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How to Build a Culture Around Your CRM and Use it for Growth

Blackbaud

Where does your constituent relationship management software (CRM) fit into that culture? The Power of a CRM-Centric Culture Reflecting on my 20-plus years of working with nonprofit organizations, I can point to one pivotal era that underscored the importance of a CRM-centric culture: the pandemic.

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Get Your Grant-Funded Nonprofit Started in Fundraising

Blackbaud

Here are a few other skills for fundraising that can transfer from a grants-based approach or can be acquired with minimal training: Technology proficiency: It helps to have (or to prioritize learning) basic skills with database management or, as it is often called in fundraising, constituent relationship management ( CRM ) systems.

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How to Evaluate a New Revenue Stream

Blackbaud

Sure, you have a CRM full of small and mid-level donors, and a few programs that bring in a little recurring revenue. Review your strategic plan to ensure the new revenue stream fits within your organizational objectives. You see the writing on the wall. But you need to diversify your revenue streams.

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Technology policies and practices to leave behind in 2025

Candid

Stop leaving technology out of your strategic plans An organizations strategic plan is shared widely, both internally and externally, to map out its diligence, effectiveness, and direction. Yet, one thing is still often missing from so many of them: technology.

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How to secure essential technology funding to deliver on nonprofit missions

Candid

Will a CRM system help you track your beneficiaries more effectively? Demonstrate need: Tie your request directly to the organizations strategic plan and its capacity needs. She also suggests they use metrics to demonstrate the difference you make. Seek out capacity-building opportunities.

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How to Choose a CRM to Support Your Fundraising Efforts

OneCause

For many successful organizations, the center of their fundraising technology is a nimble CRM, or customer relationship management system. What is a CRM system? Before we go any further, let’s be more specific about what we mean by a CRM system. Before we go any further, let’s be more specific about what we mean by a CRM system.

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Technology policies and practices to leave behind in 2025

Candid

Stop leaving technology out of your strategic plans An organizations strategic plan is shared widely, both internally and externally, to map out its diligence, effectiveness, and direction. Yet, one thing is still often missing from so many of them: technology.