You likely know the value of collecting data about your donors and other constituents. It helps you better understand your supporters and program recipients so you can improve your marketing, fundraising, and program delivery. But are you gathering and using ...Read More

Managing your nonprofit’s volunteer program can get complex. You have to communicate with volunteers and track who they are, what volunteer jobs and shifts they’re filling, what hours they work, and more. Having the right volunteer management software ...Read More

Are you concerned about data security for your nonprofit organization? If so, you aren’t alone. Here at Heller Consulting, we’re hearing from many of our clients that donor and constituent data security is their number one priority this ...Read More

Microsoft’s recent launch of Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit takes the Fundraising and Engagement solution and makes it a full-service nonprofit toolset that includes volunteer management, engagement with all types of supporters, and program management tools that will allow you ...Read More

If you’re using Raiser’s Edge and you want to incorporate more customer relationship management (CRM) approaches into your fundraising, but find that Raiser’s Edge doesn’t support them, you have some options: One is to stay on ...Read More

Twenty-five years ago, when Keith Heller first launched Heller Consulting (back when all fundraising systems were on DOS!), nonprofits selected a technology and a provider that came closest to meeting their functional and budgetary requirements. Today’s requirements and solutions ...Read More

Most of the articles on this blog are about nonprofit technology. But from time to time, we find it important to share what goes on behind the scenes at Heller Consulting. Last year, we wrote about our work around diversity, ...Read More

By now, you’ve probably heard about the technology offerings for nonprofits that have been coming from Microsoft. In case you haven’t, we’ve written about the growing potential of Microsoft solutions for nonprofits, and we continued to keep ...Read More

If your nonprofit has been using Raiser’s Edge for a long time to support fundraising activities, you might be wondering if it’s time to move to another solution. You might find that it doesn’t support some of ...Read More

If you’re thinking about moving to a new constituent relationship management (CRM) system, you aren’t alone. Every day, nonprofits consider a change for a variety of reasons: Maybe their current CRM system is going away. Or their CRM ...Read More