Why Privacy Laws Matter to Your Organization Your donors, volunteers, and community members trust you with their contact information, donation history, and communication preferences. Data privacy laws exist to protect that trust and make organizations accountable when something goes wrong. The landscape has shifted. It's no longer enough to have a privacy policy buried on your website. Regulators are enforcing these laws. Organizations that mishandle personal data face fines, lawsuits, and damage to their reputation. The good news: privacy compliance is achievable. It starts with understanding which laws apply to ...

Why asking the right questions matters You've heard about CiviCRM. You know it can manage contacts, handle donations, track event registrations, and send email campaigns. But knowing what CiviCRM can do and knowing what your organization needs are two different things. Too many nonprofits implement CiviCRM, or any system, without a clear plan. The result? Implementation that costs more time and money than expected. Scope creep. Frustrated staff. Staff hours spent configuring features nobody uses. Custom development that could have been avoided. The good news: a few strategic questions upfront ...

When the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community serves educators across dozens of countries, English-only access isn't enough. We added multilingual translation to the GCTLC Drupal site using the GTranslate module, including a key configuration step to make it work on the admin forms educators use to contribute resources.

Skvare’s Gena Dellett shares practical advice from CiviCon on how nonprofits and associations can build stronger relationships with technology partners. Learn the key questions to ask, what to expect from an agency, and how healthy partnerships improve CiviCRM projects.

CiviCRM’s greatest strength lies in its flexibility. With the right configuration and extensions, it can adapt to the specific needs of nonprofits, government entities, membership associations, and mission-driven organizations of all types. At Skvare, we’re not just helping organizations use CiviCRM; we’re active believers in the power of open source. We contribute code, share tools, and collaborate with the community to help the entire ecosystem thrive. CMS-Independent and Stand-Alone Compatible Extensions Here are just a few of the open source CiviCRM tools and integrations the Skvare team has created or ...

Bryan Daniels built his first website when he was a teen, a single-page fan site for a band. “I’ve been working with websites since I was 13 years old. I started out teaching myself HTML and building a webpage with Notepad. It’s just something that has always interested me,” Daniels said. His passion for learning and interest in website development led him to join the then-small team of three at Skvare in 2015. Fast forward 7 years and not only has the company grown but so has Daniels’ role. Today ...

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, recently launched the Leapfrog Judie Burrows Education Institute to help educate patients about hospital safety in their area. Skvare has been Leapfrog's technology partner since 2018, supporting the organization's Drupal, CiviCRM, and LimeSurvey systems. Through this relationship, Skvare is proud to provide the technical support needed to not only gather data from hundreds of medical providers across the county but also help implement ways to disseminate that information to consumers. Leapfrog ...

Every organization has its technology needs and no two are exactly alike. At Skvare, our team recognizes the importance of understanding the unique needs of each client and has created a new, dedicated Business Analyst role to work with business partners on a plan for successful project implementation. With a diverse background that includes consulting for nonprofit membership organizations; operations management; and nonprofit accounting, compliance, and operational best practices, Sara Raab, who joined Skvare at the beginning of 2019 as a project manager, brings a host of skills to this ...