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- {{first_name | Hey}}, are {{company | your org}}'s systems right-sized?
Hey, are your org's systems right-sized?
You don't need a giant tech stack, maybe just a few small changes

🧩 The problem
This organization had a patchwork of tools and manual workflows, each one trying to solve a specific issue. But over time, the inefficiencies piled up - from scattered data to repeated communication breakdowns.
💸 Why it’s worth solving
Too many small nonprofits are sold solutions that don’t fit their size, budget, or staff capacity. That leads to wasted effort, tool fatigue, and lost momentum - especially when those tools sit unused.
🧭 How we made it better
Through our assessment, we helped the team step back and identify what systems were actually needed to support their work. Instead of suggesting a major overhaul, we focused on pragmatic next steps: restructuring their intake pipeline, piloting a shared scheduling tool, and designing a phased donor database rollout that matched their real-world pace.
📣 Thinking about resizing your org’s systems? Schedule a systems size-check or reply with your top tech challenge — I’ll feature it in a future edition.