Clean data is at the heart of a well-functioning nonprofit but how can you lead your org to good data housekeeping? Here’s our advice. The first message hits at 9:07am. It’s a heads-up from your fundraising lead that ...Read More

Donors increasingly expect the same level of service from their nonprofit beneficiaries that they get from the corporations they regularly engage with. It is driving a technological revolution in the cause sector, with smart nonprofits leveraging tools and platforms that ...Read More

There are a plethora of ways to move to a new CRM and over the years, we have tried them all. Decades of experience has taught us that a CRM roadmap is critical to the success of our nonprofit clients, ...Read More

Microsoft has announced it is sunsetting its Great Plains accounting software after decades in the market. With few peers in terms of longevity, we decided to look into why so many nonprofits stuck with Great Plains so long, and what ...Read More

Blackbaud’s release of new Raiser’s Edge NXT capabilities has come as an early holiday present for data admins, who have been waiting nearly a decade for an updated query engine. Many team members charged with data management are ...Read More

The veteran nonprofit tech bench at Heller Consulting has been augmented with the hire of Karen Harris Melendez as our Microsoft Practice Business Lead. Karen brings to the practice more than 25 years’ experience working with nonprofit organizations in roles including ...Read More

Peer-to-peer fundraising nets U.S. nonprofits $1.1 billion per year and many are interested in getting a slice of that pie. But how can you make sure your technology and tools are up to the task? Get the skinny. What is ...Read More

If your advancement org is typical, you’re faced with the challenge of making donor and alumni engagement more effective with technology that you may have used for 10, 15, or even 20+ years. It lacks the features and functionality you need to ...Read More

Many higher education advancement teams are ready to implement more sophisticated approaches to donor and alumni engagement. But to do so, they need to move away from their aging software. They need technology that gives them better access to their ...Read More

Giving season is upon us. It’s an exciting time, with 26% percent of all online revenue coming in December. It can be easy to feel overwhelmed but focusing on a few key areas can help you work more efficiently and ...Read More