Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

2011 Online Giving Report – “'2011 did not have the 35% year-over-year growth rate in online giving that happened in 2010, but online fundraising did not lose its mojo,' said Steve MacLaughlin, co-author of the Report and Blackbaud’s director of Internet solutions. 'Every

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

“Today, there may be no idea with greater currency in the social sector than ‘scaling what works’” (Bradach, 2010, p. For nonprofits seeking to expand their programs, careful analysis of self and environment are crucial. Ask the following questions: Why should the program scale up? Who is involved? How should the program expand?

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

This is the first time that the indices have included fundraising data related to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. 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.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2011

This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue.

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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. Excludes donors giving $1,000 or more in 2009.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Just When You Thought Direct Mail Was Dead Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 10th, 2010 It’s baaack! The analysis found that 2% of donors under the age of 35 only gave offline.

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sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Giving Amount Trends High net worth households gave $54,016 on average to charity in 2009. Average total giving to religious causes dropped in 2009 to $9,985 from $17,635 in 2007, a decrease of 43.4%. Average total giving to secular causes was also down in 2009 to $46,852 from $71,200 in 2007, a decrease of 34.2%. This is a 34.9%

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Troubling Nonprofit Statistics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 28th, 2010 I spend a lot of time looking at metrics and benchmarks from across the nonprofit sector. solicit The 2010 Cygnus Donor Survey notes this and other trends.

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Statistics Trend Benchmark Blackbaud 81

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The report combines findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data to provide the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. 54% of the organizations in the analysis experienced results at or above this growth rate. compared to the same time period in 2010.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 7, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What Facebook Knows Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 7th, 2010 Think about all the things people post on Facebook or any other social networking website. That can be a good thing and sometimes that can be a bad thing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

What’s interesting is that they did a size of org and recommendation analysis – to break down recommendations by size of organization. Included in the bottom four are 3 properties of Blackbaud: Raiser’s Edge, eTapestry, and Kintera Sphere which was in dead last place. iMIS rounded out the bottom four.)

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

We have compiled this list through interviews with public- and private-sector leaders; analysis of initiatives, organizations and government programs; reviews of industry and mainstream news coverage; and submissions from thousands of online participants."

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Blackbaud Haiti Trend Arts 56

sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

What has your nonprofit done since January 12, 2010? Since that day many nonprofits have changed and improved how they respond to these kinds of disasters. Some still haven’t applied the lessons learned to their organizations. The organization raised $135 million worldwide and has spent $70 million of that total so far.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 15, 2007

It seems like it will start out with a local query system, then will be opened up to allow third party development of data analysis tools. The data warehouse initiative is to allow their customers access to large amounts of data for reporting and data mining. That part looks very interesting.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. This wasn’t designed to be an in-dept, complex analysis of security.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2010

Charitable Giving Dropped 5% in 2009. The bad economy had a big impact on nonprofits and charitable giving in 2009. between 2008 and 2009, according to the 2010 e-Benchmark study , though the report did note that online revenue for half of the nonprofits included in the study either held steady with 2008 or declined.

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Fundraising Contest Boston Sponsor 57

NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

In 2009, we finalized a technology plan. I made a SWOT analysis between an in-house server solution and Google Apps. When the analysis was done, I created a proposal with my recommendations, which was approved by October 2009. On December 30, 2009, our MS SBS server crashed under a massive virus attack.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Submitted by Alan Levine, publisher of CogDogBlog Since it is already a week in the rear view mirror, this ought to be my last post about the 2009 NMC Summer Conference. Heck, i t’s time to start thinking about 2010. Heck, it’s time to start thinking about 2010. It’s simple to do cause it is just a link to a web site.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Anyway, being a poor student, and having a few extremely low-traffic sites, I figured I’d stick with Site Meter , which seems to be the best of the free site analysis tools. I think some nonprofits should read it. It gives you all of the necessary stats: page hits, visits, referrers, some nice geographical info, etc.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

These data sources include (but are not limited to) the IRS, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Foundation Center, the S&P 500 Index, historical trends in itemized giving, and personal income tax rates. ASU Lodestar Center's Arizona Giving and Volunteering 2010 report, pg. over 2010, which increased by 2.7% over 2009.

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Research Arizona Philanthropy Foundation 75

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. All Rights Reserved

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

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. NFF estimates that government funding has been reduced at least 10% from 2009 levels.

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Care2

JUNE 2, 2010

A frequent contributor to many nonprofit technology web sites, blogs, and magazines, Beth has authored chapters in several books, including “Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders,&# edited by NTEN both published in 2009. She is also a 2010 fellow with the Society for Communications Research.

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Network Minnesota Australia Chicago 56

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

2009 Year-End Fundraising Guide – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – “Is your nonprofit sending out 8-10 online fundraising appeals this holiday season? – “Directgov (www.direct.gov.uk) is the Government’s official website for the general public.

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Web Howto Bookmarking Google 102

Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2012

While it does not yet amount to the bulk of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011. The only vertical experiencing a decline from 2010 to 2011 was International Affairs organizations. Remember, audience analysis should be a key part of your online strategy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Good analysis. But like any technology decision, it requires thought about how useful that technology will be, and whether, and how, it will serve your mission. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth 09.28.06 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

at 9:22 am I am not sure that I agree with your analysis. So my question to you and your colleagues, from our perspective, is what do you want us to do? What kind of vendor would you like us to be? Free software? 2 David Zeidman 08.07.07 eTapestry on the other hand is covers the lower end of the market.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

at 11:31 am Web stats are intended to be an internal control and analysis tool. No one in this conversation has their head in the Web 2.0 Holly’s latest post makes the whole thing quite clear. 10 Cindy Leonard 09.26.07 I think an anonymous survey of NPOs, gathering and analyzing select critical web stats, might be an informative read.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

I hope that information helps you in your analysis. I’ve made a note to let you know when the two features (plus other very cool new features) are released into production later this year. One last thing. Or feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Or feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Data Theft Creates Notification Nightmare for BlueCross" (March 1, 2010, CIO.com). The BlueCross' original breach occurred in October 2009, but five months, $7 million and 110,000 work hours later, they are still dealing with the issue. Wanted: Defense Against Online Bank Fraud" (February 8, 2010, Wall Street Journal).

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Hawaii Los Angeles Law Nonprofit 64

Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2014

According to NAIS, K-12 school enrollment numbers fell by 3% in 2009 and another 7% in 2010. In 2010, we noticed a shift from how schools managed their admissions processes on the back-end. Families no longer had an abundance of expendable cash and sending kids to private schools became difficult.

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Blackbaud Application Database Demographics 36

NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we -- Carie Lewis , Beth Kanter , David J. The Strategy by David Neff of Ridgewood: Ingenious Communication Strategies If 2009 was the year everyone and their mom jumped into the social media pool, then 2010 is the year of strategy. Be transparent. Get staff and executive buy-in.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

Together, we designed a data analysis project that answered this key question, and provides tremendous insight into the nature of their relationship to each other and the nonprofit sector as a whole. Holly was recognized as one of the " NonProfit Times Power and Influence Top 50" three times, in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

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