Harris Connect

“Events Management is a fantastic tool with a multitude of possibilities. We tweak the module to handle anything from pure event registration to reunion surveys, homecomings, 5K runs and volleyball tournaments. It's interesting what you can do with it.”

“The tool saves us event budgets and makes us look like we are cutting edge to our constituents at the same time. It’s great that Harris Connect continues to innovate, with features like radio buttons and drop down boxes. These enhancements not only make registration easier for users, they give the URI Alumni Association site a sharp, clean and more professional look.”

“For our recent annual ‘Pride in URI Night,’ we sent a blast email to our entire 23,000 constituent list and did the whole registration and notification process online. We saved $1500 on postage, we reached a larger universe than what we typically mail to, and the number of attendees increased by more than 55%. It's a testimony to the fact that we did not send out one piece of mail – it was completely online – and it passed the test with flying colors. Plus we saved staff time by eliminating the mailing and labeling process, as well as the back-end manual work of inputting.”

“One of the things we like most is that you don’t need to know any HTML coding to use the tool – you just enter what you want to enter and it becomes second nature. Another key is the online training and support, which has been extremely helpful. Harris Connect is very responsive to user feedback, by adjusting the program to better serve our needs. We are very pleased.”

Dave Nicolato, Assistant Director, University of Rhode Island (URI) Alumni Relations