About this episode

Tricia Marsherall discusses the importance of clean data and effective donor databases for nonprofit fundraising success.

Tricia Marsherall, founder of Donor Database Experts, has seen it all: nonprofits convinced their database is broken, teams without a shared definition of "major gift," and the costly mistake of switching systems to solve a strategy problem. In this episode, she shares what thriving fundraising operations actually look like — and the preventative care every nonprofit needs. Resources Mentioned Connect with Tricia on LinkedIn Donor Database Experts | Knowledge Hub Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't | Jim Collins Read More on the Learning Edge Blog

People in this episode

Guest: Tricia Marsherall

Topics covered

• clean data
• fundraising strategy
• donor databases
• nonprofit operations
• data management

Keywords

• clean data
• fundraising
• donor databases
• nonprofit
• strategy
• data management
• major gift

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Donor Database Experts

Books & works: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't

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