NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. Blackbaud has been actively engaged in researching and analyzing trends in the nonprofit sector for quite a while. The analysis represents the largest study of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. Year End Online Giving Trends.

Haiti 68

Haiti Trend Online Giving 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Last year, I couldn't decide and ended up writing the look back as a lessons learned, a personal New Year's resolution post, and a round up of what nonprofit folks had on their minds as they entered 2008: Four Lessons Learned: Social Media and Nonprofits Meme: I listed four lessons learned and tagged four other people.

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Meme Lesson Social Media Reflection 50

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Blackbaud's analysis of online giving in 2008 found that December accounted for about 21% of the year's transaction volume, but 48% of the total dollars raised. for Blackbaud customers in the entire analysis. Online Giving Tops $15 Billion in 2008. billion was given online to US charities in 2008.

Online 90

Online Fundraising Offline Blackbaud 90

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Listening further, I learned this was a report of a study just recently published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, using data on giving from 2008. 1 But let’s compare their numbers for 2008, the year for which the Chronicle recently reported. Giving USA’s number for individual giving in 2008 is $214 billion. Why the difference?

Research 75

Research Arizona Philanthropy Foundation 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

To create the report, an international body of experts in education, technology, and other fields convene on a wiki to review research, practice, and significant trends. The technology trend that caught my eye was “Learning Analytics,” which is big data applied to the field of education.

Analytics 97

Analytics Teach Training Train 97

Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2014

When the economy crashed in 2008, we all felt the negative impact, including K-12 private schools. Schools now had the power to easily conduct year over year trend analysis: How many families were in a certain stage compared to three years ago? This is a guest post by Daniel Weede, Senior Account Executive at Blackbaud.

Blackbaud 36

Blackbaud Application Database Demographics 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

Jay Dedman pointed to an analysis Feedburner by Chris Baskind. You should be looking at monthly trends over time. Hard Data Points: Look at the Feed Subscribers trends from Feedburner and Unique Visitors Trends from Google Analytics. But the exchange prompted some reflection on how I use Feedburner.

Metrics 81

Metrics Social Media Strategy RSS 81

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Thus, it continues the decades-long trend that IT spending has an increasing share of the global economy. Below, I’ll describe some recent research on the used, or "secondary," marketplace as well as some of the trends that address the viability of the refurbished computer market. Refurbishment and the Environment.

Gartner 50

Gartner Marketing Laptop Trend 50

Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2014

2013 was a strong year for fundraising, with charities posting their best increase since before the economy plunged in 2008, according to the 2013 Charitable Giving Report. Read more sector analysis in the A Closer Look section of the 2013 Charitable Giving Report.

Communication 38

Communication Results Disaster Fundraising 38

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Thus, it continues the decades-long trend that IT spending has an increasing share of the global economy. Below, I’ll describe some recent research on the used, or "secondary," marketplace as well as some of the trends that address the viability of the refurbished computer market. Refurbishment and the Environment.

Marketing 59

Marketing Gartner Laptop Trend 59

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The report was primarily informed by two sources: Financial data showing trends from the field. In 2009, we conducted a broad financial overview of 70 domestic violence (DV) service providers, which was followed by a comparative financial analysis of 18 organizations in 2010. Lessons learned from our work with agencies in the field.

Research 89

Research Data California Government 89

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

What are the trends on all of the above? Looking at them in isolation without all the other data and the trends and information they entail makes no sense. at 11:31 am Web stats are intended to be an internal control and analysis tool. How many people are reading our materials in their RSS readers? 10 Cindy Leonard 09.26.07

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Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

Darfur 100

Darfur Sri Lanka Liberia Colombia 100

Care2

MAY 9, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) May 9, 2008 | Kaya Matteo Thanks for sharing.

Advocacy 28

Advocacy Social Media Online email 28

Care2

MAY 8, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) May 9, 2008 | Kaya Matteo Thanks for sharing.

Advocacy 28

Advocacy Social Media email Online 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I'll be doing a presentation on a panel at the Museum Computer Network Conference in two weeks on this topic and in early 2008 for the Legal Services Corporation. I'm doing a workshop on Social Media Metrics, Measurement, and ROI at PodCamp Boston tomorrow. This is work in progress. And, it will make your brain hurt!

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Guinea Measure Social Media Wikispaces 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. Trust me.

Comment 97

Comment Artist Social Media Hype 97

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors. Is it trending in any direction?

Attention 36

Attention Metrics Online Fundraising 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Referrals - percentage of visitors by top ten sources for past 30 days (April, 2008). "If you listen closely, you can pick up on trends and ideas that can really help your outreach and communication efforts." This is, of course, a simplistic analysis of a select number of Twitter users. My ratio is 2.4,

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Twitter Ratio Google Artist 74

Care2

JULY 26, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) December 11, 2007 | çad?r

Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

JULY 17, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) December 11, 2007 | çad?r

Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

See3

DECEMBER 12, 2007

“Security vendors now require 24-by-7 defense operations to continuously monitor the Internet for new spam trends and distribute new defensive solutions immediately.&# Barracuda said it based its findings on analysis of more than a billion e-mail messages received daily by its approximately 50,000 customers worldwide.

Social Media 40

Social Media Somalia Myspace Marketing 40

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) December 11, 2007 | çad?r

ROI 53

ROI Social Network Social Media Advocacy 53

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

But, maybe you've done some of that thinking and implemented a few focused social media experiments in 2008 and have gleaned some insights. Do a regular task analysis of your social media work flow looking for redundant actions or where you've simply lapsed into automatic pilot or bad habits. Good for you! Great work.

Social Media 98

Social Media Media Tips Social 98

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

They also point to trends and issues that are often of interest to people. I also did a little, non-scientific analysis of some of the cities that had jumps of 20-30 places in their 2008 to 2009 ranking. Author: Tad Druart. Lists almost always get people’s attention. Check out the list and let us know what you think.

Austin 28

Austin Online Learning Minneapolis 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I will also continue to write case studies, step-by-steps instructional pieces, and trend pieces. Social Media Audience Research and Social Network Analysis: I've been tracking social media research snippets for a while, but not in a very well organized way. Social Media and Nonprofits: ROI Case Study Slam NTC in 2008.

Goal 50

Goal ROI Wiki Metrics 50

sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,430 nonprofit organizations representing $2.21 Small and medium sized organizations had a positive growth trend, but large nonprofits were negative over this period of time.

Blackbaud 66

Blackbaud Trend Haiti Benchmark 66

sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Why Apple isn’t the Nonprofit App Grinch Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 10th, 2010 Nonprofit social media expert Beth Kanter isn’t happy with Apple at the moment.

Trend 75

Trend Nonprofit Blackbaud Aggregator 75

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Overall Fundraising Remains Positive The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,376 nonprofit organizations representing $2.2 This growth trend has been fueled by improving results from both large (+3.9%) and small (+15.1%) nonprofits. over last year.

Blackbaud 70

Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 70

sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,468 nonprofit organizations representing $2.25 Large and medium sized organizations had a negative growth trend, but smaller organizations continued to experience positive growth.

Blackbaud 62

Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Haiti 62

sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Overall Fundraising Remains Positive The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,412 nonprofit organizations representing $2.2 This growth trend has been fueled by improving results from both large (+6.2%) and small (+17.2%) nonprofits. over last year.

Blackbaud 58

Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 58

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Top States for New Donors & Online Donors Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 23rd, 2010 Blackbaud has a tremendous amount of data about the nonprofit sector. Sometimes that leads to very valuable insights into what’s happening.

District of Columbia 72

District of Columbia Trend Donor Blackbaud 72

Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Great analysis of causes!

Causes 48

Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

Care2

JULY 24, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Great analysis of causes!

Causes 48

Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What’s Different One Year After Haiti? Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Hispaniola.

Haiti 63

Haiti Trend Difference Blackbaud 63

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

There are 75 pages of statistics and trend information in the report. Giving Amount Trends High net worth households gave $54,016 on average to charity in 2009. The study is part of an ongoing research partnership with the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , which began in 2006. The average wealth of respondents was $10.7

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Studies Philanthropy Trend Attitude 74

sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

The Blackbaud indices include organizations that raised money specifically for Haiti relief in the year-over-year analysis. Some important trends will be explored later to show analysis of post-Haiti giving. Small, medium, and large organizations all had positive growth in the analysis.

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Blackbaud Disaster Haiti Giving 62