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- 1. Georgetown Law School Usage Statistics:
Full-time Enrollment // 2,600
Case Study Student Organizations // 100
Number of Users // 1,600
Joined OrgSync Spring 2010
Problem/Overview
Georgetown Law School, a historic institution located in the heart of
Washington DC, found OrgSync after searching for a better way to run and
manage their student life. The campus has an active student body; however,
like many other graduate schools, they struggled with efficiently managing
their student organizations and centralizing the student activities on campus.
Competition Failed to Meet Needs. Georgetown Law previously used an
online system from another provider, but it failed to meet their needs for a
number of reasons, including: lack of aesthetic appeal, limited functionality,
unintuitive usability, and lack of support for the system after it was sold to
the campus.
“I have always had excellent
Solution
experiences communicating
One of the key reasons Georgetown chose OrgSync was because of the
dedicated campus consultants that serve as the direct contact for each with various people at
university. The campus consultants guide each new campus partner through OrgSync. I appreciate
the full implementation process and provide on-going support as needed. the easy access, multiple
Campus Implementation & Launch. Georgetown Law officially launched communication choices,
OrgSync to all its students with an on-site training led by the campus and the check-in calls and
consultants. Within one year, all 100 of the student organizations had
messages.”
successfully launched OrgSync. Reasons cited for the high adoption include:
• Students involved in purchasing decision of OrgSync Amy Garrison
• Organizations required to register through OrgSync Director of Student Life
• Encouraged use by multiple departments on campus at Georgetown Law
• On-site trainings with OrgSync’s dedicated campus consultant
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Results
Why OrgSync? OrgSync has significantly helped the student organizations better manage
Campus Consultant themselves and has simultaneously saved the campus a considerable
amount of time and resources. Much of the daily processes have now been
Go Paperless
taken online and OrgSync has become an integral part of campus life at
Improve Communication
Georgetown Law.
Ease Officer Transition
Results for Students. The most impactful benefits for the students are
24-hour Support
that they are now able to effectively manage all of their organizations and
involvement in one place and improve communication with other students in
Key Usage Areas: the law school. Other uses of OrgSync the students enjoy include:
Student Organizations • Easing officer transition to help make organizations more sustainable
Public Interest Programs • Campus-wide calendar to see a synopsis of all law school events
Pro Bono • Self-managed public websites for every organization
• Ability to conduct secure, online elections for their officers
SBA Budgeting
Roommate Matching Results for Campus Administration. Immediately after OrgSync was
implemented on campus, the student life department began using its tools to
turn their office paperless. The campus now utilizes OrgSync daily for tasks
Favorite Tools:
such as organization approvals and report generation. Below are additional
Profile Directory examples of how Georgetown Law uses OrgSync to improve its daily
Campus-wide Calendar processes.
Online Forms • Online forms to process student requests and register organizations
Dashboards & Reports • Communication and group messaging no longer required to go through IT
Public Websites • Treasury tools for SBA to approve/deny budgets and funding allocations
• Assessment reporting on current organization and student data
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