ITC Suitability of Solutions

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How well do solutions we're exploring meet our requirements?

Costs

CivicSpace (with best modules, no new coding)

Our CivicSpace installation

Drupal (with best modules, no new coding)

cnvc.org website

BlackBaud "NetCommunity"

BlackBaud "The Raiser’s Edge"

BlackBaud "The Financial Edge"

BlackBaud "The Information Edge"

NVC's QuickBooks

Initial costs (money and volunteer/staff hours)

$0

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$0

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Ongoing yearly costs (money and volunteer/staff hours)

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Urgent requirements

CivicSpace (with best modules, no new coding)

Our CivicSpace installation

Drupal (with best modules, no new coding)

cnvc.org website

BlackBaud "NetCommunity"

BlackBaud "The Raiser’s Edge"

BlackBaud "The Financial Edge"

BlackBaud "The Information Edge"

NVC's QuickBooks

Contact management

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Fundraising

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Event scheduling

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Affiliation groups

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lists

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Collaborative workspaces

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no

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Email Interface

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some

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Forums/chat rooms

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no

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Access control

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International enough

good

good

good

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Secure enough

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Supports enough browsers

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good

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Easy enough to use

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possibly

possibly

possibly

possibly

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Legend:

Little or no support

Some support

Good support



Important (but not urgent) requirements

CivicSpace (with best modules, no new coding)

Our CivicSpace installation

Drupal (with best modules, no new coding)

cnvc.org website

BlackBaud "NetCommunity"

BlackBaud "The Raiser’s Edge"

BlackBaud "The Financial Edge"

BlackBaud "The Information Edge"

NVC's QuickBooks

Content management

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manual

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Web feeds

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no

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Trainer Certification Management

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E-commerce

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E-learning

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some

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High enough volume

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Good enough support

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Stable enough vendor

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Legend:

Little or no support

Some support

Good support



Nice-to-have requirements

CivicSpace (with best modules, no new coding)

Our CivicSpace installation

Drupal (with best modules, no new coding)

cnvc.org website

BlackBaud "NetCommunity"

BlackBaud "The Raiser’s Edge"

BlackBaud "The Financial Edge"

BlackBaud "The Information Edge"

NVC's QuickBooks

Instant messaging

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no

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Blogging

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no

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Polls and surveys

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no

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Webcasts

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no

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Video conferencing

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no

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Project management

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no

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Online resource integration

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IT support for local NVC groups

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no

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Payroll

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no

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Open source

Online/offline integration

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Legend:

Little or no support

Some support

Good support




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