Reviews (141)
Review: Capacity Commons
- Monday, 29 July 2019
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- Written by Danielle Loughnane
According to the Independent Sector’s, “The Value of Volunteer Time” - an average hands-on volunteer saves a nonprofit $25 an hour. If that volunteer is skill-based or pro-bono; they save a nonprofit $150 per hour. Pro-bono volunteers are volunteers that leverage their specialized skills. This includes everything from event coordination, legal counsel, and job skills training. For instance, a lawyer would work with a nonprofit for free to give legal advice to their constituents. While there are thousands of nonprofits that could benefit from skill-based volunteers - just as many pro-bono volunteers ready to help – the issue is how do they find each other?
Read more...Review: ThankView
- Tuesday, 11 June 2019
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- Written by Danielle Loughnane
ThankView makes it easier to acknowledge your donors after an event, volunteer activity, or a donation. Throw away your “Thank You” cards, use your stamps on another project, and put your pen back in the cupholder. ThankView is an effortless way to express gratitude to the donors that are supporting your mission.
Read more...Review - Sage Intacct
- Monday, 13 May 2019
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- Written by Danielle Loughnane
As a financial management software, Sage Intacct is used by nonprofits from all different industries whether a faith-based organization, educational nonprofit organization or nonprofit health organization. The site boasts that it allows nonprofits the ability to aggregate transactions and real time analytics. For most nonprofits who rely on accounting to manage donations and keep their 501© status- it’s important that they purchase a reliable accounting platform.
Read more...Review: MemberSuite
- Monday, 15 April 2019
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- Written by Danielle Loughnane
“[MemberSuite] came into this space with the premise of providing software as a service to the member base organization space and provide new technology,” explained Natalie Cheney, CEO of MemberSuite. While association management software isn’t new (according to Cheney it’s been around since the 90s), MemberSuite is a fresh take on a relatively unchanged industry. MemberSuite was able to disrupt the space by providing cloud-based capabilities that their competition didn’t have.
Read more...Review: Personify360
- Monday, 18 March 2019
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- Written by Danielle Loughnane
Personify is a software suite that is compact with tools and products that enable nonprofits to manage their donors and grow their organization. Through their various products, charities can connect with their donors and grow their reach. For This review will be focusing solely on Personify360- a robust constituent management software for nonprofits and charities.
Read more...Review: Biznet
- Monday, 18 February 2019
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- Written by Danielle Loughnane
“We make excel reporting fun!” Biznet’s website boasts. That’s a tall order considering a person only has to type the words, “hate excel” in any web browser to get a long list of articles and rants on why Excel is literally the worst. There’s even a book by Kelly Conaster and Patrick J. Burns entitled, I Hate Excel. So the real question is, does Biznet live up to their claim?
Read more...Review: Verified Volunteers
- Monday, 21 January 2019
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- Written by Danielle Loughnane
For the past five years, Verified Volunteers has been the only volunteer management platform that exclusively serves the nonprofit community. This has enabled nonprofit organizations the ability to connect with volunteers in their area. With an easy-to-use dashboard and the ability to be notified if a volunteer’s status has changed, Verified Volunteers offers inexpensive, fast, and secure service to national and local charities around the country.
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Review - Data.World
- Monday, 07 January 2019
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- Written by Danielle Loughnane
Big Data continues to grow and 2019 won’t be any different. More and more nonprofits are utilizing software and applications that allow them to analyze data relevant to their organization. Whether it’s analyzing a data set about the donors they do have or finding a file that gives them insight on future donations, data sets are crucial to solving problems that are hindering an organization from flourishing.
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Review: Give Lively
- Monday, 03 December 2018
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- Written by Danielle Loughnane
Upon visiting Give Lively’s website, the message is clear; “We build better fundraising tech and give it away for free.” That’s quite the promise to live up to but Give Lively stands by it. In fact, the website also boasts that Give Lively will forever be free. A nonprofit organization interested in the software may wonder what the catch is. According to Media and Communications Manager, Molly Trerotola, there is no catch. Give Lively is fully philanthropist funded which allows the platform to be free for all 501(c)(3) nonprofits and charities in the United States.
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Review: Noah AMS
- Monday, 12 November 2018
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- Written by Danielle Loughnane
Nonprofits today will invest in a CRM or a Customer Relationship Management platform with a goal of improving donor relationships. A good CRM platform employs many methods to help nonprofits attract donors. These tools can includes website management; integrations; and content management, making it easier for charities to engage benefactors. Noah AMS is no different. With the capability to execute events; organize registration; create donor websites while functionally on the cloud; users have many of the tools needed to manage the relationships with their benefactors.
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