Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The latest 2013 Charitable Giving Report by Blackbaud analyzed data from more than 4,000 nonprofits to provide the largest analysis in online giving data. in 2013 compared to 2012. of all charitable giving in 2013. of all charitable giving in 2013. Online giving on #GivingTuesday in 2013 was up 90%, compared to 2012.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2013

It’s easy to host a benchmarking session and just present data. The audience is able to take notes on numbers and try and gauge their organization’s success, but it’s more difficult to make those data points actionable or to provide insight that people can leverage. Why benchmark? Are you using benchmarks?

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. You can test targeting a range of advocates – the most engaged people or try to re-engage those who stopped taking action via email.

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. You can test targeting a range of advocates – the most engaged people or try to re-engage those who stopped taking action via email.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

Last week Blackbaud along with partners HJC, Sea Change Strategies, and Edge Research released findings from the 2013 Next Generation of Canadian Giving study. What kinds of charities do people support? This is not surprising given that many people across generations are still feeling the impact of a struggling economy.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends. Accessibility.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 12, 2014

In 2013, internet users donated more than any previous year, with online giving up 14% since 2012. millions total gifts and nearly $325 million were raised, making 2013 a huge year for nonprofits working to optimize their online presence. Simply put, people hate filling out long forms. More than 5.5 Don’t let laziness creep in.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

The latest Giving USA data suggests that, while overall giving in the United States continues on an upward trend, the growth of individual giving in 2014 “accounted for 58 percent of last year’s total growth in giving” over 2013. First, it helps to understand where charitable contributions are coming from these days. Friends + Family.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

And there’s certainly truth with that statement – the 2013 Benchmark Report is broken up by not only NTEE verticals but by revenue band and email tier – but the sheer size of an organization’s email file is starting to mean a lot less. For the last seven years, the Benchmark Report measured total and usable email housefile size.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2013

You may have heard that Blackbaud recently released our 2013 Online Benchmarking Study. Why are fewer people coming to your website? When Blackbaud conducts user interviews on behalf of clients, we typically interview six to eight people. How did your organization measure up? So, what gives?

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 15, 2015

According to a 2013 Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey by Nonprofit HR Solutions, the more senior the position, the longer it takes to find a replacement—with the majority taking more than 91 days. Do you have a people motivator on your team? Speak to Key People that Interacted with the Departing Team Member.

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NTEN

APRIL 9, 2014

Published today, M+R and NTEN’s 2014 Nonprofit Benchmarks Study returns for the eighth year. 2013 really raised the bar for online fundraising. Even though response rates for nonprofit emails continued to slide in 2013, online giving was up as email and social media audiences and web traffic kept climbing. per website visitor.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news once again. I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy new infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends for the sector. Here's the latest.

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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. Probably not. You’re not Angry Birds or Facebook.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

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) billion in 2013.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

As we prepare for our leap into 2014, let’s learn from 2013′s ups and downs – triumphs and flops – and make this next year one for the record books. Here’s Your 2013 Nonprofit Roundup: THIS – thanks to Marc Koenig of Nonprofit Hub: Nonprofits, 2014 is the Year of the Blog. People give to people.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Last week I published the 112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss , that compiled some of the wisest words and insights from across the industry this year. . npEngage’s Top 20 Posts from 2013. The result: Fundraising Ideas to Reverse the Trend of Declining Email Response Rates.

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