Blackbaud’s integrated technology creates operational efficiencies, new ways of working and new opportunities for student and alumni engagement
CHARLESTON, SC, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), a leading provider of social impact enhancement software, today shared how a Nashville, TennesseeK-12 independent school Ensworth School has deepened its use of integrated technology to foster collaboration, strengthen communication, break down silos, increase efficiency and provide an intuitive user experience that supports all school stakeholders.
With more than 1,200 students enrolled, Ensworth relies on Blackbaud’s K-12 education management portfolio to power enrollment, tuition, school website, student information and classroom learning, while leveraging Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® for fundraising and Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® for financial management.
With Blackbaud’s Total School Solution, Ensworth’s stakeholders have seen a significant jump in efficiency. Blackbaud Tuition Management seamlessly syncs with Blackbaud Enrollment Management, which then connects to Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT, so a school can track student progress from inquiry to alumni without re-entry by staff or parents.
“From the moment they visit or inquire, students and their families are in our system,” he said Jason Hiett, Director of Technology, Ensworth School. “Once we get through the enrollment part, all the checklists and the application are there for them. If they accept it, they fill out the enrollment contracts and their data with the contract goes into tuition management.” With this technology, the school has saved close to 100 annual man-hours for its staff by reducing data entry during enrollment—the busiest time of the year.
Blackbaud’s education management portfolio provides a framework for empowering teaching and learning with solutions that open the door to new ways of working. Students and family members can connect with the school community through Tigernet, the school’s intranet named after its mascot. Tigernet includes Blackbaud solutions for school website, student information and learning management. Users have customized dashboards linked to class pages and an easy-to-navigate assignment center, as well as user groups that support meaningful collaboration.
Teachers also have the flexibility to connect to Google Classroom apps, and the school has added a growing number of electronic textbooks available through a single sign-on setup. Ensworth is also looking at the Blackbaud Marketplace for Blackbaud partner applications designed to complement Blackbaud’s education management offerings.
When students graduate, their status is updated on Tigernet and synced with the school’s Raiser’s Edge NXT database, which the school uses to raise funds and nurture relationships with alumni and supporters.
“Before, everything was so closed,” said the secretary and database manager Susan Ott. “We have reduced the amount of double and triple entry into the systems.” With that time savings, Ensworth can explore ways to tailor communications to foster stronger relationships, for example, engaging alumni in more unique and targeted ways.
Learn more about the Ensworth School story here, and learn more about Blackbaud’s Total School Solution here.
About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is a leading software vendor dedicated exclusively to enhancing social impact. Serving the nonprofit and education sectors, corporate social responsibility, and individual changemakers, Blackbaud’s core software is built to accelerate impact in fundraising, nonprofit financial management, digital giving, grantmaking, corporate social responsibility, and education management. With millions of users and more 100 billion dollars Raised, awarded or managed through Blackbaud platforms every year, Blackbaud solutions unleash the potential of people and organizations that change the world. Blackbaud has been named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies, Quartz’s list of Best Companies for Remote Workers, and Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers. Blackbaud is a remote company United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and United Kingdom, supports users in more than 100 countries. Learn more at www.blackbaud.com or follow us further X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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