b'Special Strides 5 Years of Eleo. 5 Nonprofit Success Stories.Special Strides in Monroe, NJ is devoted to improving the lives of individuals withspecialneeds,offeringauniquecombinationof therapy,horses,How Has Eleo Enhanced Your Fundraising?and the natural environment. Special Strides provides all individuals anEleo makes me feel confident that the forgotten donor is no longer forgotten. opportunity to Improve their lives one stride at a time, regardless ofTime is money, and tasks that would have taken many hours can be done financial status. Susie Rehr and Laurie Landy are Executive Directors ofin minutes. This gives us more time to focus on donors and understand the Special Strides, while Beth Miller serves in Development. metrics that tell our fundraising story.Why Special Strides Chose EleoLaurie LandyBecause most donor management systems were so expensive, Susie hadWhy Do You Still Use Eleo 5 Years Later?attempted to create a database through Access software. Unfortunately, most donor information was lost after a house fire because the databaseWevebeendedicatedtomakingEleoworkforus.Inotherwords,gain wasstoredlocally.ASpecialStridesboardmembersuggestedSusieconfidence in the system and let Eleo do its job. The more weve used Eleo, meet Cindy Gittleman, Business Development Manager at Eleo. the more we see its true power in terms of efficiency and quality data. Susie RehrNot only did Susie have an instant connection with Cindy, but she was intrigued by the opportunity to grow with Eleo and possibly influence theDescribe Eleo in 3 Wordsevolution of the platform. She also liked the fact that Eleo is a cloud- Accessible / Flexible / Improvingbased solution, which would eliminate the risks associated with having all day stored locally. Advice for First-Time Eleo Users3 Favorite Eleo Features Learning Eleo is like learning a new language. Its not a hard language, but Web Forms.SpecialStridesuses web forms toeasilyaddadonateyouhavetobepatient.If youfollowthetrainingprogramand watchthe button to the website and Constant Contact mailings. Fundraising datawebinars, Eleo is extremely user-friendly.Laurie Landyis then automatically fed into Eleo.Lists. The ability to filter data and create and modify lists is important for donor research and setting up mailings in Constant Contact.The People! Even though Eleo is technology, the human element stands out for the Special Strides team. Cindy, CSS CEO Mark Grossman, and tech support have been incredible.6'