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Recognizing how essential your donors are, you want to manage them well so that you're making appeals to the right people and following up with thank yous and funding reports in a timely manner.  The caveat is that you need to keep the cost of that donor management tool within your tight budget.

You can download the Consumer's Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems and then join us for our June Ask the Expert with Laura Quinn and Eric Leland.  Laura, Director, Idealware completed the analysis of the data while Eric Leland, Five Paths Partner, performed the research for the report. During this sesssion, you'll have a chance to ask YOUR questions about Donor Management Software.  

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NTEN and Idealware have teamed up to help you out with this important decision with an  impartial, detailed comparison of 33 different donor management systems (also called donor databases) that cost less than $4250 in the first year.

We provide two reports—the first 48-page Consumers Guide includes an overview of common features in donor management system, comparisons and summaries of all 33 systems we reviewed, recommendations for which systems best meet common nonprofit scenarios and a directory of consultants who can help you in this area.

The second 85-page document provides detailed reviews of twelve systems—Common Ground, Donation Director, Donor Perfect, DonorPro, eTapestry, Giftworks, Mission Assist, Neon by Z2, Orange Leap MPX, Sage Fundraising 50 and Total Info. For each each system, we walk through the functionality offered for each of 127 criteria.

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Laura Quinn has been working in the software sector for more than twelve years. As Idealware’s Director, she directs Idealware’s research and writing to provide candid reports and articles about nonprofit software. Prior to Idealware, Laura founded Alder Consulting, where she helped nonprofits create internet strategies, select appropriate software, and then build sophisticated websites on a limited budget. She has also selected software, designed interfaces and conducted user research for multi-million dollar software and website implementations with such companies as Accenture and iXL. Laura is a frequent speaker and writer on nonprofit technology topics.

Eric Leland has spent the last 13 years working with progressive organizations tackling online and offline technology challenges. As the Founder and Director of Leland Design, Eric focuses on strategic technology planning, website and database planning, development and implementation for progressive health and human services organizations, human rights and environmental advocacy groups. Eric served as the Director of TechCommons at TechSoup.org, one of the nation's most comprehensive nonprofit technology assistance organizations. Eric managed nine technology activists seeking solutions to systemic nonprofit technology issues, leveraging the latest online community tools to engage nonprofits and solution providers to contribute to lasting solutions. Eric is very active in nonprofit and technology circles. He serves on the board of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, and as a member of the Tech Underground and the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network.

How's It Work?

This will be an online chat event where you will listen on the phone and simultaneously sign into a live chat. This event is only available to NTEN members, so if you aren't - become a member today!

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