Raiser’s Edge Management Consulting

Raiser’s Edge™ Consulting

When you purchased Raiser’s Edge™, you made the right decision! Now let’s take the next step of optimizing your Raiser’s Edge™ database to help you achieve your fundraising goals and objectives. Whether it’s through one-on-one staff training, consultation regarding the strategic use of all areas of Raiser’s Edge™ or redesign of an existing database, I can help take the pain out of the process. I listen to your needs and provide expert advice on how to proceed with even the most challenging projects.

 

Temporary or long term Database Management

The oversight of your Raiser’s Edge™ database is a vital component of your success with Raiser’s Edge™. Whether it’s because of staff turnover or a leave of absence, the sudden loss of your Database Administrator or your key Raiser’s Edge™ personnel can be challenging for organizations. I can help with your temporary or long term database Administration needs. I can step in quickly to help you keep your fundraising projects on track.

 

Raiser’s Edge™ Audits

Sometimes getting started is hardest part of successful database management. If you aren’t sure what needs to be done or where you should begin, an Audit is often a great first step. I review your database from top to bottom and provide you with a full written report outlining potential problem areas in your database, data integrity issues, underuse of key modules in Raiser’s Edge™, and suggestions for redesign of your database. Using this report, we can then work together to develop a plan of action to bring your Raiser’s Edge™ structure in line with your fundraising goals and objectives.

 

Custom Report Building

Raiser’s Edge™ provides more than 100 report templates to meet your fundraising needs. Sometimes, organizations need additional options. When this is the case, a custom Crystal Report is often a good option. Crystal Reports integrates easily with Raiser’s Edge™ and allows users to easily run customs reports from the Reports section in Raiser’s Edge™. If your staff are spending many hours outside of Raiser’s Edge™ to compile statistics for your Board of Directors, Executive Directors or Volunteer leaders, it may be time to think about creating a custom Crystal Report.

 

Design and Restructuring

Database clean-up can be challenging and time consuming. Why not leave it to an expert? After listening to your needs, I can help you develop a plan of action and then provide the needed expertise to help you make global changes to your database. Whether it’s your Addressee/Salutations, Attributes, or Constituent Codes, a carefully coordinated database design will allow you to produce the data you need without the need for extensive work outside of Raiser’s Edge™.

 

Policy and Procedure Manual

Regardless of the size of your organization, every Raiser’s Edge™ database benefits from the existence of an update-to-date Policy and Procedure Manual. I often hear from organizations that they simply don’t have time to draft these important documents. I can help you create or update your policies and procedures to ensure that you don’t overlook the important step of documenting your use of Raiser’s Edge™ or key procedures.