TechImpact

JULY 16, 2014

Image courtesy of Fundraiser Help. According to a 2013 study conducted by Blackbaud , overall donations to nonprofits increased in 2013 by 4.9%, and digital donations increased 6.4%. Why are Americans donating more to charitable causes more than ever before despite the severe economic climate of 2013?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

In 2013, Chuck Longfield was on a mission to shed light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. Couple that with the rising cost of donor acquisition and you’ve got an incredibly difficult environment for fundraisers (and their nonprofits) to succeed. Pitman , CFCC, The Fundraising Coach.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Jackson, Client Success Lead, Blackbaud. I just returned from BBCon 2013 where one of the most frequent questions I was asked by my clients was about CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) systems. They wanted to understand how CRM is different from a traditional donor database and how nonprofits can benefit from investing in CRM.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Blackbaud hosted its annual conference for nonprofits from September 29 through October 1 in National Harbor, MD. Jay Odell, Vice President of Altru at Blackbaud, discussed why benchmarking data is important. Fundraising Data. According the Blackbaud Index , overall giving is up 1.8% Why benchmark? Membership Data.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is the fourth and final installment in a series of grantseeking pointers inspired by fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding ’s great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries that came out a few years ago. Donated Fundraising Tools from TechSoup. Fundraising grant seeking techsoupforlibraries'

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Staffers must not stray the course to focus on “fundraising” versus “development.” Fundraising by definition is “an activity done to collect money by a charity, political party or school,” i.e. the Ice Bucket Challenge. 2013) Reluctant Altruism and Peer Pressure in Charitable Giving. Featured Fundraising Social Media'

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

At the beginning of the calendar year – perhaps in response to a screening project – you segmented your database and identified your top major and planned giving prospects for personal cultivation and solicitation. If you have not recently screened your database to identify planned gift prospects, plan to do so in the near future.

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