There’s an adage about hot properties in real estate that can be summed up in three words: location, location, location! If we were to apply the same idea to nonprofit software solutions, hot applications could be summed up in three words as well: features, features, features! Nonprofits want software...
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I was reading a blog by Dan Stark the other day regarding what a crummy car lease experience can teach membership based organizations about membership retention and it really hit home with me. In the blog, which is on the NimbleAMS website, Dan talked about how poorly the leasing...
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Imagine losing all of you financial transactions for the month, or worse for an entire year. Imagine losing all the data associated with online giving, pledge information, or donor information. Imagine losing employee history and payroll information. This mental exercise is not intended to be sadistic (though it’s painful...
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Non-profits face many unique challenges. Fund raising can be difficult or hard to predict, grant management often means generating financial reports in a variety of formats, and staff turnover means that systems need to be able to work smoothly. One particular task that can be difficulty is making sure...
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Is Your Nonprofit Accounting Department A Prisoner Of The Past? Often what drives nonprofit organizations to replace their accounting software is what it doesn’t do. The reports you need can’t be generated directly from the system, so you have to resort to creating spreadsheets to compensate for the system’s...
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The goal for every not-for-profit is to increase the financial support of donors, and at the very least, maintain the current level of support. Numbers matter and donors want to see how their money has impacted your mission. Key steps to gaining financial support include: Generating an annual report...
Read More The financial support of donors is critical to your nonprofit’s continued success. While retaining current donors is less expensive than gaining new, you can’t rely on your current pool of donors to sustain your organization indefinitely. Finding new and loyal donors is a challenge for any nonprofit and is...
Read More You can tell almost immediately if someone works for a not for profit agency because they know a little (or a lot) about everything. Even though their job title is Accountant they may also be in charge of HR, payroll, audits, taxes or hiring. Nonprofit employees are dedicated to...
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Cloud Services (http://www.cloudtechnology.com/cloud-services) is changing the face of the business world, but it doesn’t just benefit for-profit entities, they can be a great asset to Not-for-Profit organizations like yours. However, before you can fully understand how you would benefit from Cloud Services, you need to understand what it is....
Read More No matter what type of organization you run, this new age of always-on Internet connections and constant use of mobile devices presents some unique challenges when it comes to connecting with customers, patrons, and donors. Customer relationship management (CRM) software is designed to make these connections stronger and easier...
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