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The Ultimate Multi-Tasking: My Networked Nonprofit Keynote at the Blackbaud Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Blackbaud’s Nonprofit Conference is from October 20-22 in Washington, DC. Here’s the list of sessions. I’ll be doing a keynote about the Networked Nonprofit on Thursday, October 21st from 8-9:30 am along with Allison Fine (live-streamed here ). But, I’ll be in Atlanta at the Independent Sector Conference.

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Reflections from Independent Sector and Blackbaud Conferences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Packard Foundation OE wiki is a pilot project aimed at providing an easy way for the OE team to share their thinking and resources with partners – a sort of “see through&# filing cabinet.

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Two Free E-Books for Nonprofits on Fundraising, Marketing, and Content Strategies

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The Science of Email by Steve MacLaughlin , Director of Ideas Labs at Blackbaud. Expanding Beyond the Fundraising Event by Robyn Mendez , Solutions Architect at Blackbaud. Integrated Marketing: Yesterday and Today by Dennis McCarthy , Integrated Marketing Expert and Director of Enterprise Sales at Blackbaud.

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Powering the Nonprofit Community through Customer Support

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by Dorie Wallace Vice President, Customer Support, Blackbaud. We take that very seriously at Blackbaud, which is why we go to great lengths to listen to and anticipate customers’ needs. But really it’s the feedback from our customers—these everyday miracle-workers—that motivates and inspires us: “Blackbaud continues to impress me.

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#GivingTuesday Lights Up Generosity (and Time Square)!

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According to research from Blackbaud and reported by Steve McLaughlin on the NpEngage blog, “ Online giving on #GivingTuesday 2013 was up 90% compared to 2012. Blackbaud processed more than $19.2 McLaughlin suggests this just a scarcity fear that doesn’t show up in the research data that Blackbaud collects.

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A Fundraising Cliff? What does the data say?

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The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving has shown an overall negative trend in year-over-year giving since August 2012. The Blackbaud Index is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total giving trends of 2,984 nonprofit organizations representing $7.8 What Else is Happening. Take a deep breath. Take a step back.

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Happy Giving Tuesday: How Board Members Participate

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Source: Blackbaud. According to my colleague and former NTEN board member, Steve MacLauglin from Blackbaud, Giving Tuesday, now in its sixth year (great origin story here ), is on track to raise more this year, but the trend of donation distribution is skewing towards smaller and mid-size organizations, like NTEN.

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