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  • 1.  Slate for Advancement

    Posted 06-16-2023 08:38 AM

    Good morning!

    I checked the archives but the last post I saw was from 2020 and now that a few more years have past, was hoping that I could hear from anyone with experience with Slate for Advancement (been in for a few year, just went live, in process of conversion).  The good, the bad, the ugly, I want to hear it all!

    Thanks!

    Jen

    Jen Dittrich|She/Her (Why am I sharing this?)

    Manager of Advancement Services|Office of University Advancement

    Point Park University |



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    Jen Dittrich
    Point Park University
    jdittrich@pointpark.edu
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  • 2.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 06-16-2023 09:00 AM

    Jen, Here is a spreadsheet that lists colleges' and universities' CRM selections. There are a few listed with Slate you might be able to reach out to.  It is open for anyone to update and add to. 

    Jeff



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    Jeff Baynham
    NC State University
    jtbaynha@ncsu.edu
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  • 3.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 06-16-2023 09:59 AM

    Jeff,

    Thank you for sharing that spreadsheet; is very interesting.  My institution is currently in the selection process, of which Jenzabar is a possibility.  I wonder why there are no institutions using Jenzabar. 

     

    Karen Dreessen

    Director for Donor Services

    Morningside University

     




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  • 4.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 06-16-2023 10:02 AM

    Karen,

     

    Funny you mention that as that is what we are currently using.

     

    Jen

     

    Jen Dittrich|She/Her (Why am I sharing this?)

    Manager of Advancement Services|Office of University Advancement

    Point Park University | 201 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 |office: 412.392.6162

    www.pointpark.edu/give

    Staff in the Advancement Office work a hybrid schedule.  My schedule is as follows:

    Office: Tuesday, Thursday

    Remote: Monday, Wednesday, Friday

     

     

     

     




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  • 5.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 06-16-2023 12:02 PM

    Jen,

     

    We currently use Raiser's Edge/RE NXT and Anthology/iModules but will be starting implementation to Slate next month.

     

    Chris

     

     

    Christine E. Adams bCRE-Pro 

    (she/her/hers)    

    Senior Director of Advancement Services

    Office of Development and Alumni Affairs

    University of Hartford

    200 Bloomfield Avenue

    West Hartford, CT 06117

    O 860.768.2407

    C  860.461.6374

    E cadams@hartford.edu

     

     

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  • 6.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 06-16-2023 12:23 PM
    Jen,

    We vetted Slate for Advancement several years ago because our Admission team converted to it and spoke of it highly.  At the time we found it lacking and ultimately chose RE NXT.  At the time it looked very much like an admission-skewed module with Advancement lipstick on it, but I am sure SFA has evolved considerably since then.




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  • 7.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 06-19-2023 07:50 AM

    Hi Christine,

     

    I would love to know what drew you away from RE NXT to Slate.

     

    Best,

    Jen

     

    Jen Dittrich|She/Her (Why am I sharing this?)

    Manager of Advancement Services|Office of University Advancement

    Point Park University | 201 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 |office: 412.392.6162

    www.pointpark.edu/give

    Staff in the Advancement Office work a hybrid schedule.  My schedule is as follows:

    Office: Tuesday, Thursday

    Remote: Monday, Wednesday, Friday

     

     

     

     




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  • 8.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 06-19-2023 08:26 AM

    Jen,

     

    Once we signed the last three-year contract with RE, we started searching.  We put together a search committee, came up with about 30 vendors that serviced higher-ed, each member had assignments to interview the vendors and we came up with our top five, narrowed down to three and then we had interviews with current users, full demos of each to staff.  It took about a year and a half to go thru this process and then in January made the formal recommendation to our VP.  We are going into our last full year of RE and signed with Slate so our implementation begins this July with going live next July (the same time our contract with RE and Anthology/imodules ends).  We had a full needs assessment that vendors filled out and we based our interviews on these needs. 

     

    Chris

     

     

    Christine E. Adams bCRE-Pro 

    (she/her/hers)    

    Senior Director of Advancement Services

    Office of Development and Alumni Affairs

    University of Hartford

    200 Bloomfield Avenue

    West Hartford, CT 06117

    O 860.768.2407

    C  860.461.6374

    E cadams@hartford.edu

     

     

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  • 9.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 06-16-2023 10:11 AM

    Feel free to add your institution's information; this is a crowd-source document. 



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    Jeff Baynham
    NC State University
    jtbaynha@ncsu.edu
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  • 10.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 06-16-2023 01:30 PM
    Bates has chosen Slate for Advancement. We will begin our conversion in July.

    Trisha





  • 11.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 06-17-2023 11:04 AM

    Swarthmore College has decided to go with Slate for Advancement and will start the implementation in July 2023



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    Barbara Mann
    Swarthmore College
    bmann1@swarthmore.edu
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  • 12.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 06-19-2023 07:36 PM
    I'm sure lots of people will be waiting to hear how it goes!


    Kimberly G. Berry

    Associate Vice President, Advancement Operations

    Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations

    Guilford College

    Office: (336) 316-2352   Cell: (518) 522-8800


    Proud member of the Association of Advancement Services Professionals www.advserv.org







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  • 13.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 07-07-2023 09:57 AM

    We use Slate for advancement and LOVE it! Happy to connect to give you our feedback, qphillips@albion.edu



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    Quinn Phillips
    Albion College
    qphillips@albion.edu
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  • 14.  RE: Slate for Advancement

    Posted 07-17-2023 02:29 PM

    Hi Jen,

    Sorry for the late response. I've been involved with two Slate conversions: first with Northfield Mount Hermon, where we chose Slate over RE NXT, and now with Williams College, where we are switching from Advance. There's no comparison in my mind, Slate is by far the better CRM than either of those. 

    I'm happy to chat if you want.

    Thanks,
    Victor
    ven1@williams.edu



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