Paper vs Electronic Donor Files

At Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra we've also moved to electronic donor files. We've been using this system for a little less than a year, and it has cut down on the paper significantly. We also scan our batches and save the pdf using the batch number as the files name(Batch 12345), then save that to a shared folder that development and data services can access. We don't save files to Tessitura or the donor's record, but can easily cross reference them by getting the batch number and going to the appropriate folder on the shared drive. Development still keeps some paper files, but all the gift documentation is now saved electronically.

At Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra we've also moved to electronic donor files. We've been using this system for a little less than a year, and it has cut down on the paper significantly. We also scan our batches and save the pdf using the batch number as the files name(Batch 12345), then save that to a shared folder that development and data services can access. We don't save files to Tessitura or the donor's record, but can easily cross reference them by getting the batch number and going to the appropriate folder on the shared drive. Development still keeps some paper files, but all the gift documentation is now saved electronically.