NPO’s have always faced great challenges integrating data systems in order to increase efficiencies and simplify complex reporting. This is becoming more of a mission-critical task all the time, with donors and funders looking for richer examples of how we meet our social bottom lines. But, the task just became more complex, as more and more of our data lives on external systems like Salesforce.com and ETapestry. How can we best meet these new challenges, and what tools do we need to be aware of to help us succeed?

Takeaways:

1. Grounding in the basic approaches to data integration (understand the meaning of acronyms like ERP, SaaS and BPM)
2. General knowledge about what tools are out there and how to find the appropriate ones
3. Deeper understanding of the trade-offs in outsourcing applications versus keeping them in-house

Speaker List:

1. Peter Scott Campbell

Session Materials:

1. Session slides

Watch a Video of the Session:

• Part I
• Part II
• Part III
• Part IV
• Part V