February 18, 2014
4 tips for keeping your donor database healthyIn the same way our bodies do, keeping a database healthy requires consistent work. This post gives you some practical methods for achieving database health, or what is sometimes referred to as reachability, a focus on answering the questions, "can you contact everyone in your database to…
Read ArticleJanuary 13, 2014
Flex importer updates – detailed review, improved error reporting, and “undo”Flex Importer is the tool in LGL that lets you import any kind of information about your donors and their related activities. It has always been flexible and powerful, but we've recently made it a lot better too. Here's a quick summary of the new…
Read ArticleJanuary 13, 2014
Data security and Little Green Light “After people, data is your most important resource.” -- John Kenyon Introduction We're often asked, "How secure will my data be in LGL?" Being in the cloud, we certainly understand where the question is coming from. Typically, assessing risk in relation to data and IT…
Read ArticleJanuary 4, 2014
Simple ideas for Little Green Light data cleanupCleaning up your donor database can seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. With these simple ideas, you can get your Little Green Light database in shape quick—and just in time for your fall fundraising appeals! Identify and merge any duplicate records If…
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Join LGL’s new Refer a Friend programLittle Green Light is delighted to announce the launch of our Refer a Friend program, which is open to all LGL customers. When you participate in this program, you and your friends will be rewarded every time one of your referrals becomes a paying LGL…
Read ArticleSeptember 12, 2012
Mailings 2.0 release preview mail merge made easyWe're excited to announce the release of a major upgrade to the mail merge features that are built into Little Green Light, currently slated to go live in mid-October 2012. This release builds on and improves the existing mail merge features in LGL, with the…
Read ArticleMarch 13, 2012
Little Green Light release preview for April 2012: Customize and schedule reportsWouldn’t it be nice if you could build a report one time, and then be able to re-run it with a couple clicks whenever you want a fresh copy? Or even better, have LGL run it for you on a schedule and email you the…
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Little Green Light software release preview for April 2012: Combine multiple queries and save your searchesWe will release a major upgrade to LGL in early April 2012. In this release, we have added a lot of power to the advanced query features, which we will preview here. Read more about the details below. Simple by default, powerful when you need…
Read ArticleJanuary 13, 2012
Keep your donor information safe with Little Green LightI recently read a good blog post by a group that adapts Salesforce for nonprofits, describing how a nonprofit board didn’t want to move into “the cloud” because they felt the cloud wasn’t secure enough. Six months later their town was hit with a major storm…
Read ArticleJanuary 13, 2013
Little Green Light makes in-person fundraising simpler and fasterPeople used to primarily gather in empty classrooms or meeting rooms in houses of worship to strategize about raising money. This still happens, but with today’s busy schedules, this close collaboration can be more challenging to achieve. This is part of why we decided to…
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