You’ve been carefully tracking your donor’s data on meticulously organized Excel spreadsheets with military-like precision for years. They have become such an integral part of your job that you can’t fathom what you would do without these color-coded, alphabetically-organized, formulized rows and columns. Leaving your spreadsheets in the hands of someone else is enough to….. Read more »
Keeping track of donor data, including past gifts, correspondence, event attendance and personal information, is one of the many tasks in a fundraiser’s job description. For organizations – big or small – it is often difficult to make sure that this information is organized, clean and able to be analyzed. Fundraising and donor management software….. Read more »
One of the most important aspects of donor retention is making sure to thank your constituents for their contribution to your cause. Letting them know that they are appreciated and that their money was put to good use is a major factor in turning one-time donors into repeat donors. Data from Penelope Burk’s “Donor Centered….. Read more »
A CRM (constituent relationship management) system like ResultsPlus gives your organization the ability to track the details of your relationships with your donors. Furthermore, it can help you remember the little things – the details about who your donors are and what they are interested in. As President’s Day approaches, I was wondering what it….. Read more »
While everyone is busy making (and trying to keep) resolutions in the New Year, jump on the bandwagon and consider making one for your donor management system. Resolve today to get your data cleaned up and standardized so you’re ready for any mass mailing you might decide to do in the months ahead. And then….. Read more »
Shortcuts can sure get a bum rap. They’re too often associated with negative concepts like laziness, poor quality and undesirable outcomes. But I’m a fan, and I personally think they have some pretty important uses. (Example: that store-bought pie crust I used for my Thanksgiving Day offering last week.) Seriously, shortcuts in ResultsPlus can save….. Read more »
It may be hard to believe, but there are still plenty of organizations out there who are using “manual methods” to store and manage their fundraising information. They may be keeping lists on paper or in spreadsheets, but they apparently don’t have software that is specifically designed to manage donors and other information specific to….. Read more »
August is an exciting time in the non-profit sector when The NonProfit Times releases its seventeenth annual Power & Influence Top 50 list. For 17 years, NPT has highlighted 50 of the sector’s leaders for their “innovation, influence on the broader sector and for developing organizational models that can be replicated.” The list holds a….. Read more »
This is a landmark year in my household. I’m officially ending my 22-year run as a parental participant in the annual back-to-school ritual. No more fighting for cart space in the school supply aisle, no more pleading for the kids to go through last years’ clothes and pass them on to the next sibling, and….. Read more »
Today seems to be Import Day on the ResultsPlus Help Desk. I’m not sure if this was coincidental, or if something is significant about passing the mid-point of the summer calendar - the July 4th holiday. Regardless, there were an unusually large number of calls from customers seeking help with importing data into ResultsPlus. The….. Read more »