Markham, ON (October 17, 2008)–Helix is pleased to announce that it intends to release a
Web 2.0
Content Management System
that is fully integrated into Andar/360. Helix intends to release this new module in early 2009. This module will be provided to all
e-Community Suite users of Andar at no additional charge. Andar's e-Community Suite is the base product utilized by e-Pledge, i-Attend, Community Building, e-Volunteer, and others. "Helix sees the need for nonprofits to build fully integrated Web-2.0-enabled web sites in order to collaborate and build social-networks online. Because it is such a critical function, we have decided to include it in our e-Community Suite at no additional cost to our customers." said Real Bedard, Vice President at Helix. "This is a vision that Helix has had for many years and all of the online development that we've delivered over the past years has been focussed on this path of higher level integration. Your organization's entire web site can be migrated to Andar to finally provide one consistent branding strategy for all your online functions."
The new content management system will initially provide two mission critical functions. First, it will allow our Andar customers to build articles (aka web pages) using a simple, MSWord-like interface. You will no longer need a web developer to build your web pages. Each article will have interest ratings so that, as your constituents read these articles online, their Andar account will be updated with these interest ratings. Andar will track how often each article is read and by whom.
Second, articles can be grouped into newsletters that are not only viewable on your Andar e-Community web site but can also be e-mailed to all constituents in a mailing list. e-Newsletter readership will automatically be tracked in Andar. Also, from your constituent's account in Andar, you'll be able to see what e-newsletter they read, what articles they clicked on, etc. Andar will track and report on the status of e-newsletter distributions including readership counts and click-through counts. This new function will eliminate the need for third party e-mail products.
With this module, Andar's e-Community Suite will be positioned to implement many other
Web 2.0 features. Your constituents will soon be able to add their personal comments to articles, e-mail articles to friends, follow your organization through
RSS
or
Twitter,
and add Andar e-Community applications to their
blog
or
facebook
page.
Helix is a leading provider of cost-effective, enterprise-wide fundraising and community support software to nonprofit organizations. Drawing on its 15 years of service and experience with the nonprofit sector, Helix offers within its “ Andar/360 Fundraising Software,” an integrated suite of products that addresses various missions of non-profits, such as fundraising campaign management, online giving,
allocation of funds,
outcomes measurements,
volunteer matching,
and community services
such as
Information & Referral (211).
In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Although Helix attempts to be accurate in making these forward-looking statements, it is possible that future circumstances might differ from the assumptions on which such statements are based. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
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