As the Director or an executive in a non-profit organization, you’re quite aware
of the dramatic differences between the fund raising efforts of a non-profit, and
the sales efforts of a regular organization. The good news is, both 4Thought and
Salesforce.com also understand those differences!
Move beyond old school donation methodologies and organize, share, and automate
the donation process. Quit asking people who have just given to give more, and start
asking the people who have given plenty, but not lately, to help again. The Salesforce.com
non-profit edition is built around the unique needs of fund-raising and fund-distributing
organizations and Salesforce will even donate a free 10 user version to most non-profits!
However, as all who have worked with CRM know, obtaining the system is a small part
of putting it into place, tailoring it to your processes, and bringing your users
up to speed.
4Thought fills that gap by providing experience both in non-profit organizations
in general, and expertise in the specific non-profit version made available by Salesforce.com.
Move away from emailing Excel spreadsheets or Access databases between your employees.
Enable all employees to share vital, yet secure information among themselves so
that they can get their jobs done faster. Empower management to see in real-time
the status of summarized fund raising activities, or even drill into a specific
situation in-depth.
Implementing regular Salesforce.com is quite different from implementing their non-profit
version. Terms, Forms, Reports, and some database structures are all changed to
accommodate the specific situations that surround the non-profit environment. Leverage
the people that know the environment and can help you bring organization, process,
and increased funding to your non-profit!