Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Blackbaud’s annual Online Benchmark report was released earlier this month at #bbcon and the results speak largely to a positive outlook for nonprofit fundraising. . But the question those metrics beg is how the increase in volume is impacting email performance. The total number of email recipients was up 72%.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

You can attend the upcoming ACCP webcast “ Shifting Strategies for Global Community Engagement as a Result of the Pandemic ” to learn from CSR leaders at Blackbaud, Dell and PIMCO on how they support communities facing the impacts of COVID-19. ). Blackbaud is a global company. (Want to see what this looks like in action?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

JustGiving from Blackbaud research found that P2P fundraisers who write a clear and personal story for their fundraising page raise around 65% more than those who don’t. P2P fundraisers can do the same; for example, Just Giving from Blackbaud offers a generative AI tool that quickly creates content for individuals’ fundraising pages.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Donor management software consolidates these time-consuming processes to make it easier for organizations to utilize donor metrics. Your data can deliver valuable metrics on donors, volunteers, and your team’s performance, allowing you to spot opportunities to adjust or optimize the donor life cycle.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Speaker: Steve Maclaughlin, Blackbaud. Session: Online Fundraising Benchmarks and Metrics. Industry benchmarks are meaningless unless you know how your organization compares to them. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. It all starts with measuring your own performance.

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NetWits

APRIL 2, 2013

This post was written in collaboration with Bryan Snyder, Senior Marketing Analyst for Blackbaud. In a couple of weeks, the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study will be released (previously the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Study ). To the strategic services team, it’s our bible.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 3, 2021

This was the only group that had an increase for all metrics from the 2019 report. This year’s industry report includes a new volunteer by group size metric that allows companies to analyze how employee populations like to contribute volunteer hours. Learn more about global capabilities of the YourCause platform here.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2013

Nicole McGougan is a public relations associate at Blackbaud. The 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study. Don't miss our most popular webinar series of the year, where we'll reveal the results of the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study. To get where you want to be, you need to know where you are today.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Focus on Event Fundraising Analytics , we looked at how peer-to-peer event metrics let us know if our event planning and execution efforts are paying off in fundraising results. Benchmarks let us know how we perform compared to our event fundraising peers. Obvious event metrics to follow are the basics, like these: Total amount raised.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Event metrics can be great guides as we plan. In earlier posts, npENGAGE has discussed how to focus on our event fundraising analytics and how to use these metrics for success. Below are some ways to use your event metrics to identify and engage specific participant types during your fundraising event. Warm Bodies.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In a recent Blackbaud webinar , we discussed four critical elements of managing and retaining development officers: consistency, clarity, accountability, and solidarity. Successful organizations create a quantifiable performance evaluation using fundraising software to identify the top 3–4 metrics. Foster trust through consistency.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Kelley Jarrett – Blackbaud. Bo Crader – Blackbaud. Robyn Mendez – Blackbaud. Shana Masterson – Blackbaud. Shana Masterson – Blackbaud. Join members of the Blackbaud Target Analytics Consulting Team for a discussion on the role of data during times of crisis and economic stagnation.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Several of our Blackbaud nonprofit customers have recently had incredible success using a personalized approach to email: 1) An animal rights organization doubled click-through rates by personalizing an event email invitation with: The last year people attended. Said another way – what works offline also works online.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 7, 2014

Each year you should be evaluating your Annual Operating Plan , reviewing metrics and benchmarks, and determining the ratios and drivers you will use to determine the most effective areas to which to allocate your resources and capital to achieve the optimal return on investment.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Nonprofit statistics covering fundraising, charitable giving, online giving, social media, mobile, donor retention, email marketing, stewardship, donor research, charitable organizations, donor trends, direct mail, giving, and other key not-for-profit charitable giving metrics and benchmarks.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

The world is going to face economic challenges and there are various key metrics to monitor as this happens. These events can cause a metric like retention or new donor acquisition to swing up and down. These events can cause a metric like retention or new donor acquisition to swing up and down.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. We all want to know whether our work makes a difference.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Let's take a quick tour of the most important metrics, and take the first step to improving your email campaign performance through evaluation and optimization. You can divide the key metrics into offensive and defensive variables. Offensive Email Metrics. Defensive Email Metrics.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2013

Over time, we’ve isolated certain benchmarks that provide clues to the health of an event. Efforts that improve these metrics often lead to growth in revenue and vitality of an event or event series. Common peer-to-peer benchmarks include the following: Repeat attendance. How Do I Use Metrics with My Event?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2014

So I broke down and purchased a FitBit and as a metrics geek, I have to say I love it! So why not think of your event metrics as your own personal P2P FitBit? So what metrics should you check out to monitor the health of your peer-to-peer fundraising event? So here is another metric to put in your own fundraising rucksack.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge NXT. The first of three Blackbaud solutions on this list, Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge NXT (RE NXT), is a robust fundraising and CRM system for mid-sized to large nonprofit organizations. Blackbaud CRM. recurring gifts, planned gifts, and tributes), and process donations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Here are a few: The blog at the Nonprofit Times, called “Don’t Tell the Donor&# has a very interesting entry on the flurry of benchmarking studies that came out recently. It’s titled “ Benchmarking With a Warped Stick.&# It takes aim at Convio’s recent benchmarking study. Time will tell. {

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Last week Blackbaud released the results of our 2016 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising study. The study takes a deep dive into the metrics, statistics, and trends of four different peer-to-peer fundraising event types: cycling, endurance, 5Ks and walks. In case you missed the announcement, take a minute to download the study here.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

As you begin to think about your strategy and goals for next fiscal year, it’s good to spend some time understanding the current climate and key metrics within higher education fundraising. Unlike some metrics in this analysis, there is little difference between public and private institutions. .

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2018 to some (hint: it’s not ), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2017 has taken you. Charitable Giving Report Quiz : The Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic released the 5 th annual Charitable Giving Report at the beginning of the year.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2013

While it is advised to review event metrics after an event, it may be beneficial to review some fundraiser participation while the fundraising is actually happening. Learn what makes a peer-to-peer participant an effective fundraiser in the 2012 donorCentrics Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Benchmarking Insights whitepaper.

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

If you look at the latest M+R Benchmark study , the number of donation appeals sent per year to nonprofit supporters averages about twenty-four. Use of integrated CRM platforms (such as Salsa, Engaging Networks, Convio/Blackbaud etc.) Email Marketing Integrated Marketing Lead Generation Metrics Online Fundraising'

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. Tags: NPTech Fundraising blackbaud email. Get the report and read it. It points to some great momentum in online giving. The report has a small subset of organizational data.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud. 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. The average online gift for the month of December increased to $248.82

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2015

In my chapter of the new Blackbaud ebook, Drab to Fab: Peer-to-Peer Event Makeover , I explore the important “clues” to look for in your “archaeological” data. Fundraising performance metrics. Compare your performance to industry benchmarks. When we dug into the event metrics, an interesting picture emerged.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Back in January, I launched a new podcast at Blackbaud with the goal of providing you with unfiltered and honest nonprofit best practices. And if you can’t be there, no problem, we’ll be live tweeting, posting wrap-up blogs and this year , Blackbaud will be on Facebook live. I’ll be in the marketing and engagement booth so come on by!

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2013

I spent the first few days of this week at Blackbaud’s Annual Conference for Nonprofits (#bbcon), and was granted the invaluable privilege of meeting and speaking with many of you : the forces that keep this industry thriving. If you were unable to attend #bbcon, Blackbaud’s own Ryan King has you covered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

According to the “ eNonprofit Benchmarks Study ” done by NTEN (shout out to Holly Ross ) email is still the “killer app” that reaches the most people. Total Interactions - The total interactions metric captures all of the feedback Pages receive from Facebook users. Why is this important? See a sample of what the stats look like here.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 4, 2017

I recently returned to Blackbaud after a 3-year stint working for a large cancer hospital where I established a brand new institutional P2P fundraising event—The Boot Walk to End Cancer. You’ve probably heard it said that the first million is the hardest. That would mean 6,000 participants.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

According to Blackbaud data, online giving last #GivingTuesday was up 20% on a year-over-year basis compared to 2015. Blackbaud processed more than $47.7 Once you understand what actions you want to drive on the day, set milestones and benchmarks for success. million in online donations from U.S. Determine your KPIs.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

bbcon 2020 is just around the corner, and I’m excited to be presenting on the critical role of benchmarking and analytics in shaping your fundraising strategy. One way to help organize results is through benchmarking your performance against other organizations and fundraising programs.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 30, 2019

Whether it’s via the Blackbaud Community , local networking sessions or even events such as bbcon , nonprofits readily collaborate with their peers on best practices. The whitepaper shows how to navigate these barriers by identifying common opportunities and examples of successful benchmarking. My ask is simple.

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