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Keeping Your Data CleanCassie Hunt and Wendy Jaccard
Cassie Hunt and Wendy Jaccard | October 20–22, 2010 | Page #2
Topics
� Why worry about data integrity?
� Measuring the ROI
� Questions to ask Yourself
� Data Management Tools
� Case Study #1: Database Assessment
� Case Study #2: Starting from Scratch
� Increasing Data Integrity using Raiser’s Edge
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The Impact of Bad Data
� Returned mail:
– Lost donations.
– Wasted resources.
� Loss of trust internally:
– Anecdotal incidents live on and become ‘fact.’
� Unhappy constituents.
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Return on Investment of Data Integrity
� Cost to raise a dollar.
� Increased donor satisfaction.
� Increased level of trust from colleagues.
� Allows additional staff members to input data.
– Training is still the key.
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Understanding Data Management
� How should data management be prioritized?
� Who is responsible for data management?
� How much information is too much?
� When should you stop searching?
� How automated can data management be?
� What can be assumed?
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Reactive Data Management
� Addresses are updated as mail is returned.
� Obituaries are sought when a memorial gift comes in.
� Debriefings after visits.
� Correct individual instances of bad data.
� Clean information in shadow systems, not in RE.
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Proactive Data Management
� Constant monitoring and cleaning of your data.
� Expanding your internal team.
� External efforts to refresh data:
– Alumni directory project.
– Rewards for finding lost alumni.
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Data Integrity Tools: At a Cost
� Address update service
� National change of address
� ObitFinder
� AlumniFinder
� Blackbaud delivered:
– AddressFinder
– DeceasedRecordFinder
– EmailFinder
– PhoneFinder
– AddressAccelerator
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Data Integrity Tools: Free Resources
� Social Security Death Index
� Legacy.com
� Switchboard.com, whitepages.com
� Social Media Sites: LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.
– What constitutes stalking?
� Your staff and volunteers
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Data Integrity in a Complicated Shop
� Challenges when you are the ‘golden source’ for data…and when
you are not.
– Who owns parent data?
– Who owns student data?
– Does “new” info trump “confirmed” info?
– Which sources do you trust the most?
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The Nitty Gritty:
Using RE to Identify
(and Solve!) Data Problems
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Two Perspectives
� Performing a mid-stream database assessment.
� Setting your database up correctly from the start.
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Performing a Mid-stream Database Assessment
� Where to begin:
– Record counts:
• Admin/system statistics
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What does this tell us?
� Signs of program maturity.
� Indicators of database usage.
� Value of constituent records.
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Performing a Mid-stream Database Assessment
� Where to begin:
– Code table review.
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Performing a Mid-stream Database Assessment
� Where to begin: Code table review.
� Ask Yourself:
– Can I define all of my table values?
– Can some be combined?
– Can some be inactivated?
– What tables are not being used?
– What tables have inconsistent values?
– What is duplicative?
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Code Table Review: Common Problem Areas
� Addressee/Salutation table
� Ratings
� Titles
– Lt.
– LT
– LT.
– Lieutenant
� Relationships
� Benefits
� Profession/Industry
� Solicit codes
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Performing a Mid-stream Database Assessment
� Where to begin:
– Record counts:
• Admin/System statistics
– Table review:
• Common problem areas.
– Attribute review:
• Information that has a natural location elsewhere.
– Detailed record review:
• Chairman of the Board is a good place to start!.
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Rule of Thumb #1
When looking at data integrity,
focus on the quality of the
information first, and how
it is used second.
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Rule of Thumb #2
Build your data integrity
queries around your
policies and procedures.
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Data Integrity Queries
� Track in a separate folder that is checked routinely:
– Appoint a ‘data czar.’
� Be disciplined:
– When you see one example, create a query to search for others.
� Use the queries for initial cleanup, then ongoing maintenance:
– An empty data integrity query is a good query.
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Data Integrity Queries: What to Look For
� Think about pieces of data that tie to others.
� Example:
– If deceased equals ‘yes’, then:
• Spouse’s marital status should equal ‘Widowed.’
• Constituent should be off all mailing lists.
• There should be no open pledges.
• Solicitor assignments should end.
• Salutations should be updated for spouse.
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Data Integrity Queries: What to Look For
� Think about pieces of data that tie to others.
� Then turn it around:
– If deceased equals ‘no’, then:
• There should not be a deceased date.
• There should be no memorial gifts.
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Data Integrity Queries: What to Look For
� Think about pieces of data that tie to others.
� Example:
– If someone has a ‘No Contact’ solicit code, then:
• Constituent should be off all mailing lists.
• Constituent should be marked ‘Inactive.’
• There should be a notepad explaining the reason behind the code.
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Simple Data Integrity Queries: Biographical
� Title versus gender, addressees and salutations:
– Gender versus title.
– Gender versus spouse title.
– Gender versus other relationships.
� Reciprocity of relationships.
� Activity level of constituents.
� No valid addresses vs. send mail vs. inactive.
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Data Integrity Queries: Start Simple
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Data Integrity Queries: Start Simple
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Simple Data Integrity Queries: Gift
� Gifts marked as ‘Unacknowledged’ or ‘Not Receipted.’
� Open pledges with last payment date over 3 years ago.
� Funds aligned with incorrect campaigns.
� Anonymous gift vs. anonymous person.
� Gifts from those marked ‘no solicit.’
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Data Integrity Queries: Deceased with Pledges
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Easy Cleaning in Raiser’s Edge
� Default/limit funds to campaigns and appeals to funds.
� Export/Clean/Import:
– Never, ever export without an import ID!
� Global change/Global add/Global delete.
� Use default sets for constituents, actions and events.
� Making fields required.
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Using Gender with Relationships
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Using Gender with Relationships
� Options for Cleanup:
– One-by-one
– Global Change
– Export Clean Import
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Starting From Scratch
� Where to begin:
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Questions?
Cassie Hunt, Bentz Whaley Flessner, chunt@bwf.com
Wendy Jaccard, Blackbaud, wendy.jaccard@blackbaud.com
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