When I ran my very first capital campaign in 2015 managing the data associated with the campaign was a nightmare. Literally. I would wake up in the middle of of the night with cold sweats during the first two weeks of the campaign when the spreadsheet we were using (on a shared platform) continually crashed. We lost data every day for two weeks. Which means, every day was like starting from scratch. And when a campaign is only 8 weeks long, losing 2 weeks is pure terror. My worse nightmare (which never came true thankfully!) was that the co-op would call an owner to ask them to participate in the campaign only to find out they already had made a commitment and our data was incorrect.
I knew there had to be a better way. Co-ops across the country were raising money through capital campaigns and had been for centuries. I knew this was a problem I could solve and help other co-ops avoid the data nightmare I experienced. I spent the next 5 years perfecting a spreadsheet that did it’s job…but its only a spreadsheet. It has limitations, including data integrity and security issues.
Fast forward to 2021 and meet CoApp. Its the first of it’s kind CRM (Contact Relationship Management) system designed FOR CO-OPS BY CO-OPS. There are numerous CRMs on the market today – but most are complicated and expensive. CoApp is exactly what a co-op needs, is highly customizable and easy to integrate into your current systems.
If you’d like to learn more about CoApp, send me an email and we can schedule a demo.
