by Oz du Soleil | Nov 22, 2013 | Case Studies, Data Management, Data Management for Nonprofits
Last night I taught the 3rd of a 3-session private workshop in a nonprofit organization. The initial conversation was from the nonprofit’s IT Director, Margo, who requested, “We’re upgrading to Excel 2013 and would like someone to come in and show us...
by Oz du Soleil | Aug 23, 2013 | Case Studies, Data Management, Excel Geekdom
Yes yes! This is the spicy part of Excel, right here. Somebody’s out there in the world with an idea or a need for an app that will make them richer, more accurate, happier, smarter or all of those. In many instances an app is as close as a search in Bing,...
by Oz du Soleil | Aug 21, 2013 | Case Studies, Data Management
Following is an example of how graphing was a critical part of getting to the bottom of a minor crisis. An agreement had been made based on numerical data and monthly averages. However, in the 3rd month of the agreement the numbers were bizarre and far outside of any...
by Oz du Soleil | Jul 10, 2013 | Case Studies, Data Management, Excel Geekdom
Rachel Esralew and I are leading Sriracha Smackdown Round II: The True Sensation. This will be a Google Hangout where many of us will sample and rate the joyful joy of various brands of sriracha. ♦♦ One night I stumbled across Rachel’s...
by Oz du Soleil | Apr 29, 2013 | Case Studies, Data Management, Data Management for Nonprofits, Spreadsheet Development
NONPROFIT FUNDRAISING: PART 2 In my previous blogpost, Nonprofit Fundraising: The Cost of $1, we looked at a fundraising campaign that generated $2026.02 after laying out $1099 in expenses for a net gain of $927.02; and we determined that it cost 54¢ to raise every...
by Oz du Soleil | Apr 16, 2013 | Case Studies, Data Integrity, Data Management, Data Management for Nonprofits
Steve, the nonprofit Volunteer Coordinator, has a meeting with the Executive Director and a major donor in 3 hours, and Steve needs data! The canned reports in the cloud-based CRM aren’t formatted for details on volunteers, but Steve believes he can manually...
