and other data are common for every organization.

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fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Data quality is essential for organizations and membership associations. When you want to engage your members with personalized content and communications, or know who to target for renewals and offers, you need clean Salesforce data to make it happen. What is Salesforce data cleansing?

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. We’ll cover: What is a Nonprofit Data Warehouse?

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Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

Donor Data Management How To Supercharge Relationships You’ve spent weeks, months, or even years collecting every bit of data your donors produce. Your donor data may include phone numbers, emails, birthdays, donation history, and even meal preferences. Here’s what you can expect in this guide: Gather relevant donor data.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Many of today’s nonprofits have a lot of data on constituents but few strategies for what to do with it. The donor data you have is only as good as how it’s organized. Nonprofit database segmentation allows you to structure your data to support reporting, personalization, and overall engagement.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Based on Candid data processed as of October 2023, approximately 78,133 grants valued at $16.8 My many years of experience collecting and analyzing data as an evaluator naturally lead me to ask: What has been the measurable impact of this important shift? The best way to answer these questions is to measure and analyze consistent data.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Tricia Marsherall is the Founder & President of Marsherall Partners, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in nonprofit donor database management & operations support and virtual & traditional fundraising events. This makes it difficult to know where to start when you’d like to turn your database nightmare into a pleasant dream.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 12, 2020

A membership database will help you move on from using spreadsheets and start making the best of your member data. Use our free membership database template to get started!

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Nonprofits use databases to handle volunteers, donors, staff, and more. For smaller nonprofits, a database may be nothing more than an Excel file. Medium to large nonprofits might have an IT staff and a simple database, designed by the in-house development team. Who manages the database? Authorization.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Few things are as important to successful fundraising teams as clean data around your prospect portfolio and moves management. However, many organizations fail to properly track gift officer portfolios, gift officer actions and donor pipeline management within their donor database management. Donor Database Management Essentials.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 10, 2013

The following story, posted with permission, was sent to the FUNDSVCS list in response to a question about how to reign in schools and departments at a university that keep their own shadow databases of contacts. I have a story that we have used quite often: A few years ago, we imported a shadow database into Raiser''s Edge.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 13, 2023

Both for-profit and nonprofit organizations alike collect many different types of data each day. For nonprofits, this might include donor data like the email address, name, address, and giving level of a donor who just signed up to receive your newsletter. Use data management software.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Juggling all of these tasks is where nonprofit database software comes in. Nonprofit database software solutions serve as your nonprofit’s hub of information and documentation, allowing your nonprofit to make data-driven decisions to improve operations while staying organized. . It can help make data-driven decisions.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 6, 2012

I'm working on an article with the title, "Maybe It's Not Your Database, It's You." The premise is that complaints about an organization's database may be misdirected: the problem is how the system is being managed (aka management problems disguised as technology problems). Do volunteers enter data? Here are my thoughts so far.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Smaller, distributed teams are increasingly relying on AI to synthesize data and optimize their workflows. At Blackbaud, we believe this future – the future of the nonprofit sector – will be supported by Data Intelligence. . What is Data Intelligence? .

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A major part of connecting with these individuals and optimizing the giving experience is utilizing the data you collect about their giving trends to inform your future fundraising decisions. . A big part of this is understanding and leveraging data to inform any changes they make to the donor experience.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

No, we prefer to build relationships en masse, using data-driven insights to tell us what our donors really want. I want you to have the confidence (and your leadership team to have the confidence in you) that with data and time, you can make annual giving work for your organization. Segment your data, but don’t OVER-segment.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

If you’ve migrated donor data from one CRM to another, no doubt you have dealt with a lot of difficult decisions. In fact, our donor data migration clients often express surprise at the number of decisions they have to make. In this post, we discuss our list of Top 10 Tough Donor Data Migration Decisions.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

Our system is like the “roach motel” of data; the data goes in, but never comes out again. The new software may enable my staff to do new things, but without the right people (# and training), upgraded/enhance policies and procedures, data conversion and new reports, etc. We cannot interface with other desired applications.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Data is everywhere—in every filing cabinet and software system—making it more critical than ever for schools and nonprofits to manage it properly and use that data to make more informed decisions. How are you collecting, storing, and accessing that data? What data does our school need? Do you have the right tools?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Data Operations Manager. Data data culture database administration IT Staff' Alan Gordon. Society for Science & the Public.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Social media trends and best practices change so often that it’s helpful to ground your approach in data and regularly reevaluate your social media presence as your supporter base grows and changes. In this article, we’ll give you five tips to upgrade your social media strategy using data. Philanthropic data.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 1, 2023

Rather than merely hoping you’re making a wise marketing spend—or simply doing what you have always done—it’s time to let the data drive your direct mail marketing programs. When you allow data to guide your direct mail strategy, your organization can save time and money. Your data for direct mail is more reliable. Direct mail?

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3rd Sector Labs

JULY 22, 2014

Let’s face it … there is a direct relationship between the number of fundraising software systems we are using and the data problems we are creating for ourselves. More fundraising software = more data headaches. Start with contact databases, donor management systems, and CRMs. We don’t know our data.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 20, 2014

There are more tools available to nonprofits today that can be used for measuring their donor data than ever before. Whether it be a CRM , GoogleAnalytics , or a social media analytic tool like SproutSocial , measuring and understanding data is an essential part of contemporary business. But, they don’t call it “Big Data” for nothing.

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Neon CRM

MAY 26, 2023

The international water accessibility nonprofit keeps its front page consistently updated with three stats that are vital to its constituents—the number of projects they’ve funded, the people they’ve helped, and the countries they’re in. A plugin can be used on the website that connects to an organization’s database.

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Qgiv

JULY 28, 2021

His role involves producing and distributing educational content that helps nonprofits rise above the noise by thinking differently about their fundraising approach. Data is the key, as it is in all things related to your fundraising outreach. And one that only your nonprofit’s data can answer. How much work is ahead of me?

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Forum One

APRIL 23, 2024

On July 1, 2024, Google will permanently remove access to all Universal Analytics data. Organizations need to act before that deadline if they want to preserve their historical data. With the GA4 rollout, standard UA properties ceased collecting new data on July 1, 2023. Can I migrate data or reports from UA to GA4?

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As a nonprofit leader, you know the importance of donor data. But your data collection contains sensitive information about your supporters, and they trust you to handle that data carefully. Thankfully, your nonprofit constituent relationship management (CRM) system can help keep donor data safe.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To take advantage of this trend toward recurring giving, your nonprofit will need to look inward at its donor data. Your data can reveal hints about donors’ giving preferences, giving capacity, willingness to give, and the reasons why they support your cause. Monitor data and adjust your appeals. Determine your objectives.

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