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How Mock Parallel Provides You the Confidence to Move Forward with an Implementation
How Mock Parallel Provides You the Confidence to Move Forward with an Implementation What is mock parallel? For most organizations, a database transition is a big commitment. If your new system isn't ready on the official go-live date, the financial and opportunity...
Thinking Forward Instead of Looking Backwards
Thinking Forward Instead of Looking BackwardsIt's now more important than ever that you consider your investment in technology...At Sleek Consulting we have been managing fundraising and engagement technology since 1991. We have worked on about 200 successful system...
Why it’s STILL a great time to be a fundraiser
Why It's Still a Great Time to be a FundraiserBy Melanie J. Norton, CFRE, MBA Founder and CEO Norton Philanthropic CounselShare thisStrategy Will Always Drive Fundraising Success, Even After COVID-19This decade started in a way no one would...
8 Reasons To Switch From The Raiser’s Edge To Salesforce
8 Reasons to Switch from Raiser's Edge to SalesforceShare this Free Data Conversions*We know that COVID-19 has taken a toll on our customers. Non-profits, K-12, higher education, and healthcare are getting hit hard, so we wanted to help. Data...
Salesforce Education Cloud Consultant Certification Exam
Education Cloud Consultant Certification Exam Q&A with Chris Parker HuntSalesforce released a new education cloud consultant certification at the end of 2019. Chris Parker Hunt, Sleek’s VP of Strategic Programs, took the Education Cloud Consultant exam at the tail...
Pardot: Marketing Automation for Higher Education Organizations and Non-Profits.
Pardot: Marketing Automation for Higher Education Organization and Non-ProfitsPardot is a marketing automation solution provided by the world's #1 CRM, Salesforce. It’s typically pitched as a B2B solution, but we’ve found that it’s also a powerful solution for...
8 Tips In Increase Your Productivity In The Raiser’s Edge
8 Tips to Increase Your Productivity In The Raiser's Edge Fundraising databases have loads of functionality, but with so many features, some inevitably get overlooked. Whether you are a beginner or a Raiser's Edge expert, here are 8 tips to help you increase your...
The Ultimate Advancement System Implementation Guide: An Overview
The Ultimate Guide to Advancement Systems Implementations A series of articles with tips, tricks, and specific tools for ensuring you have a successful implementation within your budget and timeline Other Articles In this Series: An Overview What Do Your...
2024 QSS™ for Education Cloud Showcases/Webinars
Join us for a virtual technology open house! We hope you're as excited as we are about the release of Salesforce's Education Cloud. This will be the only industry-specific solution for educational institutions to include the cutting-edge functionality that some...
Maximize the Return on Your Screening Dollars
Wealth screening tools are a powerful element of the fundraiser's arsenal. But are you using yours the right way? We're sharing strategies to help you screen your donors like a prospect management pro. If you're paying per screening, it's worth taking the time to make...
Digital Interactivity: Engage with Forms, Live Dashboards, and Gamification
What makes someone decide to give you their time or money? How do you increase engagement in our digital world? We want to show you a set of tools designed to get people involved. If one of the most important factors in a donor's decision to give is how much they...
Disrupting Legacy Gift Club Process: Automated, Personalized Engagement and Stewardship
What if you could enhance your donor engagement and stewardship with more personalized touchpoints and reduce the burden for your team? Let your system take your donors on a journey from tailor-made gift asks through to gift club membership and stewardship. At Sleek,...
21st Century Fundraising: Plan for Planned Giving
21st Century Fundraising: Plan for Planned Giving Take the guesswork out of planned giving! Identifying planned gift prospects and picking the right time to solicit a gift has historically been a complex process. It doesn't have to be anymore. We've got an innovative...
21st Century Fundraising: Making Annual Giving Easy
21st Century Fundraising: Making Annual Giving Easy Do you worry that your annual fund team won't reach their fundraising goal? If annual giving is a source of stress at your organization, it's time to consider whether your team has what it needs to fundraise...
21st Century Fundraising: Personalized Communication at Scale
21st Century Fundraising: Personalized Communication at Scale You used to have to choose between personalized communication and efficient communication. It simply wasn't feasible to hand-craft a letter to every prospect. But what if you could automate it? What if you...
21st Century Fundraising: Know Your Naming Opportunities
21st Century Fundraising: Know Your Naming Opportunities Have you ever lost track of an in-kind gift, picture, or plaque? If a donor randomly drops in, how easily can you find their named brick, room, or chair? Do you have a complete inventory of all your donor's...
UCI’s Advancement Department Goes Live Remotely During COVID-19 Pandemic.
Going Live During The Pandemic – UCI Goes Live Remotely With The Salesforce™ PlatformShare this The University of California, Irvine's Advancement Department is part of a large public research university in the Higher Education market. At the...
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December Webinar: Underutilized Salesforce Features
Are you taking full advantage of your investment in Salesforce? Salesforce is chock full of great features, and more are deployed with each release. At Sleek, we spend a lot of time in Salesforce. We work in systems that support all kinds of organizations, from 1 or 2...
Webinar: What Your Gift Officers Really Need – Strategies for Supporting Your Fundraising Team
How much of your gift officers' time do they actually spend meeting with donors? Probably not enough. And a lot of that comes down to the toolset you provide them. In this webinar, we looked into what gift officers are truly thinking and what they need to succeed. We...
Sleek’s Biggest Dreamforce 2024 Takeaway
Sleek’s Biggest Dreamforce 2024 Takeaway Dreamforce, Salesforce's flagship event, delivered a wave of exciting innovations and fresh ideas this year, especially for those interested in AI and automation. Sleek’s CEO, Sabre Leek, and QSS™ Product Manager, Trevor...
Friars Give Success: Providence College Breaks Records with QSS™ for Salesforce
Friars Give is Providence College’s (PC) annual giving event. It’s a day for alumni, students, parents, faculty, and staff to rally together to represent their class year, state, affiliation group, and their college. It’s as exciting a time for the school’s students,...
What you should know about Salesforce’s Elevate retirement
Four years of Salesforce Elevate: Reflecting on the tool and the path forward If you haven't heard, Salesforce announced the retirement of their online giving solution, Elevate, last year. Nonprofits and higher education organizations that rely on the tool for their...
How to Implement Salesforce and Keep Finance Happy: PCOM Invests in a QSS Integration
In 2023, the Advancement Department at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) decided the limitations of their ERP system, Banner, had become problematic enough to seek a new solution. Anyone in advancement who has worked with Banner is familiar with...
December Webinar: Underutilized Salesforce Features
Are you taking full advantage of your investment in Salesforce? Salesforce is chock full of great features, and more are deployed with each release. At Sleek, we spend a lot of time in Salesforce. We work in systems that support all kinds of organizations, from 1 or 2...
Webinar: What Your Gift Officers Really Need – Strategies for Supporting Your Fundraising Team
How much of your gift officers' time do they actually spend meeting with donors? Probably not enough. And a lot of that comes down to the toolset you provide them. In this webinar, we looked into what gift officers are truly thinking and what they need to succeed. We...
Sleek’s Biggest Dreamforce 2024 Takeaway
Sleek’s Biggest Dreamforce 2024 Takeaway Dreamforce, Salesforce's flagship event, delivered a wave of exciting innovations and fresh ideas this year, especially for those interested in AI and automation. Sleek’s CEO, Sabre Leek, and QSS™ Product Manager, Trevor...
Friars Give Success: Providence College Breaks Records with QSS™ for Salesforce
Friars Give is Providence College’s (PC) annual giving event. It’s a day for alumni, students, parents, faculty, and staff to rally together to represent their class year, state, affiliation group, and their college. It’s as exciting a time for the school’s students,...
What you should know about Salesforce’s Elevate retirement
Four years of Salesforce Elevate: Reflecting on the tool and the path forward If you haven't heard, Salesforce announced the retirement of their online giving solution, Elevate, last year. Nonprofits and higher education organizations that rely on the tool for their...
How to Implement Salesforce and Keep Finance Happy: PCOM Invests in a QSS Integration
In 2023, the Advancement Department at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) decided the limitations of their ERP system, Banner, had become problematic enough to seek a new solution. Anyone in advancement who has worked with Banner is familiar with...
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