• Get started on a new instance of Salesforce or other selected CRM and migrate your data from an existing database or spreadsheets. Gain a 360 degree view of your constituents and streamline your internal processes.

  • Whether you are looking to integrate a new marketing, donation, or grant management platform to your Salesforce instance, get a new program team using Salesforce, improve your automation, enhance your reporting, get assistance loading data into your system, I am here to help.

  • I am a certified project manager and can help your team to determine and stay on track with schedule, budget, and scope for your technology implementation or transformation. I provide evaluation of priorities, recommendations for phasing and order of work, and support for stewarding your team through the change to your new systems.

  • Review your data needs, pain points, and current processes and receive a recommendation on what tools can best serve your organizations’ needs and a plan to implement them.

About Me

I started Empower Consulting to help nonprofit and mission-based organizations amplify their impact using technology. A passionate advocate for third sector work, I am a former fundraiser and Salesforce “also-admin” turned full time Salesforce and technology consultant. I know first hand how important good quality and actionable data is to effectively delivering programs and reporting back to donors and your board of directors.

I enjoy helping organizations map out and streamline their processes, customizing their systems to save them time, and empowering staff to get the most out of their data. Using your database should help you do your job - not slow you down.

With 9 years of experience in the industry, and 6 years of full time consulting I have worked on dozens of nonprofit Salesforce environments, led end to end implementations, and conducted enablement for teams of 1 to to 100 staff members.

Learn more about how I can help you amplify your impact by reaching out today!

-Teresa Ventura, Founder

Certifications

Experience

Salesforce Configuration

NPSP, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Program Management Module, Grants Management, and custom builds. I can build advanced flow automation and the reports and dashboard needed to support your end to end processes

Grants management

Configuration of inbound and/or outbound grants tracking using NPSP and Grants Management. Experienced with migration from Fluxx and GrantedGE

Portals

Build out of portals for donors, grantmaking, grantees, program applicants, volunteers, partner organization reporting and collaboration

forms and surveys

Build and integrate forms and surveys for your constituents using tools like FormAssembly, FormStack, SurveyMonkey, and JotForm

events management

Configuration of event registration sites and integration to Salesforce with tools like Eventbrite, Cvent, Classy, or Blackthorn

fundraising

Setup of fundraising CRM for all gift types, migration to and configuration of integrations with donation and payment processing platforms including: Classy, Click & Pledge, Stripe, Authorize.net

Volunteer Management

Configure basic volunteer engagement tracking with custom objects or a managed package like Volunteers for Salesforce. Allow them to view and sign up for events through an experience cloud site

Data Migration

Migration from systems including Raisers Edge, Spreadsheets, Smartsheets, and homegrown databases

MArketing and communications

Configuration of integrations with Slack, Zoom, Outlook/Gmail, and marketing tools including Constant Contact and MailChimp

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Empower Consulting partners with organizations that are working every day to build a more just and equitable world. As a small, women-owned business, a deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is core to what I do and how I show up in my work.

DEI is essential to ensuring that technology is accessible to the organizations I serve and to their their communities, and that it does not create new barriers or reinforce existing ones for marginalized individuals.

I make an ongoing commitment to educating myself on ethical data practices, anti-racism, disability justice, LQBTQ+ inclusion, and bringing those learnings into every engagement.

This looks like:

  • Prioritizing work with inclusive organizations that elevate historically marginalized leaders

  • Co-designing solutions with a range of stakeholder perspectives

  • Using inclusive language in day to day interactions and in the systems I build

  • Recommending updates when existing terminology is outdated or harmful

  • Surfacing and challenging biases embedded in legacy systems and data

  • Welcoming feedback from clients, partners, and community members to continuously improve

Contact

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