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Nonprofit Password Management

December 29, 2022 by Jeremy DeLong Thinking in: Strategy, Support Tips

Bank vault door

What does password management look like at your nonprofit organization? While you may have password setting policies in your systems (see our Salesforce password security tips here for ideas), do you know how your users are storing their login information? Are passwords saved in browsers, on physical notepads, and/or in shared documents? Is there even… Read More

Nonprofit Technology Processes: The Key To Maintaining Clean and Healthy Systems

December 27, 2022 by Kristen Beireis Thinking in: Non Profit Tips, Support Tips

Keys to nonprofit technology processes

Historical records are important. When the people who experienced what’s been tried, adapted, and improved are no longer around for us to talk to, these records provide valuable information to learn from. We create delicious food by following the steps on a notecard with an old family recipe. Most great family recipes handed down have… Read More

Nonprofit System Administrator Role In the Technology Movie

December 5, 2022 by Kristen Beireis Thinking in: Non Profit Tips, Strategy, Support Tips

Nonprofit System Administrator Role in the Technology Movie is Director

This year has solidified just how crucial tech is and will be, long-term in nonprofits, and an Administrator is a necessity. Whether you are an “accidental administrator,” or an intentional one, you are the one who leads any technology project and maintains the system once it’s implemented. The nonprofit system administrator has a very important… Read More

IT Solutions for Nonprofits – Why engage with a managed service provider?

December 4, 2022 by admin Thinking in: CRM/AMS, Strategy, Support Tips

IT Solutions for nonprofits - Cloud Computing

A guest post by our partners at CloudScale 365. When you work for or manage a nonprofit organization, you are usually limited in resources and need to do multiple activities internally or by yourself. Often you need to fight IT challenges, which are vital for your organization’s success and security. Some of them are data… Read More

Nonprofit Technology Project Management Tips for a Smooth Ride

December 2, 2022 by Kristen Beireis Thinking in: Non Profit Tips, Strategy, Support Tips

Nonprofit Technology Project Management Race Car

It’s quite a trip to go down the road of getting a new website, CRM, or other system. All too often, nonprofit technology projects are like taking a cross-country road trip riding in an Indy 500 race car: driving into curves so fast the wheels come off the ground and screeching into turns as your… Read More

Shiny New Nonprofit Technology? Don’t Forget the Batteries!

October 31, 2022 by Lesley A. Carter Thinking in: Non Profit Tips, Strategy, Support Tips

Shiny New Nonprofit Technology Batteries

Ah, your organization has just upgraded to a shiny new nonprofit technology system. The staff has been learning how to use it, you’ve made sure everyone has access, and you’re excited to reap all the benefits this new system can offer. Once you’ve unwrapped the package and started playing, it’s easy to become so enamored… Read More

Nonprofit Programs Need Technology That Drives The Mission

October 28, 2022 by Kristen Beireis Thinking in: Non Profit Tips, Strategy

Nonprofit Programs Planning

Most of my career has been in marketing where I had the opportunity to play with all sorts of online technologies from CRM’s, to websites, to autoresponders and more. Then I picked up my marketing skills and decided to put them to use for good in the nonprofit world. I had several jobs in Volunteer… Read More

Nightmare Salesforce Naming Conventions: So, What’s in a Name?

October 2, 2022 by admin Thinking in: Salesforce, Support Tips

Good and Bad Name - Spelled in Cubes

When you hear the phrase “naming conventions,” you may think mostly about the technical implications – if you’re a nonprofit Salesforce Admin who’s ever relabeled a field in Setup, for example, you’ve seen the warning about how the change can impact merge templates. But how you name Objects, Fields, Flows, Profiles, Roles, Groups, List Views,… Read More

Scary Stories of Nonprofit Technology Projects

September 30, 2022 by Michelle Paul Thinking in: CMS/Websites, CRM/AMS, Non Profit Tips, Strategy

Scary Stories of Nonprofit Projects - Ghost Picture

Do you have scary stories of nonprofit technology projects from the past? Does it make the hair on your neck stand up every time you think about using a particular system? Are you terrified at the very idea of adding a new tech tool at your organization? How many nonprofits could sit around a campfire… Read More

Salesforce Workflows & Process Builder: Plan for the Future, Nonprofits

September 7, 2022 by Dana Phillips Thinking in: Salesforce

The future of Salesforce automation is Flow, and the future is now! In the Winter ‘23 Admin Countdown, Salesforce has mapped out the release schedule for a series of changes, starting this fall, meant to move everyone over to Flow. Soon, you will see some differences in the Workflows & Process Builder features in your… Read More

Nonprofits Updating PHP: It’s More than Just Clicking the Update Button

September 6, 2022 by Jeremy DeLong Thinking in: CMS/Websites, Support Tips

Subject To Technical Issues Chalk Writing

As we’ve written about before, your technology systems are comprised of many different software components, each with their own expected upgrade cadence.  These updates are often critically important for addressing serious security risks, and falling behind can also impact your site’s speed and performance. If your website needs the latest PHP major version upgrade (from… Read More

Nonprofit Technology Needs to Pivot Towards the Future

September 2, 2022 by Kristen Beireis Thinking in: Non Profit Tips, Strategy

DJ mix board

In the Great Tech Pivot of 2020, nonprofits cobbled together technology that would work in a pinch to get them through the pandemic. Now does your nonprofit need to pivot towards the future? Have you ever heard someone try to mash up a couple songs that didn’t quite go together? Maybe they’re in the same… Read More

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