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EDUCATION

Boosting the impact of your alumni affinity.

 

As educational institutions continue to face the challenge of engaging with their alumni, donors and constituents, it’s important to utilize the tools and technologies available to communicate with them effectively. CDS Global is at the forefront of providing solutions that help organizations discern the most effective communication channels to increase engagement.

Our personalized and segmented content is designed to strengthen connections with your audience and increase the likelihood of them becoming advocates for your institution. Our operational excellence and subject matter expertise can help you navigate the transformation to multichannel content seamlessly.

With CDS Global’s solutions, you can reach your audience where they are and provide them with the content they want, whether it’s through email, social media, or other channels. This not only increases affinity with your institution, but also helps to build a stronger community of alumni, donors, and constituents who are passionate about supporting your mission.

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MEMBERSHIP, ASSOCIATION & ORDER MANAGEMENT

Focus on your institution while we handle back-end membership management processes for you on our constituent-centric state-of-the-art system.

Member Management

Your members can view and manage every aspect of their membership including events, benefits, flagship publication orders, merchandise orders and more. This gives you a holistic view of each of your members, their unique needs and how they interact with your association.

Order Management

Capture orders and deliver products to members with frictionless order placement and management. Members can receive products pertaining to their membership as well as place additional orders within your organization for timely and uninterrupted service.

Event Registration Provide a seamless journey for your members to register, pay, and attend events whether in-person or online.
Integrated Member Services

Seamlessly integrate your donor care, communications and acknowledgement, product distribution, and data with our membership management system for a holistic view of your supporters. 


DONATION PROCESSING & DATA CAPTURE

Our donation processing solutions free you to shift your focus from back-end operations to supporting and delivering upon your mission by significantly lowering processing costs, leveraging our financial transaction security measures and keeping your constituents engaged.

Comprehensive Donation Processing

Our comprehensive donation processing solutions allow you to provide your donors with the most convenient option. In addition to traditional donation methods like checks, we process donations via card and alternative payments such as PayPal, Amazon Pay and Apple Pay.

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REMOTE DEPOSIT CAPTURE

Install our remote deposit capture equipment at your site and send scanned remittance information directly to our processing system instead of processing items themselves or mailing the remittance back to a lockbox facility.

Archive Your Donations

Our Web Image Archive (WIA) platform houses images of checks, documents and correspondence received from your donors. Our system stores a record of all your processed donations and donor information that can be sorted, searched and downloaded on demand. The ability to view stored files on this secure system and grant access to as many or as few users as desired is fully controlled by clients.

Advanced Data Capture

Our optimized systems capture data from virtually any document that comes with your receivables, including invoices, donations, donor correspondence, surveys, solicitation slips and more. Our sophisticated page-scanning technology is built on artificial intelligence and machine learning, ensuring efficient capture of all information submitted by donors, including handwritten details.

Lockbox Solutions CDS Global’s lockbox solutions automate the capture, management, archival and delivery of your receivables, processing your payments and translating customer information into valuable marketing data.

DATA & ANALYTICS

Our comprehensive data solutions help you identify prospects, acquire new donors and deliver customized offers to each individual based on how they interact with you.

DONOR PROFILES

Get a better understanding of who your existing donors are and use the information to market to prospective donors who meet the same criteria.

ACQUISITION LISTS Reach new prospects most likely to support your mission based on more than 500 demographic and interest attributes.
AI-Powered PREDICTIVE RESPONSE MODELING

Accurately identify which prospects are most likely to become donors, along with AI and machine learning tools that help you reach the right supporter at the right time in the right place to ensure successful conversions and retention. These tools develop customized and targeted offers to attract new donors and retain existing sustainers by preventing cancellations.

Customizable REPORTING Power your mission with data. Create custom reports with your choice of style and frequency. Pre-schedule your reports and easily share them with anyone in your organization. 

CONSTITUENT CARE

Translate every interaction with your constituents, whether through phone, email, mail or online channels, into a chance to build ongoing dialogue, trust and affinity.

OMNICHANNEL SUPPORT

Bring all your constituent touchpoints together to deliver a consistent message and encourage continued loyalty to your mission. Our omnichannel contact center is equipped with staff trained in issue resolution across large call volumes, email support and live chat. Our social media monitoring staff can provide consistent support and messaging across your social media platforms. 

PROFESSIONAL INTERACTIONS Trust our team of experts to handle your supporter's questions in an efficient and professional manner. Our team acts as an extension of your brand and is trained to build loyalty and trust with your constituents. 
AI Powered Recommendations Our predictive response modeling technology provides our constituent care representatives with real-time recommendations to boost retention and increase donations. Our technology identifies potential constituent churn and presents the best offer to retain loyal supporters. 
REGULAR PERFORMANCE UPDATES Review performance reports or monitor calls, emails or live chats to ensure service levels are being met. 

ONLINE MARKETING

Convert potential donors into sustained gifters by presenting targeted offers and hosted customized web pages that build affinity for your institution.

Secure webpage hosting

We offer full-service webpage hosting solutions. With our secure and reliable solutions, you can feel confident that your supporters will receive safe and uninterrupted service.

Front-end Web Development

Our front-end web development experts create visually stunning and user-friendly pages for you so you can focus on your mission. Our team leverages industry best practices to design webpages tailored to your unique identity and needs.

Comprehensive email management We streamline your email marketing efforts through our comprehensive email management service. Our team of experts will manage your email lists, set up automatically triggered emails, design your emails, and help you build reports to track campaign performance. Our custom emails help you build donor affinity and communicate more effectively with your supporters. 

PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION

Efficiently warehouse, fulfill and distribute orders and gifts to donors using CDS Global’s full-service warehousing and distribution solutions.

FLEXIBLE FULFILLMENT

Easily fulfill orders for a wide variety of supporter premiums such as products, magazines and publications or other specialty goods.

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT & REPORTING Get real-time reporting on your inventory and make adjustments as necessary.
REDUCED SHIPPING RATES Save significantly on shipping fees via our strong relationships with third-party shipping consolidators.
EFFICIENT KITTING & ASSEMBLY Turn complex kitting & assembly projects into a simple task with the help of our order experts.
SMOOTH RETURNS Provide exceptional support to your donors by providing them with a straightforward returns process.
REWARDS FOR VARIOUS LEVELS OF DONORS Give thanks to your donors by segment, allowing them to receive special gifts and acknowledgements.

CONSTITUENT COMMUNICATIONS

Build donor confidence with prompt, personalized acknowledgements and communications. Our complete mailing solution simplifies the process of preparing, printing and mailing communications that recognize a donor’s gift without sacrificing quality or speed.

Alumni & Donor Communication Management

We create, print and mail personalized donor solicitations, tax receipts, thank you letters, or other stewardship communications on your behalf. Customized acknowledgements are prepared with accuracy, accountability and cost in mind. Our print management team leverages our buying power to reduce printing costs and improve stock ordering efficiencies. In addition, we ensure that postal, lettershop, and operations requirements are met to improve processing performance.

OPTIMIZED MAILING

Reach your donors for less without compromising on speed or quality. Our efficient mailing process ensures the lowest postal rates and timely turnaround for gift acknowledgements, letters, postcards and other communications.

PERSONALIZED MULTI-CHANNEL CAMPAIGNS

Easily build and deploy personalized print and email solicitation campaigns to interact with your supporters and constituents. The addition of QR codes to donor-facing communications simplifies the gifting process. Your supporters will enjoy the swift "scan and donate" process, while you have a reliable way to receive, track, and acknowledge gifts.

Detailed Reporting & Tracking In-depth tracking and mail reporting for every document, which allows CDS Global to guarantee 100% mailing accuracy.

ELECTRONIC SUSTAINER GIFT PROCESSING

Build loyalty to your mission by allowing supporters to set up recurring donations using our electronic sustainer gift processing solution.

Convenient Autoenrollment Provide your constituents with the convenience of electronic autoenrollment to continually support your mission. Our system captures all their information through a single form, and processes their donation using the method and frequency of their preference.
Custom Donation Portal

Our Front End Web Development team can build custom donation portals that match the branding of your mission. Custom portals provide a seamless experience for donors and can be conveniently embedded on your website. 

Flexible Donation Gateway

Allow your donors to choose the channel and method to donate most convenient to them. Capture donations through multiple channels including IVR, SMS, Custom Online Portals, Call Centers, and Online Banking. Receive donations made by check, credit and debit cards, and ACH.


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