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Originally Posted by andrea.bbbs 
Hi All,
I am goin' shoppin' - first for modules, then for a grant to pay for them.
What do you use? What do you like? What is worth the money and what isn't?
Thanks,
a
Andrea -
Great question - I"m looking forward to see how everyone else responds. I guess I'll jump in first.
In terms of "what is worth the money and what isn't?" - It all depends on how you are going to use the module. Do you really need all the functionality that the module provides?
Right now I am working with a membership based association - but we don't have the membership module. For what this agency needs - that's the right decision. They can manage their constituent relationships just fine without it.
Same thing with the Events Module. I LOVE the Events Module - couldn't live without it at my previous agency. But here - we run two events a year - with 150 to 200 attendees. Not worth the cost of the Events module.
Prospect Module - from a database standpoint - I love the Prospect Module - but if the Fund Development staff won't complete the information - or keep it up to date - it's not worth it.
Honor/Memorial - if your agency receives Honor/Memorial contributions - then this module - if used properly - is fantastic.
Volunteer Module - if you have a lot of volunteer positions and jobs that you need to track - it's great. I think you could probably track the hours that the Big Brothers/Sisters are spending through here. Even if you consider the Bigs and the Littles to be "members" - you might find that through Constituent Codes and the volunteer module, you can track the data you need.
That's a quick stream of consciousness answer for you. Hope it helps!
Candace Chesler