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Microsoft

Democratize your data with Power BI

Imagine for a moment that you’re a hardworking development team member with a never-ending list of regular projects. A meeting pops into your calendar. It’s from your Chief Development Officer and is entitled “Analytics for Board Meeting.” or you get a Teams chat from the Chief Program Officer asking for “Year to Date Performance to

Karen Harris Melendez July 23, 2025

Heller Consulting says nonprofits have a lot of options for fundraising in Microsoft in 2025. A set of brightly colored cupcakes demonstrate the choices.

CRM

Microsoft fundraising choices for nonprofits

In the ever-evolving landscape of nonprofit technology, Heller Consulting has been at the forefront of leading nonprofits through the adoption of innovative fundraising solutions tailored to their unique needs. The robust capabilities of the Microsoft environment offer nonprofits a comprehensive approach to support their fundraising workflows. Whether nonprofits leverage product solutions built on top of

Jett Scott Winders January 27, 2025

Microsoft

Goodbye, Microsoft Great Plains!

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 they will do between now and 2029, when support ends for what is now called

Catherine Moore, MBA, CCMP December 9, 2024

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Team Heller

Heller Expands Microsoft Practice with CRM Development Expert

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 software development, database administration, CRM migrations, custom API implementations, and development operations. She has

Lyndal Cairns December 1, 2024

Marketing Automation

7 Helpful Marketing Capabilities for Nonprofits from Microsoft 2024 Product Release Wave 2

If your nonprofit is looking for software that supports more complex marketing capabilities, consider adding Microsoft to your list. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Insights combines modern content development and marketing automation with a powerful segmentation engine that can leverage unified constituent profile data from multiple sources. It’s a good option for nonprofits that want to

Kaia Swift August 2, 2024

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Technology Strategy

Microsoft’s Latest Update to Its Nonprofit Solutions: What You Need to Know for 2025 Planning

At Heller Consulting, we continue to stay current on the latest developments impacting the world of nonprofit technology. We also take pride in being technology-agnostic and transparent with our clients and our readers. With that in mind, we’re sharing a recent update regarding Microsoft’s offerings for nonprofit organizations, as you build your 2025 fundraising plan.

Kaia Swift July 16, 2024

Microsoft

What Nonprofits can Accomplish with Microsoft Copilot AI

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to make headlines, you might be thinking more about how your nonprofit should be using AI. It can help to understand what tools and capabilities are available and how you can start preparing to use them. A great place to start is to understand the Copilot AI functionality that is

Kaia Swift June 25, 2024

Technology Strategy

Get More Out of Your Nonprofit’s Current Technology

When you have an immediate challenge that needs a solution, it’s easy to turn to “point” tools, or software tools aimed at solving a particular problem. But here’s something to consider: These days, there are lesser-known features in the software you’re probably already using from vendors like Microsoft and Google that might be just what

Kaia Swift June 14, 2024

Fundraising

How Nonprofits Can Enhance Blackbaud Data with Microsoft Tools

If your nonprofit using Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT as your fundraising CRM, you have a powerful tool to manage your donor relationships and fundraising campaigns. But did you know that you can also leverage Microsoft’s cloud-based tools to enhance your data management, analysis, and marketing? In this blog post, we will share some of the

Kaia Swift April 12, 2024

Technology Strategy

How to Get Started with AI for Your Nonprofit

As a nonprofit professional, you might be excited about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) for nonprofits. You might also feel uncertain about, and even overwhelmed by, the possibilities: What could AI help your nonprofit do? Should you start using AI now? How do you get started? What AI tools should you adopt? It’s a

Kaia Swift February 16, 2024

Microsoft

Donor Prospect Research Just Got Easier in Microsoft Fundraising and Engagement

2024 NOTE: Microsoft is moving toward the retirement of the Fundraising and Engagement solution for nonprofits. After December 31, 2026, Microsoft will no longer implement security updates for Fundraising and Engagement, and there will be no further technical support for the solution. Heller Consulting can help you assess other options for fundraising on the Microsoft

Kaia Swift January 9, 2024

CRM

How to Make Confident Nonprofit Technology Choices in 2024

The rapid pace of change in nonprofit technology has been on my mind a lot this year. This summer, I wrote an article about the shifts in nonprofit technology that are bringing exciting new products and capabilities to the sector. Meanwhile, as the pace of nonprofit technology innovation accelerates, technology decisions are becoming more complicated.

Kaia Swift November 9, 2023