Last week the hardware came in for our Sage awards. We are delighted to be the top Sage MIP Fund Accounting Business Partner. What this represents to us is the trust many nonprofits have put in us to be their advisor when it comes to technology and financial systems. It also represents a significant responsibility.
We regularly explore ways to make sure that our relationship with our clients is the strongest it can be. We host two INNOVATE conferences each year in order to provide best practices and training to our clients and have another opportunity to meet face to face. We will do the same in 2011. We are also hosting a number of regional user group meetings – again we’ll put together a strong agenda but we also look forward to being together in person and hearing feedback and ideas from our clients. The first one is coming up next month in Chicago, so if you’re in the area, we’d love to see you there.
We’ve also made a commitment to social media as another channel of client communications. We’ve got the blog (and would love to get some comments from you, suggestions for blog posts, etc.), we’re on Twitter @jmtconsulting, Facebook JMT Consulting Group, and we’ve recently redone our web site www.jmtconsulting.com. We want to hear from you.
As we begin a new year, it is satisfying to close out a successful and even award-winning year, but already the focus has shifted to what’s ahead of us. Thank you for your support of JMT Consulting and we look forward to working with you to make your 2011 a great year for your nonprofit and those you serve.
Tom Thornton
Chief Operating Officer, JMT Consulting
Tom brings over 15 years of experience with software solutions for not-for-profit and public sector organizations as part of Micro Information Products, Sage and nFocus Software. Tom’s extensive industry and operational experience allow him to guide the overall execution of all aspects of JMT’s business including Marketing, Sales, Delivery and Support.
In addition to his experience in professional services, sales, and business development with software solutions, Tom was Director of Product Management for Sage Software, where he was responsible for new product development for all of their nonprofit accounting and fundraising solutions. Under Thornton’s leadership, Sage MIP Fund Accounting received three consecutive Campbell Awards recognizing MIP’s extremely high user satisfaction.
Your organization recently decided to modernize your purchasing system in Community Brands MIP, the technology grant you applied for was awarded, or you are simply researching your options. That is great news! Now what? Now you need to figure out which purchasing system will best suit your needs. The topics of modernizing, centralizing or decentralizing,…
The number of ERP solutions suitable for nonprofit accounting is growing, and making a decision on which one to go with can be tough. The following is a hard-nosed look at two platforms that have been around for decades, but have managed to keep up with market demand in an increasingly competitive landscape. Before we…
Many nonprofits walk a razor-edge financially. Nonprofits address society’s most difficult issues, compete for limited funding and struggle to find and keep qualified staff to run their organization. A new report by Oliver Wyman, SeaChange Capital Partners, and GuideStar, which examines the finances of more than 219,000 U.S. nonprofits, reveals sobering realities: Around 50% have…
Donors want to know if their donations are impacting the work of your nonprofit through its mission. Increasingly, this means telling your story through numbers—something that nonprofits don’t always do well. Marc J. Epstein, co-author of the book, Measuring and Improving Social Impacts: A Guide for Nonprofits, Companies, and Impact Investors, says that “The need…