UM DART - Mac Compatibility
- 1. Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database Donor and Alumni Relationship Tool (DART) Apple Core Presentation April 17, 2009
- 2. Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database What is DART? • Donor and Alumni Relationship Tool – based on Blackbaud Enterprise CRM • Replacing the current Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database • Single business management system that integrates all facets of Development • One-stop-shop for Development information
- 3. Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database Why replace DAC?
- 4. Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database How did we choose the product? • Reviewed 3 other products – Oracle “Contributor Relations” – Blackbaud “Infinity” – SunGard “Advance” • Blackbaud is the most forward looking product • Technology platform fits with U-M
- 5. Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database Who will be impacted? • Development/fundraising workers – Faculty/Staff with DAC or EIS access – Departments storing donor/alumni information in separate or redundant systems • How many in your department are using Macs? • How many of those are doing development work?
- 6. Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database Will DART work for Mac users? Not currently, but we hope that is changingWhat we’ve been told: •Infrastructure and tooling to support form delivery using W3C standards compliant HTML, CSS and javascript •Building UIs to W3C standards so they work on all modern, A-grade browsers on all platforms, including Safari on Mac
- 7. Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database What we know now: • Blackbaud’s current BBEC application uses the .NET framework and requires Microsoft OS to run • The application can be initiated with IE or Firefox which is supported on PC’s with a Plugin.
- 8. Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database Q & A Larry Chaffee DART Project Manager lchaf@umich.edu Phone: 647 2911 www.mais.umich.edu/project_infocenter/dart_home
Editor's Notes
- #3: What is DART? Donor and Alumni Relationship Tool – based on Blackbaud Enterprise CRM It will replace the existing Development, Alumni, and Constituent Database with newer technology to match the size and complexity of the U-M Development Program. We are exploring a single business management system that integrates all facets of Development, including prospect management, gift administration, events planning, and enables flexible information sharing across the university – a "one-stop-shop" for Development information.
- #4: Why replace DAC? Development program has grown and changed over the last 17 years $1.4 billion in campaign 1991-1997 to $3 billion Michigan Difference campaign 2000-2008 Around 450 development staff across the University New technologies can more effectively manage all facets of Development manage giving process from end to end improve viewing and reporting expand profiling capability to capture additional information about our donors and prospects so we can manage them more effectively track and measure communications efforts New system will enable flexible information sharing across the University by integrating data more easily (integrate with MPathways Financials). It will help us leverage our relationships by incorporating additional elements which cannot be stored on DAC
- #5: Add comments about how other products and their compatibility with Macs.