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Ann Doyle posted a reply on Re: Using Altru? Or recently switched CRM? Goin...
Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Said: Hi all,When I started 5 years ago with Mid-Michigan Children's Museum, they were using Blackbaud Raiser's Edge. It was not user-friendly, and the customer service was pretty poor. I came from another nonprofit (Great Lakes Bay C...
Kimberly McKenney posted a reply on Re: Attendance Trends Across Children's Museums
Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Said: Hardin, our outreach programming is offsite at libraries and community centers. 2025 outreach attendance was up 9% year-over-year. 2026 YTD is up 13%, helped by the fact that we added a new weekly site in January, increasing Q1 class se...
Alex Fay posted a reply on Re: Using Altru? Or recently switched CRM? Goin...
Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Said: We use Altru for POS, Development, Membership, Events, etc. I started in the position about 8 months ago and have been primarily responsible for the CRM, data hygiene, querying/reporting side of things. I've inherited a lot of disorgani...
Hardin Engelhardt posted a reply on Re: Attendance Trends Across Children's Museums
Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Said: Kimberly, is your outreach programming onsite or offsite?
Kimberly McKenney posted a reply on Re: Attendance Trends Across Children's Museums
Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Said: We have also seen a decline in museum visitation. Since museum admission is via optional donation for us, we don't think it's economically related, but realize gas/parking, etc. could still be a factor. We saw a post-COVID high in 2023,...
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