What do you like best about monday AI Work Platform?
As the Network Administrator for a regional disaster recovery network serving more than 200 churches, nonprofits, and community partners across Western North Carolina, I use Monday.com virtually every day for almost every aspect of my job. It has become much more than a project management tool—it's our network database, operations hub, reporting system, and collaboration platform.
When we first adopted Monday.com, there was a learning curve because I was building an interconnected system rather than a few simple boards. Monday.com's support team was excellent throughout that process, helping me work through challenges as I learned the platform. My director also made the wise decision to have me serve as the primary administrator during implementation, which allowed us to build a consistent architecture instead of disconnected boards. Today, nearly everything is connected through automations, linked boards, and dashboards.
One of my favorite features is the AI Agents. I've created Agents that research grant opportunities and populate our grants pipeline, clean up data, and analyze hundreds of coordinator reports to evaluate engagement with our partner organizations. Those insights help leadership understand where we're investing our time and which communities need more attention.
I also love the flexibility of integrations and automations. Our Network Coordinators' Google Calendar events automatically create records in Monday, trigger reporting forms, and feed leadership dashboards. Instead of spending hours collecting monthly reports, much of the information is captured as people simply do their work.
The mapping feature has also become an important tool for us. We map our network partners across the region to better visualize coverage, identify gaps, and support planning during disaster recovery.
Another feature I use constantly is exporting to Excel. I appreciate that I can quickly move data between Monday and Excel whenever I need to perform deeper analysis, create pivot tables, or prepare reports for leadership. It gives me the flexibility to use the best tool for the task without duplicating data.
I've built workflows for grants, disaster recovery projects, volunteer coordination, partner onboarding, reporting, warehouse requests, and collaboration with outside organizations. I also love that I can securely share boards and information with external partners, allowing everyone to work from the same source of truth.
The biggest benefit is the return on investment. Through automation and thoughtful workflow design, our nonprofit has been able to accomplish work that would have required additional staff, while improving reporting, collaboration, and visibility across our entire network.
Monday.com has grown alongside our organization. We started with a handful of boards, and today it supports nearly every major workflow in our disaster recovery network. I honestly open it every morning and work in it throughout the day—it's where our work happens. I really love it. THere's nothing you can't build. We don't have the CRM but I was able to create one with integrations and automations!
Performance has been good. Once a day it seems that it gets slow, b ut that may be because I have it open in about 4 browsers on any given day, and go back and forth on my three screens. It is really the most valuable tool i have at my disposal. All of my deliverables are supported and tracked with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.