

by Marcus Jennings
Zoom and Kaltura: Two peas in a pod
I’m sure most of you have used YouTube, Vimeo or other online video sharing platforms in some capacity. Did you know UGA offers a similar product for faculty, staff, and students to use for FREE?!
If not, let me introduce you to Kaltura.…


by Buck Sharp
Building Interests for Message Targeting
The goal of interest-based marketing efforts is to provide the audience with more relevant and tailored communications and programming. Knowing what interests your audience informs the content, activities and fundraising opportunities you choose…


by Michelle Versfeld
Collaboration Spotlight: GCS Celebration
Advancement Services, Business Engagement, Communications, Development, Information Technology, Parent Giving
The Georgia Commitment Scholarship Program was designed for collaboration. It’s only fitting the GCS Celebration would be the same.


by Clare Cooley
New Fundraising Reports
GAIL puts the latest numbers at your fingertips.
You can now find up-to-the-minute fundraising totals in GAIL. These new reports draw on the best features of the monthly Development Detail Report and the Site Fundraising Report.
To find…


by Emily Clary
Building Deliverable Emails
Of course it’s important to create nice looking emails to send to your constituents, but did you know that some of your email elements could actually be keeping them out of inboxes? Use this article as a resource when crafting emails to ensure…


by Olivia Engesser
New Segments vs. Existing Segments
As our division and our efforts continue to grow, so does the information stored in our database. This means a continual increase in the number of segments housed in GAIL. To conserve space and reduce confusion among users, let's explore ways…


by Daynes Parker
New Region Codes
We added new region codes to GAIL for all US Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Combined Statistical Areas as well as all Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the state of Georgia. When using the query tool, these region code values are denoted…


by Michelle Versfeld
Collaboration Spotlight: Ask Me Anything
Advancement Services, Alumni Relations, Business Engagement, Communications, Foundation Relations, Regional Programs, UGA Foundation
The successful Ask Me Anything series is an example of the innovative collaboration that happens between DAR units even in challenging times.


by David Jones
Solicitation Traffic Control
Savvy UGA communicators can rely on the GAIL Planning Calendar to manage the channels and messages reaching our alumni and friends.


by Cindy Bond
MG EVI Scores are now updated in GAIL fresh for FY20
The Major Giving Expected Value Index (MG EVI) scores have just been updated and loaded into GAIL for FY20. These are the scores that get updated once each year from our vendor, Blackbaud Fundraiser Performance Management (previously called…