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Database management for nonprofits

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As a nonprofit, keeping track of your supporters and donors and managing member relationships is an essential part of how you fulfill your mission. Contents : Why should an organization have a database? Work with a dedicated system administrator The most important element of database management is always your system administrator.

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Choosing a Marketing Automation Application for Your Nonprofit: 5 Steps to Success

Nonprofit Tech for Good

With that in mind, let’s look at the 5 steps (and criteria) you can use to find the best tool for you and your nonprofit. If you’re just looking for simple newsletter sends and database management, you might need one thing. Data capabilities: Learn what metrics the tool can track, along with reporting functionality.

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Create a Winning New Member Strategy in 3 Easy Steps

Association Analytics

Once you invest in some of these strategies, it’s important to track what works to engage with potential members. You can track metrics that will help you identify what’s working, including social media engagement, impressions and reach, database growth, event registration and attendance, and website visits and sessions.

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How to Use UTMs to Leverage Donor Acquisition for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

UTM s stands for Urchin Tracking Module (nothing to do with sea creatures ). UTM s are an extremely effective way to both track fundraising campaigns and measure their success. They are universal, so many tools track them or support adding them automatically. How can we track marketing initiatives using UTMs?

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Don’t Fear Your Dirty Data

Association Analytics

To help alleviate your fear of dirty data, we have some tips on how to tackle cleaning it up and getting your database in great shape. Spoiler alert – we’ve never encountered an association database that wasn’t in good enough shape to start performing analytics. Set a baseline and keep track of the progress you are making.

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7 tips for preparing your nonprofit for a move to new software

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Keep in mind that while it’s important to prepare your data for migration to new software, data hygiene is not a one-and-done activity. Update your database policies. Even the best new software won’t work optimally with duplicate, incorrect, or outdated data.

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Alumni Fundraising in the Arts: 5 Tips to Create Connections

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To cultivate alumni donors, you’ll need to stay in contact with graduates so your program remains top of mind and provide opportunities for them to give that they’ll be receptive to. However, the most important platform you need is an alumni database. Let’s get started! Social media.

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