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MARCH 26, 2009

This report marked the largest to date with data from nearly 600 nonprofits that evaluate fundraising, email, advocacy, and marketing success online. Why online engagement is remaining a growth engine for many nonprofits despite the down economy. There is a silver lining for nonprofits as the economy recovers.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

I’ve seen how these tactics can boost the results of a nonprofit’s website, but there’s plenty more that organizations can do on this front. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Evaluating Your Website’s Effectiveness. Read more tips in the 2010 Nonprofit Resolutions Guide and share some of your own here.

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

The #Convio09 Summit has come and passed, and one thing was for sure - this year's nonprofit technology conference was bigger and better than ever! Nonprofit Live TV. While many questions remain around social media by nonprofits, the personal use of these tools at the conference was leaps and bounds ahead of where it was last year.

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MAY 19, 2009

Hundreds if not thousands of online tools are available to help nonprofit organizations with online communication. Have any personal favorites in the way of online tools for your nonprofit? What tools do you think will be the best and easiest for nonprofits to use in 2009? David's top picks include: 1. Social Networks.

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JULY 27, 2010

If you aren’t already familiar with LCH, it’s a nonprofit organization that works to help other nonprofits use film to spread awareness and action for their causes through volunteer matching, education and its annual nonprofit film festival. Make a donation to for your nonprofit peers’ amazing work.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Some of the most significant disruptors to the sector over the last decade include: While the value of individual giving in the United States increased about 3.4% (adjusted for inflation) in the decade from 2003 to 2013, the number of public nonprofits increased 23.4% or almost 5 times the rate at which individual giving increased.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

And to help capture all the great insight the nonprofit community has in store with its resolutions, we’ve also created a poll to capture your ideas on how to make technology work for you and your organization in 2009. but we don’t want that to happen to people in the nonprofit community.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

The New Year has officially begun, and it’s the perfect time to reflect on the year past, or for most people, look forward to see what resolutions and initiatives can be planned to make the new 2010 better than 2009. Increase fundraising for participant-led events. Use social media to reach the next generation of supporters.

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APRIL 8, 2020

In the past, members of the analytics consulting team at Blackbaud have written on this subject matter in the 2009 publication Building Fundraising Momentum in a Recession and the 2011 article Raising Money During Challenging Times. We’ve weathered the 11 recessions that have occurred between 1945 and 2001 as well.

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MAY 27, 2011

Guest blog alert: Donna from Charity Dynamics (a Convio Solution Provider ) is sharing an real-life example of how integrated marketing and fundraising helped a nonprofit increase online revenue by more than 100%. As a result, online revenue originating from direct mail integration increased from 12% to 28% from 2009 to 2010!

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MAY 6, 2009

, we've planned a networking lunch so that you can interact with your peers, and we're excited about the Expert Lab that will enable attendees to get answers to their questions about Convio products and nonprofit services. Nonprofit event strategy and management. And now it's time to work on the sessions. We need your input !

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In the nonprofit sector, communities of practice are an established concept. Communities of practice often include practitioners from the public, private and nonprofit sectors – all actively developing shared resources, best practices, and tools to solve some of society’s toughest challenges. Skills for Cities.

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MARCH 4, 2019

In 1999, Blackbaud pioneered the nonprofit technology market by introducing reliable, secure, and donor-friendly online donation forms. The last three years, in particular, have shown how online giving continues to be a growth engine for fundraising in the nonprofit sector. Stop, Start, and Continue. It’s in our org charts.

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MARCH 11, 2009

If you haven’t already heard, 2009 is the year for nonprofits at South By Southwest Interactive ! Convio Nonprofit Technology Bash Featuring Joe Solomon and the judges of the Change the Web Challenge BD Riley’s on 6th Monday, March 16th 8:00 pm. Nonprofit/Advocacy/Social Good sessions. Events/Afterparties.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Matching gifts may represent “free money” for nonprofits, but nonprofits fail to seek out potential matching gift opportunities from individual donors. Today, ACS is among the country’s largest nonprofit recipients of matching gifts. And, they can be tailored for almost any budget.

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MAY 10, 2019

Generation Z: Born 1996–2009. The nonprofit world is full of fundraising lessons your church can learn. And, similar to nonprofits, you have volunteers that you can engage. Take a look at some of the ways nonprofits engage volunteers and use personas to identify and segment the various groups they want to further engage.

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JULY 14, 2015

But what about your nonprofit organization? Politics and public policy don’t often go hand in hand with the nonprofit experience. The last few years have highlighted the importance of the nonprofit sector’s proactive involvement in advocacy. Before 2009, probably not. The Nonprofit Sector’s Voice Matters.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

I am sure at the end of 2009 glasses of bubbly will be raised across our market in hopes that the tough times are in the rear view mirror and that 2010 will provide a return to growth in philanthropy. And yet, while times have been tough from a monetary standpoint, the Convio client and partner base has in many ways made 2009 a great year.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The organization is a volunteer-staffed nonprofit that’s dedicated to timely disaster response and relief assistance. Historically, like many nonprofits, All Hands Volunteers had siloed data, with volunteer data and donor data housed in three different systems. million in 2011.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

As we sift through the data, we’re learning some interesting things and finding correlations with other data that can help nonprofits make better decisions. I chatted with a nonprofit executive last week as we let her know that Austin ranked 7th on the list when it comes to per capita online giving.

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APRIL 28, 2009

James Young and I gave our first ever WeAreMedia workshop at this year's 2009 Nonprofit Conference on Livestreaming tools. Specifically, we taught the audience how to use CoverItLive for live blogging and UStream for live online video streaming.

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

However, today’s webinar on Social Media for Social Good provided some great insight and answers to the questions and concerns the nonprofit technology industry as a whole still have about social and new media, which gave me a better idea on the areas that still need work or additional education to help the sector move forward in 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Grants for nonprofit organizations that formerly had been managed under a variety of federal regulations would come under one umbrella of the new grant regulations called 2 CFR Part 200-Uniform Guidance , also known as the “Super-Circular” or “UG.”. “It In 2008, the US economy was languishing in the Great Recession.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

2011’s $FG II looked at how individuals, foundations, and advisors research nonprofits, and what information packaging or channel might result in more giving to high-performing nonprofits. $FG I’ve always believed that it’s a combination of actions, but now I think there is a silver bullet— better nonprofit communications.

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APRIL 20, 2015

Some say it’s the wrong measure of a nonprofit organization’s success; others say it is the gold standard for measuring worthiness for support. There has been little consensus about the impact of focusing on overhead as a means of evaluating nonprofit organizations, either among nonprofit leadership or researchers.

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MAY 4, 2009

opening night pre-screening here in Austin and was blown away by the powerful videos shared by the four nonprofit organizations screening their video entries. note: you don't have to actually be a nonprofit to submit, your video simply needs to be about the nonprofit space). Last Thursday night I attended the Lights.

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APRIL 20, 2010

David Neff, nonprofiteer extraordinaire, is at it again with the kick-off of the second annual Lights. nonprofit film festival submission opening. And year two is already proving to be a great year for nonprofit films. That's the whole reason behind the film festival and, ultimately, the nonprofit organization overall.".

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JUNE 11, 2009

With an estimated two-thirds of charities experiencing a decrease in 2008 overall giving, I decided to take a look at how things are shaping up so far in 2009. With only a quarter in the books, 2009 obviously has a long way to go. See our full Q1 findings here. So things appear to be trending, albeit modestly, in the right direction.

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JULY 6, 2010

Compare that to Q2 2009, when just 16% of consumers had a smartphone. Okay, so what does this mean for nonprofits? Nonprofits might have different goals. Nielsen reports that as of Q1 2010 , 23% of people with mobile devices now have a smartphone instead of a regular old boring/dumb cell phone. You'll see the difference.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Word on the street is that acquiring new donors and then retaining them is getting more and more difficult and more and more expensive for nonprofit organizations. That happened sometime in 2008 or 2009. Author: Michelle Shefter. They never called or emailed to say, “Hey, Michelle!

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APRIL 7, 2010

I’m in Atlanta on the eve of the 2010 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference and excited about the few people that I have already run into and looking forward to reuniting with more friends and NPTech peeps. NTEN attracts the smartest people in the nonprofit sector; they’re all worth talking to. Author: Corey Pudhorodsky.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

While writing about multi-channel engagement , I couldn’t help but to think that each lesson learned applied mainly to supporters who are actively engaged with your nonprofit organization. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Reconnecting With Donors. But what about those donors who have seemingly fallen off the face of the planet?

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

Laura’s experience working at and serving on the board of multiple arts organizations around the country shape her insights into the nonprofit community. In 2009, Tropicana OJ decided they needed a cooler, trendier juice carton. For more insights, follow her on Twitter @laurabeussman. — —.

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MARCH 17, 2015

Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Cycle for Survival and St Jude’s Give Thanks Walk both started modestly in 2009, but are now raising millions of dollars. Impatience is holding many nonprofits and peer to peer campaigns back. These days, nonprofits are wiping the cobwebs off of these forgotten programs.

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MAY 8, 2009

I am posting this on behalf of our very own Jennifer Judkins who attended the Amazon Payments session at NTC 2009. I heard that Amazon is now offering Amazon Payments for nonprofits, so thought I’d check out their Product Spotlight session at NTEN’s NTC. So, that’s the idea behind Amazon Payments for nonprofits.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

She is co-moderator of the popular community-led Nonprofit Salesforce Practitioners listserv and will be joining Convio’s Common Ground team as a full-time employee in January 2012. We adopted Convio Common Ground for better integration with fundraising and email marketing in 2009.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Michael and Shannon will provide an overview of online marketing strategy and tactics, and Heather will share tactics and lessons learned from the nonprofit perspective. The event will be hosted by Eric Rardin, director of nonprofit services at Care2.

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