Kathryn Stephens Biesel
Higher Achievement: Chief of Staff

“We migrated to Raiser’s Edge when Blackbaud purchased Gift Maker Pro. Unfortunately, our Raiser’s Edge was never optimized for our use and as a result became merely a repository for gift and constituent data.  We knew that we needed to align our business needs with the extensive capabilities of RE. 

dotOrg Consulting facilitated us through a thoughtful process of defining our needs, configuring the system, documenting our critical processes and training our users. 

We can now leverage all the functionality to meet our donor management needs and to produce the reports that we need when we need them.  We could not have managed this without a knowledgeable consultant such as Peter and he continues to help us refine the system as we grow and our needs become more sophisticated. 

It was a very wise investment of time and resources; we just wish we would have found Peter months earlier. ”

Susan K. Ahearn
Seattle University: Associate Dean for Advancement

"Seattle University converted the entire campus to The Raiser’s Edge in 2003. We met Kyle during the university-wide implementation where he helped to design and implement system-wide processes to allow us to efficiently manage prospects, alumni and donors.

After the University went live, the School of Law engaged Kyle to address the specific needs of the Law School – so that we could ensure we were putting the new functionality to its best use. Kyle’s used his extensive knowledge of The Raiser’s Edge, fundraising and constituent management to help us design custom reports, use critical tools to manage the intricacies of Law School Alumni and showed us how to use the new standard reports at our disposal.

Kyle helped us lay the groundwork for efforts that continue to help us improve our outreach and effectiveness in engaging our core constituencies.”

David Murray
Syracuse University: Assistant Dean for Advancement

"Peter's work at the American Red Cross required tact, diplomacy, honesty, and attention to detail. He deftly navigated among internal Red Cross constituencies and between vendor partners. He was instrumental in helping move major projects forward thoughtfully and with alacrity.

I highly recommend both the style and the substance of his work"

David Rubin
Director of the Annual Fund

"When the Oregon Health and Science University Foundation decided to convert to Raiser's Edge, it was critical to our team that we engage the services of someone who could effectively advocate and liaise between us and the vendor.

Kyle fit the bill perfectly, blending his depth of fundraising practices with a comprehensive understanding of Raiser’s Edge. Under his guidance, our project team made informed decisions about how to best manage our constituent data.

Kyle exhibited a unique ability to relate to staff that varied widely in terms of job responsibilities and product expectations.

Not surprisingly, our Foundation staff was passionate about the importance of their work: Kyle helped alleviate some of the fears around a new system and the changes in workflow and business processes.

I’ve recommended Kyle to many other organizations for these reasons."

We Think Highly of Ourselves - and So Do Some Others

It is said that actions speak louder than words. In this case, our actions have led to some very nice words being spoken on our behalf. We hope that you will read these words and then take the action of hiring us to take some action - after which you can be listed on this page speaking some more very nice words on our behalf.