Just the other week I had the pleasure of speaking with a group of fundraising consultants in DC. These consultants serve nonprofit clients exclusively, and were having trouble finding proper guidance on donor management software. There were two main challenges at hand: (1) they couldn’t find an objective perspective on
Disasters can be, well, even more disastrous to law firms because their responsibility to protect client data does not dissipate post-disaster. In fact, former ABA President Steve Zack was quoted as saying, “They [law firms] must represent the client competently and diligently, safeguard client’s property, and maintain client confidentiality and
A cloud is a cloud is a cloud, right? Absolutely and positively not. Especially not when what is being advertised as a “cloud” solution is really only partially rooted in cloud computing. When it comes to really digging into Microsoft Office 365 and a hosted desktop platform (otherwise referred to
No matter how advanced technology gets, the unfortunate fact of the matter is that it won’t last forever. Your staff’s machines will begin to show signs of slowness after about 3 years. After 5, you’ll be lucky if they’re running anywhere close to full capacity. Your servers will start generating
For nonprofits—of the 501c3 variety especially—properly managing your donations, the life of each donation, and your donors themselves is absolutely critical to the success of your organization and the advancement of your mission. This, by extension, means that choosing your donor management software is not a task to be taken
Office moves are a hassle. There’s just no way around it. Even if you’re moving up to bigger and better things, the process of picking up your entire firm and placing it back down somewhere new is incredibly complex and stressful–and that’s before money even enters the picture. Having served the DC
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