by Oz du Soleil | May 31, 2015 | Being a Good Analyst, Data Integrity, Data Management for Nonprofits
I found this blog a few months ago: NonProfit With Balls (NWB). The blogger is Vu Le and this guy loves data as much as I do. He says that if data were syrup, he’d put it on his soy ice cream. If you know me, I’d say that capsaicin is the edible form of...
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 | 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 26, 2013 | Data Management, Data Management for Nonprofits, Spreadsheet Development, Tips
Nonprofits, by their definition, are primarily funded by the public. That means they’re always fundraising. It helps a nonprofit to know: How much did it cost to raise $1? Nonprofit fundraising can get complex, time-consuming and expensive, sometimes...
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...
