Third-party Press Release
Upgrade to Fast Growing Fund Raising Solution Launched at NAIS/CASE
GENERATIONS 3.0 features extensive built-in merge email for easy acknowledgements and invitations as well as enhanced security integration
Conference) — January 30, 2006 — inRESONANCE, a leading developer
of
technology solutions for educational and non-profit organizations,
today
announced a major upgrade of its popular fundraising and alumni
development
solution. GENERATIONS 3.0 is a full-featured fund-raising solution
designed
for schools, foundations, and other non-profit organizations, that
is easy
to use and can be customized by non-technical users. The solution
is being
previewed at the CASE/NAIS Independent School Advancement
Conference
(http://www.case.org/conferences/casenais/home/default.cfm), at the
Chicago
Marriott Magnificent Mile, January 29-31, in booth #15.
“Fund raising is all about communicating with constituents and
having
accurate data at your fingertips. GENERATIONS 3.0 reduces a merge
task from
hours to minutes, a significant performance advantage that
conventional
fundraising solutions can’t match.” said Kevin McAllister,
president and CEO
of inRESONANCE, Inc. “GENERATIONS 3.0 is a better alternative
because it
allows the non-technical development professional to see their
data
easily—getting the information they want when they want it.
Development
directors understand this immediately when they compare GENERATIONS
to their
legacy databases.”
GENERATIONS 3.0 tracks and reports on constituents, gifts, funds,
campaigns,
events and appeals. Unlike low-end solutions from other vendors,
GENERATIONS
3.0 also manages matching gifts, soft credits, honoraria and
prospects.
A key productivity feature in GENERATIONS 3.0 is that a
professional’s
productivity is achieved without leaving the solution. Emails,
letters,
labels and reports are all merged and generated directly, without
needing to
export to Excel, Word or Crystal Reports.
GENERATIONS 3.0 is open, so users can customize reports and views,
assisted
by training that is included with the solution. Because it is based
on
FileMaker Pro 8, GENERATIONS 3.0 provides easy querying without
requiring
that professionals know SQL. GENERATIONS 3.0 is also
cross-platform,
supporting mixed computing environments and allowing easy data
exchange
between Windows and Macintosh users.
New Features in GENERATIONS 3.0
Among the many new features in GENERATIONS 3.0 are:
· Easy and Powerful Email
Broadcast Integration
Quickly send broadcast emails to any group of constituents—without
exporting
to an email program. Typical merges include event invitations and
thank
you's, gift acknowledgements, and pledge reminders.
· Increased security
Enhanced security features include connectivity to Open Directory
and Active
Directory, as well as more granular control of screens and fields.
Data can
be encrypted on the network.
· Enhanced data entry
features
The migration to FileMaker Pro 8 brings type-ahead,
auto-spellchecking,
drop-down calendars, and help menu pop-ups to make the interaction
even
easier.
· Faster database query and
response
The improved database engine driving the GENERATIONS 3.0
application is
significantly faster, even over a WAN. Without learning SQL,
non-technical
professionals can create and run their own queries and eliminate
having to
wait for reports from the database administrator.
· Share any data in nearly any
format
Because data in GENERATIONS 3.0 can be exported to nearly any major
office
application or other enterprise database, professionals can easily
share
data among non-GENERATIONS users. GENERATIONS 3.0 even comes with
both PDF
Maker and Excel Maker capabilities, so professionals can convert
data into
PDF and Excel documents to share with people who do not have access
to
GENERATIONS.
As with all inRESONANCE solutions, GENERATIONS 3.0 users can also
take
advantage of consulting and training services provided by
inRESONANCE, as
well as tapping into the company’s experience working directly
with
independent schools, religious organizations, museums and other
non-profit
organizations.
Customers Praise GENERATIONS 3.0
“GENERATIONS gives professionals a lot of control over their data
and how
they want to retrieve it,” said Patrick Wagner, Senior Advancement
Officer,
Development, The Prairie School. “The ability to use the data in a
variety
of formats is great. After a year and a half of using
GENERATIONS in
development our Admissions office is also converting over to
inRESONANCE’s
admissions solution, PORTAL.”
“We use GENERATIONS because of the flexibility a FileMaker-based
solution
gives us,” said Michael Beesley, Technology Director, The Community
School,
Sun Valley, Idaho. “In addition, it doesn't require our
professionals to be
‘database experts.’ GENERATIONS provides flexibility, ease of use
and a
great user friendly interface.”
“We value the productivity features and the ease-of-use that
GENERATIONS
delivers because it allows new users to quickly become effective,”
said
David Riley, Senior Associate, Institutional Advancement, for the
Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee. “Every non-profit has its unique
aspects and
GENERATIONS allows you to make your database serve the
organization, instead
of forcing you to fit your needs into its features. With
GENERATIONS, we can
make the database work the way we want to work.”
“Because GENERATIONS is so flexible and easy to use, we can rely on
our
in-house resources as well as outside experts, such as inRESONANCE,
to
extend our GENERATIONS solution as we grow or re-organize.” said
William
Stites, Director of Technology for The Montclair Kimberley Academy.
“Two of
the things we like most are the ability to customize GENERATIONS as
our fund
raising requirements change and the ease at which it integrates
with our
other data solutions.”
Multi-Platform Solution
Because GENERATIONS 3.0 runs identically on both Macintosh and
Windows
computers, departments or individuals do not have to change their
hardware.
Users on either computer platform can now share data seamlessly
with each
other without any conversion or transfer.
Based on FileMaker Pro 8
The GENERATIONS 3.0 solution is based on the award-winning
FileMaker® Pro 8,
the #1 selling easy-to-use database platform. FileMaker Pro 8
recently won
“Product of the Year” awards from both PC Magazine and Macworld
magazine.
FileMaker is a favorite among K-12 schools and universities. More
than
10,000 schools worldwide use FileMaker Pro, including the largest
250 U.S.
school districts. FileMaker is also used 49 of the top 50 U.S.
undergraduate
universities and 121 of the top 126 doctoral universities,
according to
latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report.
Availability
GENERATIONS 3.0 will be available March 1. For more information
about the
solution, or to schedule an online demo, contact Peter Baron
at
peter@inresonance.com or inRESONANCE at 413-587-0236.
About inRESONANCE, Inc.
inRESONANCE (iR), based in Northampton, MA, provides technology
solutions,
services and web development to schools and non-profits. iR focuses
on
developing a long term strategic partnership with clients,
providing
strategic IT consulting in conjunction with solutions and training.
iR
provides complete CMS-based websites as well as FileMaker
Pro-based
databases with integrated web applications. The company has deep
roots in
education, with a combination of more than 40 years of experience
in
schools. For more information, go to
http://www.inresonance.com
<http://www.inresonance.com/>
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Customer Contact:
Peter Baron
VP of Sales
peter@inresonance.com <mailto:xxxx@inresonance.com>
413-587-0236
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