Message has proven to be a quick, easy way to reach out to our students and receive timely responses.
The Ford Family Foundation is a private, non-profit foundation with headquarters in Roseburg, Oregon. The Foundation makes grants to public charities and agencies predominantly benefiting communities in rural Oregon and Siskiyou County, California.
In addition, the Foundation designs, manages and funds programs that aim to improve the wellbeing of children, families and communities in the region, including a scholarship program for college and university students.
Challenges
The Foundation found that many of their emails about scholarship opportunities and renewals were going to spam. This was particularly true for emails sent to university email addresses with strict spam filters.
As such, getting in touch with students took a long time. Often, students didn't notice and respond to email messages or phone calls for several days — which was far too slow for time-sensitive information, including scholarship deadlines. The Foundation needed a better, more modern way to reach today's learners.
Results
The Ford Family Foundation found the perfect solution in Modern Campus Message two-way conversational text messaging. Text messages always go through to students, never get caught in spam filters, and encourage quicker responses than emails or phone calls. Instead of waiting several days for students to respond, Foundation staff now hear back in mere minutes!
Students frequently tell staff how much they appreciate being able to communicate via texting. It's quick, easy and fits their lifestyles.
Now, the Foundation can connect more students with scholarship and renewal opportunities, without stress or delay!
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