Choosing a Database
Selecting the best database for your organization can go a long way toward improving operations and translating meaningless data into information you can actually use. Know your organization’s data management needs but are having trouble selecting the right tool? Paralyzed by choice or confused by buzzwords and jargon? NPower recently hosted a brown bag workshop to help nonprofit staffers get clarity on database options in terms of cost, features, and ease of implementation.
Selecting the best database for your organization can go a long way toward improving operations and translating meaningless data into information you can actually use. Know your organization’s data management needs but are having trouble selecting the right tool? Paralyzed by choice or confused by buzzwords and jargon? NPower recently hosted a brown bag workshop to help nonprofit staffers get clarity on database options in terms of cost, features, and ease of implementation.
Slide Deck
Handouts
This packet includes several tools to help in the database selection process, including:
- An organization process map table sample
- A functional requirements outline sample
- A software features priority map sample
- Software selection matrix
- Links to additional resources
