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Advancement Reporting Some of the reasons advancement reporting fails, and some solutions for improving. Annual Fund Sample Data Request Standardizing the request process for annual fund. John Starritt & Bryan Mack. Business Intelligence for Advancement Presentation on BI concepts for advancement. Changing BI Economics The changing economics of business intelligence. Robert Frances Group. Changing BI Economics Business intelligence (BI) can be loosely defined as the ability to use decision support tools to do real-time information analysis in order to provide mission critical information to the organization. Choosing a Report Writing Tool What are the decisions you need to make in choosing a report writing tool? Closing the Fact Gap The Intersection of Information, Action, and Accountability. Business Objects. Crystal Reports Some tips and tricks when using Crystal Reports. Lori Lasansky. Data Sharing What would the advantages be of sharing data at a granular level across institutions? Data Warehouse Building your advancement data warehouse, the foundation of all your reporting efforts. |
Data Warehousing Directory of schools using data warehousing. Data Warehouse Session 1 presentation on building your data warehouse from the Blackbaud Higher Education Forum. Associated podcast. Donor Stewardship Reports Strategies for preparing and managing these important reports for donors. Final Campaign Report A final campaign report for institutional governance requires special considerations. By providing direction and ideas to advancement management on the format and structure, you can help plan the development and implementation of this important strategic document. Final Countdown Campaign reporting with sample reports, charts and graphs. Scott Fendley. Information Requests UC Riverside's output tracking system is a more automated way to deliver information to campus. See the following documents for details. Overview of system. User's guide. Robb Drury. Kimball Group Consulting firm providing data warehouse expertise. Articles, design tips and more. Mailing Lists Best Served Fresh It is important to remember a few things when sending out a mailing. Chris Waller. Managing Scripts Good strategies for managing SQL scripts will increase your programming efficiency. Orgnet.com White papers and information on social network analysis. |
Report Conversion Strategies Reporting is the most intensive and difficult part of any system conversion. You need to carefully manage the process to be able respond to your user community’s needs while still making progress. Report Standards Suggestions for reporting standards and improving report development efficiency. Reporting 101 Presentation from Michael Dotson on reporting techniques for Raiser's Edge. Reporting Essentials Some of the basics for successful annual fund reporting strategies. Mike Westfall. Sample Scripts A number of example scripts that you can use to help build your data warehouse. Sample Tables Some ideas for tables that you can use in your advancement/development data warehouse. Spreadsheet Tips & Tricks Some tips and tricks for one of our most used reporting and analysis tools. Sub-Reports Report development using sub-reports. John Starritt. Teaching Report Writing Some help to make your report writing classes more effective.
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A Simple Score Over the years I’ve become an avid mystery fan. Though the subject matter of these “dramas” can be gruesome, I find them wonderfully distracting and more than a little entertaining. Five basic pieces of information that will save you money and generate more revenue. Peter Wylie. |
Best Prospects are on the Internet If you're not engaging on-line, you're leaving money. Peter B. Wylie. Boire Filler Group Vendor providing strategic data solutions with a number of articles. E-Analysis Analysis techniques for e-news and other mass emailing. Richard Kellar. GIS and Data Mining An experiment with results (We Hope!). James Johannesson. Predicting Pledge Fulfillment Peter B. Wylie presents some ideas on using your data to predict pledge fulfillment. Prospect-DMM Data Mining Listserv for fundraisers involved in data mining. Seven Questions Seven questions for your data mining efforts. John Taylor and Jonathon Lindsey. |
The 80-20 Rule Sports, Fundraising and the 80-20 Rule. Peter Wylie. What's in a name? Are donor dollars related to how long their names are? Peter B. Wylie. Where Alumni Money Is Finding money by analyzing patterns in data. Peter B. Wylie. Review of Peter Wylie's book.
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