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Adding new activities for tracking prospects

Add a development activity to track appeals against a prospective donor.

Opening the New Activity window

New Activity window key fields

Field

Description

Date

Date the activity is being undertaken.

Primary Only

Whether the activity applies to the primary contact only. The default is to include the spouse in all activities and communications.

Select for the activity to apply to the primary contact only.

Appeal

Appeal that the activity is being made in response to.

See What is an appeal?

Activity

Type of activity, including whether they have donated or need reminding. For example:

  • Phoned
  • Mailed
  • Donated
  • Donation Reminder.

Status

Status of the activity. For example:

  • In progress
  • Completed
  • On hold.

Follow Up

Whether to follow up with the prospective donor or not.

For example, the Prospect Follow-up List on the Crystal Reports menu excludes activities if this field is not selected.

Clear the flag if a follow up is not required on the Follow Up Date.

Follow Up Date

Date to follow up with the prospective donor.

For example, the Prospect Follow up List on the Crystal Reports menu allows you to select those marked for follow up within a certain date range.

Comment

Description of the activity.

Prospector

Person communicating with the prospective donor.

When adding an activity, select your name from the drop-down list. The drop-down list includes members of one of the prospect tracking constituencies:

  • Community members (DVPTV). See Maintaining community members in the Community manual.
  • Staff members(DVPTS). See Maintaining staff members in the HR manual.

Last modified: 16/04/2012 3:58:16 PM

See Also

Development Maintenance - Prospect Tracking tab

Development Maintenance - Prospect Tracking tab - Prospect Details sub-tab

Development Maintenance - Prospect Tracking tab - Activity sub-tab

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