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Skill development NGOs · CRM

Keep every trainee, employer and funder in one record the whole team can read.

A CRM for a skilling NGO is a shared record of trainees, employers and funders, with who spoke to whom and what is due next. GullySales sets up the fields, the stages and the habits so the register survives staff changes.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Sales and marketing for skill development NGOs, the overview.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For skill development NGOs

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The placement officer's phone is the database”

    When the person who knows the employers leaves, the contacts leave too. A shared record with the last hire and last call keeps the relationship with the centre.

  • “Trainees and employers need different stages”

    A trainee moves from enquiry to visit to joined to placed to followed up. An employer moves from introduced to visited to hired to repeat. One list cannot hold both.

  • “A funder asks for records on a date”

    When a CSR team asks who is working six months later, a register that already holds start dates and follow-up notes answers without a week of phoning.

  • “A sheet can work if it has rules”

    A well-kept sheet is better than an unused system. What matters is the same columns, one owner for each row and a habit of updating after every call.

What we do

What we deliver for skill development NGOs.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. Three linked records

    Trainees, employers and funders, each with the fields that matter to it, linked by trade and batch.

    Result: The team sees a trainee and the employers for that trade side by side.

  2. Stages with an owner

    Each stage names the person who moves the record forward.

    Result: Every row shows who must act next.

  3. A follow-up field for placed trainees

    Employer, role, start date and a later check-in note.

    Result: The placement record answers a funder's question.

  4. A short guide for counsellors

    One page on how to fill each field, in the language the team uses.

    Result: Entries look alike whoever makes them.

  5. A choice of tool, not a forced one

    A shared spreadsheet or a tool in ordinary use in India such as Zoho CRM or HubSpot, chosen to fit your team's habits.

    Result: The team uses the tool because it matches how they work.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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Fields worth keeping

Fields a training centre should keep for each trainee, employer and funder.

Contact and consent
Filled by the counsellor at first contact. Records how the person agreed to be reached, so a later message follows what was agreed.
Course, batch and attendance
Filled by the instructor. Shows who has stopped coming in the second week, so a counsellor can call before the seat is lost.
Reason for dropping out
Filled by the counsellor after the call. Shows if travel, money or family caused it, which guides the next batch.
Employer contact and trades hired
Filled by the placement officer. Lets the centre ring the same manager about the next batch of trainees.
Placement and follow-up dates
Filled when an employer confirms. Lets the team check on a trainee after they begin work, with the trainee's agreement.
Funder and programme link
Filled by the programme lead. Ties a batch to the programme that supports it, so a report draws on one record.

Who it is for

This is written for these skill development NGOs.

  • Vocational training centres for tailoring, beauty and handicrafts
  • IT and computer literacy training NGOs
  • Retail, hospitality and service-sector skilling centres
  • Construction trades such as masonry, plumbing and electrical
  • Women's livelihood and enterprise training programmes
  • Youth employability and spoken English centres
  • Training NGOs for people with disabilities
  • Rural and tribal skilling programmes
  • Driver, security and healthcare assistant training

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The register is on paper, kept by one person, and no one else will enter data into a shared record.
  • You have no rule on who may see trainee details, and a shared record would spread them too widely.
  • The centre runs a few batches a year, and a notebook already holds what the team needs.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

CRM for skill development NGOs: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

List the records your team uses and show how an enquiry becomes an order today. Bring examples of duplicate entries, missing owners, and reports that require manual correction.

Make the scope clear

Agree the stages, required fields, access roles, and integrations before configuring the system. Separate software subscriptions from setup, data work, and training.

Check the work in use

Ask the people who will use the CRM to complete a real handover and find the next action without help. Check that the management report can be traced back to individual records.

Know when to change course

If the process is unclear, buying a more complex CRM adds more places for confusion. Start with the minimum fields and rules the team can use consistently.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Sales journey agreement

    Your sales lead explains how an enquiry becomes an order, using open deals as examples. We agree which steps belong in the CRM and identify decisions needing your approval.

  2. 2

    Configuration approval

    You approve stage definitions, required fields, ownership rules, and access. Unresolved choices are settled before configuration starts.

  3. 3

    Test environment decision

    We confirm whether your plan provides a trial copy or separate pipeline. Where neither is available, changes to the live system need an agreed approach before work proceeds.

  4. 4

    Connection and rule checks

    Enquiry connections are checked before automations are activated separately. Your nominated owner verifies where records arrive and which person receives each task.

  5. 5

    Sales team acceptance

    The people handling enquiries test open deals from entry through closure. Required corrections are resolved before you approve the switch.

  6. 6

    Switch and ownership handover

    The agreed configuration goes into use, and your CRM owner receives the final record. Any post-switch corrections included in the scope are documented before handover closes.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Do we need paid software?
Not at first. A shared sheet with fixed columns serves a small centre. Move to a CRM when more than a few people edit it and the rows start to conflict.
Who should be allowed to see trainee data?
Only those who need it, and with the trainee's knowledge of what is kept. Data rules differ, so check with your own adviser about consent and storage.
How do we keep the register up to date?
Make updating part of the call: the counsellor writes the note before the next call begins. A register filled in later is a register left empty.
How long should trainee data be kept?
Keep it only as long as the centre has a clear use for it, and delete it when that ends. The reason is that a trainee's details are personal and a funder may ask how they are protected. Decide the period with your trustees and check current data rules with an adviser.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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