Bellevue, WA – October 31, 2006 – Talisma® Corporation (www.education.talisma.com), the leading provider of Multi-channel Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) solutions for higher education, announced today that the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, one of the most prestigious business colleges in the United States, has selected Talisma’s Multi-channel CRM solution for Higher Education to help the college achieve its recruitment, student services, career development and social networking goals. The Mendoza College of Business will rely on Talisma to improve strategic communication to prospective, current and former students, as well as friends and partners, by deploying an integrated multi-channel system that will enable the University to foster personalized relationships with all constituents.

“Talisma CRM offers the security, flexibility and configurability we need to enable communication and cooperation across all areas of our college,” says David Yeh, Director of Information Technology for the Mendoza. “Talisma CRM’s seamless integration with Microsoft Office applications delivers the ease-of-use our users demand.”

Talisma will help the college improve the student experience by combining the power of the Internet with traditional communications channels to gain a unified view of the constituent’s profile information and interactions across all channels of communication and departments. With Talisma, Mendoza will be able to provide timely, accurate answers to constituent inquiries.

“We’re very proud that our multi-channel CRM solution has been selected by such a celebrated institution,” said Craig Stanford, Director of Higher Education for Talisma. “The Mendoza College of Business will quickly realize the impact that Talisma will have on its recruitment and communication efforts. We’re confident that with Talisma, Notre Dame will write another chapter in its history of innovation in higher education.”

Built on proven best practices, Talisma Multi-channel CRM for Higher Education ensures that academic institutions cost-effectively meet strategic enrollment, student services, retention, and advancement goals. In addition, Talisma Multi-channel CRM for Higher Education helps build one-to-one relationships with prospects, existing students, donors, and alumni networks and enables personal interaction across its entire broad base of constituents.

About the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame
The Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame currently enrolls more than 2,200 students in undergraduate, graduate and executive studies. Undergraduates earn degrees in four majors: accountancy, finance, management and marketing. The Mendoza College of Business, led by Dean Carolyn Woo, also offers graduate degree programs, including a master of business administration, executive master of business administration, master of science in accountancy and master of nonprofit administration.

About Talisma Corporation
Talisma is a leading provider of multi-channel CRM solutions for higher education and helps build one-to-one relationships with students, donors, and alumni networks, enabling institutions to deliver a truly exceptional constituent experience. Talisma Multi-channel CRM for Higher Education is highly configurable and rapidly deployable, enabling Talisma customers to achieve measurable ROI in a short period-of-time. The Talisma Higher Education CRM Suite is helping institutions such as University of Alabama, Indiana State University, Strayer University, Florida Atlantic University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Bellevue University, and many others reach enrollment, retention and advancement goals. Talisma, based in Bellevue, Washington, has offices across North America, Europe, and Asia, and serves more than 800 customers worldwide. For more information, please visit: http://www.education.talisma.com

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