SAN DIEGO--The University of Notre Dame has selected Kintera®, Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA) to enhance the online experience and communications of approximately 120,000 graduates active in 270 alumni clubs worldwide.
Advancing Notre Dame’s thought leadership in the alumni association and engagement arenas, the University will be using a Kintera Sphere™ solution, which includes Kintera Alumni Engagement Center, E-mail, Forms and Payment Services, to enhance and expand its alumni programs. The software as a service solution will enable alumni to communicate and network more effectively. In addition, the solution will easily provide dynamic localized content, as well as automate registration and payment processing.
“As one of the top alumni associations in the country, we are constantly trying to engage alumni using relevant and personalized communication,” said Chuck Lennon, executive director, Alumni Association and associate vice president, university relations for Notre Dame. “The Kintera product suite enables Notre Dame to meet the complex needs of our vast alumni network and draw people closer to the University’s past, present and future initiatives.”
“Additionally, Kintera’s PCI and SAS 70 Type II compliance were key drivers in our decision,” said Scott Siler, director of alumni information technology for Notre Dame. “Kintera’s compliance demonstrates the company’s commitment to maintaining the necessary controls and safeguards to ensure data security.”
The Kintera Alumni Engagement Center enables alumni associations to create vibrant communities of alumni, students, faculty, staff, and subway alumni. The Alumni Center offers integrated communication tools to deliver relevant, timely, and personalized content. Kintera’s online registration forms and payment processing services provide organizations with a user-friendly method to enable online event registration and payment processing – resulting in a more efficient, effective online alumni experience.
“Combining Kintera Alumni Engagement Center capabilities with other Kintera products to create a powerful, and efficient, online experience, the Notre Dame Alumni Association is well-positioned to advance its mission, further alumni interactions, and deeply engage more people with the university,” said Richard LaBarbara, chief operating officer for Kintera. “In addition, Kintera’s PCI and SAS 70 Type II compliance provides Notre Dame with state-of-the-art data security.”
Using Kintera Sphere technology, Notre Dame’s online alumni community will feature Web sites for each alumni club and class, and allow club and class leaders to manage the content, ensuring relevant, local information is available. Additionally, alumni will be able to search for past graduates and professors using an online search directory provided by Kintera’s Alumni Engagement Center.
About Kintera, Inc.
Kintera®, Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA) provides an online solution to help nonprofit organizations deliver The Giving Experience™ to donors – including providing convenience, financial transparency, feedback about the social impact of their gifts, and a sense of belonging and appreciation.
More than 15,000 accounts in the nonprofit, government and corporate sectors use Kintera’s “software as a service” innovations, including the Friends Asking Friends® fundraising program and Kintera Sphere™, an enterprise-grade software platform that provides a secure, scalable and reliable system for social constituent relationship management (CRM), enabling organizations to drive all interactions based on comprehensive knowledge of constituents. Additionally, Kintera FundWare® provides award-winning financial management software developed for nonprofit organizations and governments.
For more information about Kintera’s software and services, visit www.kintera.com.
