How One Nonprofit Connected Donors, Volunteers, Events, and Fundraising Data

Many nonprofits have the information they need. It's just spread across different systems. Donor data in one platform. Volunteer activity in another. Event attendance somewhere else. Sponsorships, auctions, and fundraising campaigns tracked separately. When information is difficult to connect, it becomes harder to understand supporter engagement, personalize stewardship, identify fundraising opportunities, and report on organizational impact. In this Speed Learning Session, Amanda Coburn, Director of Advancement at Vanderburgh Humane Society, shares what changed when her team brought donor data, volunteer activity, events, sponsorships, auctions, and fundraising campaigns together in one place. Amanda discusses practical lessons learned, including how connected data improved supporter visibility, helped uncover highly engaged supporters, simplified reporting, and reduced day-to-day operational friction. In this session you'll learn: ✔ How bringing donor, volunteer, event, and auction data together changed supporter visibility ✔ Why some of the most engaged supporters may be hidden across disconnected systems ✔ Lessons learned from donor acquisition campaigns and fundraising events ✔ Why capturing supporter data is just as important as capturing donations ✔ Practical ways to improve visibility and stewardship, even if you're not ready for a technology change ✔ How Vanderburgh Humane Society approached data migration and platform selection Ready to improve supporter visibility at your organization? Schedule a nonprofit technology strategy call: 👉 https://www.giveffect.com/schedule-a-... Learn more about Giveffect: 👉 https://www.giveffect.com/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:34 The challenge of disconnected supporter data 02:34 Meet Amanda Coburn and Vanderburgh Humane Society 05:03 What supporter information looked like before everything was connected 06:40 Signs they had outgrown disconnected systems 08:29 Discovering supporters they didn't fully see before 11:34 Supporter activities nonprofits often overlook 13:48 The most important information to capture at events 15:05 Why supporter data matters beyond fundraising 16:51 The hidden cost of disconnected systems 18:13 One practical step nonprofits can take in the next 30 days 19:54 Why Vanderburgh Humane Society chose Giveffect 21:08 What Amanda wishes they had tracked years earlier 21:47 Data migration lessons learned 24:02 How connected data changed stewardship and fundraising 25:22 Audience Q&A 27:16 Closing remarks #nonprofitcrm, #nonprofittechnology, #donormanagement, #volunteermanagement, #nonprofitfundraising, #donorengagement, #nonprofitoperations, #fundraisingsoftware, #nonprofitdatabase, #supporterengagement, #nonprofitevents, #nonprofitdatamanagement, #nonprofitleadership, #donorstewardship, #nonprofitreporting