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How to Improve Donor Retention: 3 Surprising Strategies from Top-performing Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Try sending a quick survey right after a donation or adding a simple poll to your next email. Their donor database grew by 50%, and they hit 75% of their major fundraising target earlier than expected. Short, frequent polls or quick one-question surveys after a gift can tell you a lot about your donors. Just by asking.

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10 Donor Data Migration Decisions: Q&A with Gary Carr

3rd Sector Labs

We asked several interesting poll questions to open the event, and the wrapped with a Q&A session. The purpose of this post is to share the results of both the polling and the Q&A. The polling results. Database / tech staff = 27%. A few comments about the poll results. The poll is non-scientific.

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SingleStore raises additional $36M to grow its database business

TechCrunch

SingleStore , a provider of databases for cloud and on-premises apps and analytical systems, today announced that it raised an additional $40 million, extending its Series F — which previously topped out at $82 million — to $116 million. According to a Fivetran poll , 82% of companies are making decisions based on stale information.

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The Top Five Mobile Messaging Trends for Fall 2024

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This can include real-time Q&A sessions, polls, quizzes, and user-generated content initiatives. Segmentation for targeted messaging: CRM systems enable sophisticated segmentation of supporter databases. Interactive and collaborative experiences: Creating interactive experiences through mobile messaging is another growing trend.

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Neon nabs $30M to build a scalable cloud service for Postgres databases

TechCrunch

Neon , a startup providing developers with a serverless option for Postgres databases, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series A-1 round led by GGV with participation from Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Founders Fund and angel investors. “Most cloud database platforms charge based on availability.

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More fundraising software = more data headaches

3rd Sector Labs

Start with contact databases, donor management systems, and CRMs. All that, and we aren’t touching on the implications of accounting, systems integrations, data warehousing, ad hoc databases, and search. Well, for starters, every system, software or technology mentioned has its own database. There’s a lot.

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Why Continued Training Is Necessary For CRM Success

TechImpact

According to a recent poll, one of the largest complaints CEO, CIO, and CTO’s receive about new technology is that their staff does not understand what exactly they need to be using the new software for. Fundraising General Tech CRM data database donation donors fundraising Mobile Fundraising nonprofit nonprofit technology npTech'

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