Laura,
I highly encourage you to watch/listen to this Alliance for Biking and Walking webinar on choosing a database or CRM. Also, I've listed some other articles and resources to check out. Remember that there are discounts for nonprofits and organizations like TechSoup offer many free or heavily discounted products. Also, I echo Sam's recommendation about working with what is most simple and figuring out what you need as you grow. Choosing and implementing a CRM is not an easy decision and process by any means, so I wish you the best of luck.
On 02/13/2015 10:00 am, Laura Biren wrote:
Hi all,I am interning at a volunteer-run non-profit called the Community Bike Project in Bellows Falls, VT. We've been around about a year and a half now and have been quite successful! We're excited for what the future holds but one thing we are trying to do now is organize our infrastructure by putting everything we can into a database (volunteer information, inventory, bike donations, events, individual donations, memberships, etc). We've been looking into CiviCRM, and getting an external host for that, but before we commit to anything I am hoping to hear any feedback/comments anyone might have on what systems you are using?? Thank you!
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