Why Salesforce? A Content Relationship Manager gifted by the Salesforce Foundation Presented by www.idealistconsulting.com A Few Reasons… • Good Cause: Private sector helping to advance the public sector with more than just talk…Product, Equity and Time. • Affordability: Nonprofit gift delivered at a quarter of the price of similar database solutions. • Accessibility: Web based solution allowing you to utilize volunteers, interns and staff more effectively. Utilize Mac and/or PC interchangeably and reduce the need to upgrade and maintain hardware and expensive networks. • Security: Web based solution allowing to forgo the need for backups and providing a safe environment for your data. • Tried and Tested: Used by more than 2000 qualified nonprofit organizations world wide. • Best of Breed: The most affordable, dynamic CRM on the market for Nonprofit organizations. • Support: Contact Idealist Consulting or other Nonprofit Partners to support you with your adoption of Salesforce. • Dynamic: Manage track and report on… constituent data, fundraising campaigns, volunteer opportunities, memberships, donations, grants and much more. Good Cause Salesforce foundation concentrates on the use of technology, specifically as it relates to organization with youth development programs. Fostering a culture of caring through… • • • Product: The Salesforce Foundation gifts Content Relationship Managers to help support the Nonprofit Community. Equity: give a financial leg up to non-profits—both large and small—that are in need. Time: Their employees give freely of their time and expertise, feeding the homeless, tutoring kids, improving nonprofit spaces, and offering hundreds of helping hands when the world is faced with devastating natural disasters. To learn more visit… www.salesforcefoundation.org The Foundation has offices in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY, U.S., London, U.K., Dublin, Ireland, and Tokyo, Japan. Affordability The Salesforce Foundation gift program provides… • • • • 10 Enterprise Edition licenses of Salesforce.com (value $15,000 per year). Free online training Free upgrades Ability to avoid hidden costs traditional in other CRM’s (See Diagram) *Subscription fee waived for nonprofit organizations. Proof of 501 (c)3 required Accessibility The Salesforce web based (Web 2.0) solution provides advantages… • • • • • • • Data back ups not required. Access your database anywhere in the world. Intermingle hardware (Mac and PC). Intermingle software (Windows, Linux). No network necessary. Enhanced security of data. Storage of documents online. *High speed connection strongly recommended Security Salesforce.com provides state-of-the-art security to ensure that your customer data is never compromised. • Experience: Experienced, professional engineers and security specialists dedicated to round-the-clock data and systems protection. • Advanced Technology: Continuous deployment of proven, up-to-date security technologies, including proprietary products developed for salesforce.com. • Evaluation: Ongoing evaluation of emerging security developments and threats. • Redundancy: Complete redundancy throughout the entire salesforce.com online infrastructure. • Holistic: Total commitment to a secure, scalable, private, collocated system (unlike a hosted system arrangement, salesforce.com manages all aspects of its operations). *Reference hand out for more information. Tried and Tested This award-winning Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application is beneficial to nonprofit organizations worldwide. It is currently being used by more than 2000 qualified nonprofit organizations. Best of Breed Based on a survey conducted by techsoup.org Salesforce outranked or matched the standard Nonprofit CRM’s in the following categories: Modifying Records Fund Tracking Gift Tracking Pledge Tracking Reports And More *Reference hand out for more information. Support Idealist Consulting is dedicated to supporting nonprofit organizations through technical, organizational and promotional development. As a Salesforce Foundation partner we know that there is no better way to achieve this goal than through the adoption of Salesforce.com CRM. With the help of the Salesforce Foundation, Idealist Consulting has delivered Salesforce implementations to nonprofit organizations dedicated to social services, environmental protection, business ethics, philanthropy, education, disaster relief, local government, theatre development, and others. To learn more contact us directly… Idealist Consulting www.idealistconsulting.com 503.889.8832 *You may also reference the Salesforce foundation for a list of other partners to assist you with your build out. Dynamic Manage Track and Report on… • • • • • • • • • • • Constituent data Fundraising campaigns Appeals Events Courses Volunteers, Interns, Staff Memberships Staff Calendars Email & Phone correspondence Donations & Grants and much more.