Case Study: Music Nova Scotia transforms membership management with CiviCRM

Music Nova Scotia turns one spreadsheet into a membership database for 1,200 members with CiviCRM

Music Nova Scotia, a non-profit supporting the province's music industry, faced a significant challenge with its outdated proprietary website and membership system. The clunky, custom-built platform was difficult to maintain, costly, and did not provide a relational database for its 1200 individual members and 650 projects. With only a single, error-riddled spreadsheet as a data source, they needed a new system and turned to the vendor CiviCRM for a solution.

Using CiviCRM's data import tools, Music Nova Scotia transformed its flat spreadsheet into a relational database, modeling projects as organizations and individuals as contacts. The implementation, which included using CiviMember Roles Sync for access control, provided a more streamlined site where individuals could manage all their projects with a single login. The solution delivered by CiviCRM met all their known needs for a website and membership system and provided unexpected benefits, all supported by an outstanding community.

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