{"id":16175,"date":"2024-01-31T16:13:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T21:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/?post_type=customer-story&#038;p=16175"},"modified":"2025-03-31T11:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:31:11","slug":"mississippi-state-university-development-and-alumni-division","status":"publish","type":"customer-story","link":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/customer-stories\/mississippi-state-university-development-and-alumni-division","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi State University Development and Alumni Division"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero hero--customer-story\" id=\"hero--customer-story-block_5e5c9316ff9c65d146370be185261620\">\n    <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container has-image\">\n        <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container-diamonds d-none d-md-block\">\n            <div class=\"diamond-top__gradient\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"diamond-top__green\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-9 col-lg\">\n                    <ul class=\"breadcrumbs list-unstyled\">\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\"><i class=\"fa fa-home\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"\/customer-stories\">Customer Stories<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-md-5\">\n                    <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container-content\">\n                        <p><span class=\"green-eyebrow\">MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI DIVISION<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>MSU&#8217;s Evolving Advancement and Alumni Engagement Needs Met by All-Encompassing Blackbaud CRM<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container-download\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mississippi-State-University-Development-Alumni-Customer-Snapshot.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-arrow-down-to-bracket\"><\/i> Download PDF<\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container-image\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Drill_Field_flags_cowbell-GradAppreciationWeek_20190411_M4B6134-scaled.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid wp-post-image\" alt=\"Graduate Student Appreciation Week. The cowbell, visible on the Drill Field from the Dave C. Swalm Chemical Engineering Building, is made of individual flags representing the entire population of MSU graduate students.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Drill_Field_flags_cowbell-GradAppreciationWeek_20190411_M4B6134-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Drill_Field_flags_cowbell-GradAppreciationWeek_20190411_M4B6134-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Drill_Field_flags_cowbell-GradAppreciationWeek_20190411_M4B6134-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Drill_Field_flags_cowbell-GradAppreciationWeek_20190411_M4B6134-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Drill_Field_flags_cowbell-GradAppreciationWeek_20190411_M4B6134-1536x1009.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Drill_Field_flags_cowbell-GradAppreciationWeek_20190411_M4B6134-2048x1345.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hero--customer-story__vertical-region\">\n        <div class=\"hero--customer-story__vertical-region-diamonds\">\n            <div class=\"diamond-bottom__gradient\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"diamond-bottom__blue\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"diamond-bottom__white\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-12 d-md-flex\">\n                                        <div class=\"hero--customer-story__vertical-region__vertical\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/higher-ed.svg\" class=\"img-fluid wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>                            <span class=\"tag\">\n                                Higher Education Institutions                            <\/span>\n                                                <\/div>\n                                                                <div class=\"hero--customer-story__vertical-region__region\">\n                        <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><g stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" clip-path=\"url(#map-pin)\"><path d=\"M12 14a3 3 0 1 0 0-6 3 3 0 0 0 0 6Z\"\/><path d=\"M17.657 16.657 13.414 20.9a2 2 0 0 1-2.827 0l-4.244-4.243a8 8 0 1 1 11.314 0v0Z\"\/><\/g><defs><clipPath id=\"map-pin\"><path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\"\/><\/clipPath><\/defs><\/svg>                                                    <span class=\"tag\">\n                                North America                            <\/span>\n                                                <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"customer-story-single__content\" id=\"customer-story-single__content-block_b41c709894c428bb939df23f1c93588a\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row flex-column-reverse flex-md-row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-7\">\n                <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<section class=\"lede-quote\" id=\"lede-quote-block_3b03d00d0838b09101152f52c8cdb6f5\">\n                        <div class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__content\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__content__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/blackbaud-blocks\/blocks\/acf-longform-lede-quote\/\/img\/quote-rectangle.svg\" alt=\"quotes\">\n                <p class=\"body-large\">Between all the vendors we evaluated, <span class=\"blue-highlight\">Blackbaud CRM was hands down everyone\u2019s favorite choice.<\/span> It\u2019s all encompassing, and the open APIs allow us to easily integrate with other third-party software.\u201d<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__name\">\n                Leann M. Markham            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__organization\">\n                <i>Executive Director of Information Services, Mississippi State University Development and Alumni Division <\/i>            <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_f7cc95c3dc24645a8a387f92797165fe\">\n            <p class=\"body-medium\">The Division of Development and Alumni at Mississippi State University serves the university\u2019s over 161,000 living alumni and facilitates the majority of fundraising activities for the 145-year-old land-grant institution. The division needed a comprehensive, agile, and adaptable CRM system for advancement and alumni engagement, and after carefully considering other CRM systems knew Blackbaud CRM\u2122 was the perfect fit.<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_c3b1d4a772e66fa9f4b1d8e8ac075a6c\">\n            <h3>Everyone\u2019s Favorite Choice<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">\u201cWe wanted a sophisticated advancement CRM system that was strong outof-the-box and that we could customize as our needs evolved,\u201d said Leann M. Markham, executive director of information services for the division. \u201cBetween all the vendors we evaluated, Blackbaud CRM was hands down everyone\u2019s favorite choice. It\u2019s all encompassing, and the open APIs allow us to easily integrate with other third-party software.\u201d<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_cbee14a0a46ba6b970c89f380e57e1b7\">\n            <h3>Implementation Success: Smooth and Easy<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">Blackbaud CRM\u2019s ability to be easily customized, configured, and integrated with third-party tools allows organizations to extend the already robust software\u2019s capabilities to further improve operational efficiencies. \u201cThe implementation of Blackbaud CRM itself was a smooth process, and even more impressive was how simple it was to integrate 360MatchPro from Double-the-Donation,\u201d said Markham. \u201cWe automated manual processes and expect to see an increase in dollars raised and matched in future fundraising campaigns.\u201d<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_4047c8c206bff9aed789dd10334970c3\">\n            <h3>Informing Long-Term Goals<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">With Blackbaud CRM, staff across multiple departments operate within a single source of truth, giving everyone a holistic view of constituents like never before. \u201cThe data presented is more comprehensive and easier to access and understand,\u201d said Markham. \u201cBlackbaud CRM will help better inform our future fundraising and engagement strategies and decisions as well as be instrumental when setting our long-term goals.\u201d<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"customer-story-single__content-download\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mississippi-State-University-Development-Alumni-Customer-Snapshot.pdf\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-arrow-down-to-bracket\"><\/i> Download PDF<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n  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