Are you sure your software is the problem?

Wouldn’t you like to go farther, faster?

The SSC Tuatara is currently the fastest car you can buy, with a top speed of over 315 mph. Prefer a name you've actually heard of? How about the Porsche 918 Spyder — top speed: 218 mph.

That kind of a car will get you places, and fast.

Now ask yourself: How long would it take you to get to work in one of those?

You're right. It would take you about as long as it takes you in your current car.

Because the problem with your morning commute is not the speed of your car. You still have to deal with traffic, and stop lights, and the law, and finding a parking place, and idiots on the road, and waiting for your kids to get ready for school, and stopping for coffee, and construction, and that time you forgot your phone and had to turn around and go home again.

Spending a lot of time and money on better tools is alluring. But is a better set of tools going to solve the problem that you're trying to solve?

Even the best CRM system won't solve everything. You still have to deal with complicated policies; and communication issues between your board, your executives, and your staff; and volunteer recruitment; and staff turnover; and compliance; and crazy people; and lazy people; and that one board member who always wants to change something at the last minute.

There are lots of things that software can do. But there are a lot of things that it can't do.

Remember what your real goals are. What's really going to help you get there?