| Harris Connect Partners with Heller Consulting to develop "Best Practices" integration tools for their Raiser's Edge® database clients. |
Press Release: 7/10Harris Connect Partners with Heller Consulting to develop "Best Practices" integration tools for their Raiser's Edge® database clients.Brewster, NY, July 10, 2008 - Harris Connect, the market leader in alumni and membership affinity solutions today announced a strategic partnership with Heller Consulting, the nation's top fundraising software consulting firm for nonprofits, according to Carmen Delessio Jr., Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Harris Connect. The landmark partnership was established to deliver tools and services for Harris Connect clients to enable an enhanced, bi-directional data exchange between their online or print directory database and their Blackbaud Raiser's Edge® database. "We are delighted to welcome a firm so uniquely qualified to join us in this vital collaboration," said Delessio. "With more than 500 clients and 1,000 projects, Heller is the largest independent firm in the country specializing in helping nonprofits work more effectively with Raiser's Edge®. And while Harris Connect has successfully integrated data into Raiser's Edge for thousands of clients, this partnership is an opportunity to further streamline efficiency, enhance quality, and ensure easier, cleaner, better integration of our client's mission-critical constituent data." Delessio explained that Harris Connect clients using Raiser's Edge® software will benefit from industry "best practices" data retrieval and file layouts built into the tool, enabling streamlined updates of their Raiser's Edge database and ensuring that the updated online or print directory data will be efficiently imported to the most ideal location in the Raiser's Edge database. Furthermore, Harris Connect clients using Raiser's Edge have the ability to tap Heller Consulting to help with: "While we are very selective about the companies we collaborate with, the caliber of work, loyal client base, and long-standing tradition of service excellence associated with Harris Connect makes them a natural partner for an initiative such as this," said Keith Heller, Founder and Principal of Heller Consulting. "Harris Connect offers a perfect complement to the services we provide, and working with them helps make our network of partners even stronger." Delessio noted that the partnership is consistent with Harris Connect's long-standing commitment to evolution, responding to client needs with ongoing innovations and enhancements. "This powerful new alliance offers our Raiser's Edge clients the ideal solution for data integration and conversion using proven methodologies and best practices to address their unique needs, and to help them achieve and surpass their objectives." About Heller Consulting With offices in San Francisco, Chicago and New York, Heller Consulting, Inc. helps nonprofits maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of their development and fundraising operations. To date, Heller has completed more than 1,000 projects for more than 500 clients, including such prominent organizations as the American Red Cross, Allina Healthcare Systems, the Salvation Army, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, University of California Berkeley's Boalt School of Law and Teach for America. For more information, please visit http://www.teamheller.com. Heller Consulting, Inc. is an independent consulting firm and, as such, is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Blackbaud, Inc. |
