Software integrations through Mightycause to help your nonprofit work smarter.
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Most of us juggle an array of applications in our daily work lives. In the space of five minutes, we might toggle from a word processing app to a task manager, with an active chat going in Slack with a colleague, then switch to our inbox to read a new email, and stop to read a notification from our calendar app reminding us of a meeting in 10 minutes. The modern nonprofit workplace is run on this kind of multitasking, and supported by a closely-woven net of apps that serve specific purposes. And the more apps we have, the more essential it becomes to ensure they're all talking to each other. That's where software integration comes into play.
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Understanding Software Integration
Software integration essentially acts as a bridge from one app to another, so you don't end up with isolated data.
In recent years, many nonprofit organizations have switched from expensive databases to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions. These are web-based applications that you can sign up for and start using online, without the need for custom installation, set up, or training. With SaaS, you don't need a dedicated expert to use the application, complex data migration, physical installation, or any of the processes that used to make deciding on nonprofit software such a headache. You can get up and running faster, with less effort and investment. The company automatically updates the software, so your team will always have the most up-to-date version. And many of the SaaS solutions on the market are designed to easily integrate with other applications, rather than locking your organization in to one company and software suite.
Mightycause is a nonprofit SaaS solution that is designed to work on its own, and play well with others. On Mightycause, our software engineers have built integrations with tools we know our customers use, such as Salesforce and MailChimp. These are called native integrations, since they were built by us, and allow data to flow easily from your nonprofit's Mightycause account to another app. This saves you the trouble of exporting data and manually uploading it later. If each app your nonprofit uses is a town, our native integrations are a direct road from one town to another.
Another type of integration is Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), which allows you to connect one app to another, even if there's no direct or native integration available. To use the town metaphor again, iPaaS solutions are a bridge that lets you travel from one town to the next when there's no road built connecting them.
Whether you're using a native integration or an iPaaS solution, software integrations save your nonprofit time and effort. It allows for cleaner and more efficient data management, and saves you the hassle of purchasing big, heavy-duty software that locks you into one company's product.