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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://forums.blackbaud.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Blackbaud News : Ticketing</title><link>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Ticketing/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Ticketing</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Debug Build: 20611.960)</generator><item><title>Press Release: Tony Award Productions Uses The Patron Edge for 2009 Tony Awards® Ticketing</title><link>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2009/06/03/press-release-tony-award-productions-uses-the-patron-edge-for-2009-tony-awards-174-ticketing.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">f90a95a0-00e2-4810-8af8-0bbdde08f853:41973</guid><dc:creator>Melanie Mathos</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=41973</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2009/06/03/press-release-tony-award-productions-uses-the-patron-edge-for-2009-tony-awards-174-ticketing.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Charleston, S.C. (June 3, 2009)&lt;/strong&gt; - Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB), today announced that Tony Award Productions, a joint venture between The Broadway League, Inc. and The American Theatre Wing, Inc., has selected The Patron Edge® to record ticketing history, process credit card transactions and manage reserved seating for its 63rd annual awards program recognizing Broadway productions and performances. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;I was familiar with Blackbaud&amp;#39;s Raiser&amp;#39;s Edge product through a previous organization so I knew that their ticketing system would be a cost-effective and user-friendly software that would easily meet our needs,&amp;quot; said Dawn Kusinski, director of ticketing services for Tony Award Productions. &amp;quot;We converted our existing database and went live with The Patron Edge ahead of schedule-and in a very short time period-were up and running for our 2009 show. Blackbaud was the only technology provider that could not only meet our demanding project timeframe, but also deliver a solution that fit our pricing and support needs.&amp;quot; &lt;/p&gt;
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