http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Go+live/default.aspxTags: Go liveenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Debug Build: 20611.960)http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2008/06/23/if-it-s-not-in-the-raiser-s-edge-then-it-simply-did-not-happen.aspxMon, 23 Jun 2008 16:20:00 GMTf90a95a0-00e2-4810-8af8-0bbdde08f853:31590Melanie Mathos0http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=31590http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2008/06/23/if-it-s-not-in-the-raiser-s-edge-then-it-simply-did-not-happen.aspx#comments<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:12pt;LINE-HEIGHT:20.4pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">When the University of Arizona Foundation kicked off its go-live celebration last year, John Welty, the Foundation’s vice president of information systems had everyone in the room stand up, raise their right hands and say &quot;<strong><b><font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">If it&#39;s not in&nbsp;The Raiser&#39;s Edge, then it simply did not happen</span></font></b></strong>.&quot; It turned into, and still is, the mantra of the project.&nbsp;The photo below&nbsp;is one of the mementos that John handed out to each new Raiser&#39;s Edge user after they got trained. </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:12pt;LINE-HEIGHT:20.4pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"><img style="WIDTH:210px;HEIGHT:205px;" height="338" src="http://www.blackbaud.com/images/blogs/star.jpg" width="346" alt="" /></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:12pt;LINE-HEIGHT:20.4pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">How many of you feel that way about your Raiser&#39;s Edge database? <br /></span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"><a class="" href="mailto:%20melanie.milonas@blackbaud.com?subject=My%20go-live%20story" target="_blank">Submit your nonprofit&#39;s go-live story</a> and we&#39;ll feature it on&nbsp;Blackbaud News.</span></font></p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"></span></font><img src="http://forums.blackbaud.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31590" width="1" height="1">Blackbaud CustomersThe Raiser's EdgeGo livehttp://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2008/06/20/did-your-database-conversion-make-you-sing-for-joy.aspxFri, 20 Jun 2008 20:47:00 GMTf90a95a0-00e2-4810-8af8-0bbdde08f853:31573Melanie Mathos0http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=31573http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2008/06/20/did-your-database-conversion-make-you-sing-for-joy.aspx#comments<p>It did for this organization: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWi1cI0yznw">www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWi1cI0yznw</a></p> <p><a class="" href="mailto:%20melanie.milonas@blackbaud.com?subject=My%20go-live%20story" target="_blank">Submit your nonprofit&#39;s go-live story</a> and we&#39;ll feature it on&nbsp;Blackbaud News. </p><img src="http://forums.blackbaud.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31573" width="1" height="1">Customer storiesdatabase conversionGo live