Getting Your Systems Talking: Options for Data Integration
Event details
Presented by Laura Quinn from Idealware
Is your data stored in too many places? Are you struggling to create a list of your constituents? You're not alone. In this session, we'll talk through the options for integrating data from multiple systems, including spreadsheets, integrated systems, programmatic feeds, data warehouses, and more. We'll include a discussion of software features that will help with integration woes.
Price: $20 for NTEN members and Idealware e-news Subscribers, $50 for non-members
Event Materials
Resources for Data Standards
www.fundsvcs.org
www.supportingadvancement.com
(and ask your vendor for standards specific to your software)
Integrated Packages
Convio, Kintera, Democracy in Action, MemberClicks, Raiser's Edge, iMIS, GivenGain, CiviCRM (and many more)…
Raisers Edge Resources
Data entry standards: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TRE_Users/
Firms that have developed connectors for RE: Jacobson Consulting, Heller Consulting
Consultants and Consulting Firms that Help Nonprofits with Integration
Beaconfire
Jacobson Consulting
Heller Consulting
Database Design Associates
Exponent Partners (strategy)
Robert L. Weiner (strategy)
For More Information
The Great Open API Debate
Vendors discuss their approach to API in NTEN's open conference call
Getting it All in One Place: Data Integration Strategies
The powerpoint presentation from a seminar, and several other articles, that talk about various methods of using automated connectors
The Integration Proclamation
Unhappy with the integration options available? Sign the Integration Proclamation to put your support behind an initiative that is pushing for vendors and funders to help make integration easier

