The Challenge
Conservation Corps began its nonprofit status in 2003 with the goal of providing “hands-on environmental stewardship and service-learning opportunities to youth and young adults” while focusing on natural resource management, conservation and emergency response work. The program has been an amazing success and participant numbers have quintupled since 2003. Yet while participants have grown dramatically the organization’s investments in its technology still lagged far behind.
“We were relying on disconnected Excel spreadsheets and software that didn’t communicate,” said Nicole Zyvoloski, Data Systems Administrator at Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa.
To keep pace with its meteoric growth, Conservation Corps needed to invest in an integrated system that was scalable, offered comprehensive reporting, eased continuity/succession planning and, of course, facilitated communication. And they knew they needed the right strategic partner to bring that all to life
The Solution
To solve for these challenges and help Conservation Corps keep pace with its ever-growing demand
- Established a plan timeline that implemented Salesforce solutions for each of Conservation Corps’ goals, including: creating a single source of truth and simplifying program outputs and participant outcome tracking.
- Built out a project management application that enabled Conservation Corps to track projects from request to close and track activities against those projects as well as the people who worked on them and the eventual path.
- Helped migrate data from Conservation Corps’ myriad spreadsheets into a single source of truth, providing visibility for all team members and facilitating easier communication
- Identified apps that could help Conservation Corps improve functionality while staying within budget.
- Established plans for the implementation of an ERP system to integrate with Salesforce and take Conservation Corps’ technology to the next level to meet increased demand.
“We were relying on disconnected Excel spreadsheets and software that didn’t communicate.”
– Nicole Zyvoloski, Conservation Corps
The Results
Because of the solutions implemented by Redpath, Conservation Corps is free of managing projects through multiple spreadsheets, forms and Google documents. In addition, they now have:
- A standardized process open to all employees as necessary.
- Time savings via simplified processes, freeing up employee time to serve participants.
- Improved efficiencies around contracting, output tracking, participant management and invoicing.
- Increased visibility to internal communication and accountability.
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