Jon Stahl's Journal » Databases

We’re hiring (again!) at Groundwire

Jon Stahl — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:27:16 +0000

We’ve got two open positions at Groundwire right now: one for a CRM database consultant and one for a manager for our “Groundwire Labs” innovation program. Both are incredible opportunities for a creative, entrepreneurial social change technologist who wants to join one of the most accomplished teams in the nonprofit sector.

I’ve been here for nearly 14 years, so I’m happy to field any questions if you’re thinking about applying!

CRM Consultant

We need an experienced CRM Consultant to build customized databases that transform the effectiveness of the environmental movement. Our ideal candidate brings to the table client-facing consulting experience, project management experience, and a technical understanding of database design & development.

Read the job description and apply online

Groundwire Labs Manager

We are now looking for someone to run Groundwire Labs. As the Groundwire Labs Manager, you’ll lead Groundwire’s R&D investments and define the cutting edge of how we use technology to help organizations to do a better job of engaging their communities. It’s all with an eye to our mission of building a sustainable society.

Read the job description and apply online

Groundwire is seeking a kick-ass CRM consultant

Jon Stahl — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:10:31 +0000

Groundwire’s Salesforce CRM consulting practice continues to grow explosively, and we’re again looking to hire a smart, passionate CRM consultant to build engagement and organizing databases for our environmental movement client organizations. This is a great opportunity to work at the cutting edge of nonprofit technology and to be part of a tight-knit, collaborative team.

Full details at:

http://groundwire.org/about/jobs/CRM-Consultant

If this is you — please apply! If you know someone that fits, please pass this along!

ONE/Northwest Is Hiring a Database Consultant

Jon Stahl — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:26:32 +0000

Our database consulting practice here at ONE/Northwest is continuing to boom. We’re looking to add another database consultant to our team here in Seattle:

http://www.onenw.org/about/jobs/CRM-Consultant

Come help us build next generation relationship management systems for kick-ass environmental groups!

Plone and Salesforce Update

Jon Stahl — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:11:23 +0000

My colleague Andrew Burkhalter has posted the first part of an update on our work to integrate Plone with Salesforce.com.

Big props to Jesse Synder of NPowerSeattle and Brian Gershon of the Web Collective for their work to drive this important integration work forward.Â Open-source collaboration is really beautiful to see.

Steve Andersen and the Future of Salesforce for Nonprofits

Jon Stahl — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:20:45 +0000

My colleague Steve Andersen just got back from Salesforce’s Nonprofit Roadmap Summit, upon which he reported back favorably.

But, ever the modest one, Steve neglected to mention that there was a nice little video of him reporting out from a brainstorming session on the future of Salesforce’s nonprofit CRM platform.

I’m fortunate to get to see Steve in action every day. But for those of you who don’t, this will have to do.

More Process Maps

Jon Stahl — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:24:56 +0000

Steve Andersen continues his series of relationship management process maps with a great “donation procesing” map:

ONE/Northwest Will Soon Be Hiring

Jon Stahl — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:59:03 +0000

We’re swamped with demand for database consulting work. So much so that we’ve decided to expand the team here at ONE/Northwest. My colleague Steve Andersen, our Database Program Manager, has the scoop:

Iâ€™m not so much looking for someone to work for me, but with me. I want these kinds of skills to help us build our program beyond the 10 implementations weâ€™ve done to date. Weâ€™re going to be very focused on meeting the needs of the small environmental groups as well and looking at sharing data between groups, as well as sharing data up to coalition efforts. The voter file is an interesting data set that weâ€™ll be working with extensively this year. Weâ€™re doing some cutting edge work, things Salesforce.com hasnâ€™t ever done before. Itâ€™s really fun.
ONE/Northwest is a great place to work. Salesforce.com is an amazing platform to work on. The Northwest (and Southwest Canadian) environmental movement is a movement that is winning and making change. And because Salesforce.com is web-based, Iâ€™m happy to consider remote office arrangements. The only drawback to all of this is you would have to work with me. Drop me a line if you want to chat: steve at onenw.org.

We’ll have an official job announcement out soon, but consider this early notice.

Donor Management Process Mapping

Jon Stahl — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:55:29 +0000

One of the best things about working at ONE/Northwest is the fact that I get to sit across the room from brilliant people like Steve Andersen. Over the past few months, Steve has been doing some amazing work helping our small- to mid-sized environmental organization partners build effective relationship management systems.

One of the deep pieces of wisdom Steve brings to the table is the insight that successful database projects aren’t actually about technology — they’re about helping groups understand their business processes. And Steve has developed some amazing techniques for helping groups make process maps of their relationship management processes.

They look something like this:

Why is this helpful? Well, until a group really understands what they’re trying to do, it’s impossible to give them the right tools to support it. Steve has finally started to write up some of the results of this work. The first two maps he shares show how a group we work with work with donors to get them to the point of being ready to ask for money, then how they go about actually executing that ask.

As former ONE/Northwester Dean Ericksen commented on the Salesforce Nonprofit email list, “In a world of nerd-wonkery, this is high-art.”

Great stuff. I can’t wait for Steve to unroll the next couple of installments.

NTEN Open API Summary

Jon Stahl — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:32:18 +0000

NTEN recently published a solid little paper by Michelle Murrain and Katrin Verclas that sums up the state of open APIs in the nonprofit CRM sector. It’s an important read if you believe in the importance of integrating tools.

There’s a lot of good stuff in this short paper, and I particularly appreciate that they make a clear distinction between “same machine” or “internal” APIs, which are only accessible to programs written in the same language running on the same machine, and web services or “externally accessible” APIs that can be used by any program, written in any language, running anywhere.

NPower Seattle is Hiring!

Jon Stahl — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:54:04 +0000

My friends over at NPower Seattle are looking for database and network consultants, both staff and contract. It’s a great opportunity to do meaningful work with one of the most effective nonprofit technology outfits out there.