I've been thinking a lot about data integration lately. It's always been a significant and distinctive part of our approach. It was therefore a natural to contribute to Idealware's wonderful framework for evaluating data exchange programming tools for nonprofits.
 

I just started a data management assessment for a new client with my colleague Emily Graham. The organization uses a dizzying array of contact and process management tools from rolodex to high end commercial nonprofit CRM software. A custom-developed Microsoft Access database sits squarely in the middle.