Slate is great!
Updated April 05, 2023
Slate is great!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Slate for Advancement
Slate for Advancement is the one-stop-shop for our Philanthropy + Engagement team at Wofford. It is our constituent CRM, gift management system, event management system, communication system, and the list goes on. Slate allowed us to replace an outdated donor management system and many, many home-grown bolt-on systems that were needed for us to do business the way we needed in order to best serve our donors and alumni.
When speaking of Slate, I often frame my conversations in the context of… do you want your software to tell you how to do business, or do you want your software to empower you to do business in the way you believe it should be done – the legacy system model, versus the Slate model. You do have to build your processes out, they are not all delivered (but many are.) However, the build-out of your processes in Slate is often more simple than the configuration of the old-school legacy systems.
Slate was the right choice for Wofford! We have been live on Slate for Advancement for over five and a half years at this point, and I wouldn't change a thing!
When speaking of Slate, I often frame my conversations in the context of… do you want your software to tell you how to do business, or do you want your software to empower you to do business in the way you believe it should be done – the legacy system model, versus the Slate model. You do have to build your processes out, they are not all delivered (but many are.) However, the build-out of your processes in Slate is often more simple than the configuration of the old-school legacy systems.
Slate was the right choice for Wofford! We have been live on Slate for Advancement for over five and a half years at this point, and I wouldn't change a thing!
Pros
- Gift management
- Communications (email, sms, print, voice)
- CRM functions
- Calling campaigns
- Event management
- Online giving
- Portals
Cons
- Extremely complicated events, events with lots of sub-events, fee structures, discounts, etc. can take creativity, but are doable.
- All of them! We utilize many of the features made available and are always excited to see what is coming next!
- Like mentioned in the summary, we replaced many systems with Slate!
Do you think Slate for Advancement delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Slate for Advancement's feature set?
Yes
Did Slate for Advancement live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Slate for Advancement go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Slate for Advancement again?
Yes
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