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Most people can be reached more than one address - that's why you can add multiple addresses to constituent records. To keep from oversaturation, address processing ensures that each constituent only gets each mailing once, and only to the address...
The earliest receipt was developed by our Neanderthal ancestors , who used large, heavy rocks to acknowledge the exchange of goods or services. This led to a great deal of confusion, as these same rocks were also used as currency, and all available goods...
The end of the year is a time of reflection and recapitulation. The Raiser's Edge can help you recognize the past year's top donors, analyze giving, and plan for a better year ahead. Query is a fast and easy way to group donors you would like...
Do all of your donors receive the same level of treatment? Does the donor who gives toward the Building Fund get the same letter as the donor who gives toward the Disaster Relief Fund? I’m sure you would say no. So why should all of your donors get the...
A little over a week ago I was at the Charleston Conference speaking with clients in the Customer Support booth. (A little shout out, if you were at the conference and stopped by, it was nice meeting you and getting to know a little more about your organization...
In an earlier blog post , I discussed how Address Processing works for Individual records. In this follow-up segment, we will look at how Organization and Contact records are processed in Mail. For Organization Address Processing, if you have marked the...
In a better world , every Individual, Organization, and Contact record would have one all-purpose address. Because the world isn't that perfect, The Raiser's Edge accomodates multiple addresses on each record. When it's time to send a mailing...
In her blog post, A Donor By Any Other Name , Sarah McBride discussed the importance of using the proper Addressee/Salutation for your constituents. The element of this that most often trips up users is selecting the Addressee or Salutation to use in...
Pledges and Recurring gifts are a way to build lasting relationships with your constituents, and it's important that there's always something there to remind them to follow through on their commitment. In the Mail module, select Reminders to create...
The most common gift type entered into The Raiser's Edge is a cash gift. For reporting purposes, a cash gift is very straightforward - $100 in cash on a record will appear as $100 on a report or in a mailing. Stock/Property and Pledge gifts are more...
Email has made it easier to reach out and touch someone . In The Raiser's Edge, emails are stored as phone numbers on constituent records. You can mark a phone type as an email address and email constituents from their individual records. You can...
Perhaps the five most dreaded words in The Raiser's Edge are the following: No records meet specified criteria. What can make this message especially frustrating is the fact that it can be traced to so many different sources. For starters, if you...
It might work with roses, but if you address a donor with a name other than what he indicated as his preferred addressee/salutation, you're not likely to get the same positive response. I realize it shouldn't be that big of a deal, but when someone...
You’ve just finished printing letters and envelopes for all of the records in your database. There’s only one problem: The letters and envelopes are not in the same order! This presents quite a dilemma when you’re trying to manually match each letter...