Ready to do away with double donation data entry? There’s an app for that.
Have you ever found yourself entering donation data into your database, and then having to enter it again into your financial management software? Duplicative data entry is not only frustrating, but it creates a higher risk of human error, and takes you away from doing more important, mission-focused work. That is exactly why NPower designed the CRM to QB Link app. Thanks to generous funding from Microsoft, CRM to QB Link was created as part of Tech Soup's App It Up program. Read more...
Have you ever found yourself entering donation data into your database, and then having to enter it again into your financial management software? Duplicative data entry is not only frustrating, but it creates a higher risk of human error, and takes you away from doing more important, mission-focused work. That is exactly why NPower designed the CRM to QB Link app. Thanks to generous funding from Microsoft, CRM to QB Link was created as part of Tech Soup's App It Up program.
You might be asking, what is an app? Short for “application,” an app is essentially a piece of software with limited functionality, usually developed for a special purpose. Most of us think of mobile apps when we hear the term, bringing to mind games like Angry Birds or mobile music apps such as Spotify. Apps can also be plug-ins that add functionality to existing technology.
TechSoup and Microsoft set out to learn more about nonprofit app use to determine what it would take for nonprofits to utilize apps, and what apps would be most useful for the average organization. TechSoup kicked off the process by conducting a survey to determine how many nonprofits are using apps, what the barriers to use are, and what sort of apps organizations would like to see developed.
In response to an expressed need, TechSoup and Microsoft worked with NPower to develop the CRM to QB Link app. The app converts and integrates data from Microsoft Dynamics CRM into QuickBooks financial management. Data can be entered into Dynamics CRM (or other software) and quickly imported into QuickBooks. The app is available for $100 with a low $10/mo support fee that includes standard upgrades and up to three incidents per month. Visit the database consulting page of our website to learn more about app pricing and availability.
Be sure to check out TechSoup’s App It Up Showcase to learn about the latest and greatest apps by and for nonprofits. And stay tuned with the App It Up program as TechSoup continues to explore their role in supporting app use.
- Mandi Moshay
