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Baseline Questionnaire - Launching Salesforce

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This baseline guides the Assessment Phase and helps us understand your organisation, as well as your processes and staff activities that make it work. If any thing is unclear, please chat with us. The questionnaire is in-depth - it should take 10 to 20 mins to complete if you already have a clear project. Be as accurate as you can and consult your colleagues - put the time in now. It will save you time, and cost you less in the long run. If needed, you can "Save and Resume" the form, to continue with the questionnaire later. A copy of your completed form can be emailed after you submit it.

Please note, this questionnaire is the intellectual property of Connect Solutions. Copying or sharing it with others outside your organisation is strictly prohibited.

Your Name(Required)
Are you a registered nonprofit organisation?(Required)
Are you a registered public benefit organisation (PBO)?(Required)
Ie. why do you exist?
Please note: there are some detailed questions later. Here we are interested in big picture activities.
Have you identified a staff member to administer Salesforce, once it has been implemented?(Required)
Ie. Jane Blog, janeblog@organisation.org
eg. Who will give input and be available for clarifying any questions we might have? Do you have a staff member with Salesforce expertise who would need to be involved?
Feel free to attach an organigram below, if that helps
Accepted file types: doc, xls, ppt, pdf, png, gif, jpg, Max. file size: 64 MB.
Following files types are allowed: .doc, .xls, .ppt, .pdf, .png, .gif, .jpg
Choose the package discussed with your Connect Solutions consultant...(Required)
Does your organisation currently use Salesforce?(Required)

Please note:

Launching Salesforce is best suited to organisations that do not already use Salesforce. Please get in touch with Connect Solutions to discuss things further
Ie. what are your most pressing need for Salesforce.
MM slash DD slash YYYY
e.g. availability of critical staff to give input to the project
Drop files here or
Max. file size: 64 MB.
    This can be an Exel sheet or a CSV, and ideally would include one tab with contacts and a column indicating associated organisation. Please feel free to include donation information in this document.
    e.g. the number of corporates, NPO partners, schools, churches etc
    eg. in hard copy forms, Excel sheet, Access database, your previous instance of Salesforce, or other CRMs
    Is your organisation POPIA compliant(Required)
    Ie. per bulk email, what is the maximum number of people you would email
    eg. mailchimp, Outlook or Gmail, etc
    Please indicate which of the following types of Fundraising do you make use of:(Required)
    # applications and # of successful applications
    e.g. Are they logged on paper logs, and then manually captured in Excel or in accounting software? How often (daily, weekly, monthly)?
    Fundraising: Do want to send email acknowledgments or "thank yous" for donations in-kind and small individual giving?(Required)
    e.g. "Annual Fundraising Report, every year intended for our board, see Fundraising_report2021.pdf"
    Accepted file types: doc, xls, ppt, pdf, png, gif, jpg, Max. file size: 64 MB.
    You may also upload a screenshot of a dashboard. Following files types are allowed: .doc, .xls, .ppt, .pdf, .png, .gif, .jpg
    Fundraising: Would you like to restrict visibility of Fundraising tabs?
    We recommend that only staff with responsibilities around fundraising and finance should have access to this data for POPIA and security
    Fundraising: Do you want to upload historical data of donations received?(Required)
    Please note historical donation upload is based on max 5000 records from one single source. If more records, or more sources of data need to be uploaded, additional costs may apply. We can provide a template for data upload, if needed.
    Fundraising: Do you issue Section 18a certificates?(Required)
    e.g. our finance team process in batches at the end of the tax year and post printed out copies. Or we process and issue emailed PDFs immediately using xyz technology solution
    M&E: Does your organisation currently capture M&E data?(Required)
    M&E: Does your organisation have a Theory of Change?(Required)
    A Theory of Change generally lists your Activities and assets, Outputs, Outcomes, and Impact. It helps to outline what you track and why.
    Accepted file types: doc, xls, ppt, pdf, png, gif, jpg, Max. file size: 64 MB.
    Following files types are allowed: .doc, .xls, .ppt, .pdf, .png, .gif, .jpg
    E.g. Housing assistance, Job readiness, Food services.
    E.g. in our Food Services program we offer the following services: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Supper/ Food parcels. In our Job readiness program we offer IT training, Individual life coach sessions and Group sessions.
    E.g. For Breakfast/ Lunch/ Supper services we track the number of meals provided; For our Food parcel service we track the number parcels distributed. Our goal is to distribute 50 food parcels each month. In our Job readiness program we track the number of sessions that clients attended. Our goal is for clients to attend 10 sessions a month.
    E.g. for our food services, we track the individuals who attended by name. Food parcels are delivered to families. Stationary packs are delivered to schools.
    Accepted file types: doc, xls, ppt, pdf, png, gif, jpg, Max. file size: 64 MB.
    You may also upload a screenshot of a web form if that is what you are using. Following files types are allowed: .doc, .xls, .ppt, .pdf, .png, .gif, .jpg
    Any additional information that your donors, board of directors or others want to know about your program(s)?

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    Connect Solutions is 100% owned by U-turn Homeless Ministries (a registered South African nonprofit) with all profit going to support its work providing a pathway out of homelessness for people in South Africa, particularly through coding learnerships for formerly homeless clients on their Phase 3 Work-Readiness programme.

    By doing business with Connect Solutions you help fund U-turn’s work, as well as learnerships and work opportunities for U-turn formerly homeless clients to learn about coding, online development and data-management.

    To find out more about U-turn and its other social enterprises, go to Homeless.org.za

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