Blackbaud had too many products. You would assume that with other fundraising solutions targeted to the midmarket nonprofit, Common Ground wouldn't be missed. No other fundraising CRM/database targeted to the midmarket at that price point comes close. Tagged: Blackbaud , Common Ground , platform , Salesforce. MORE >>

You've probably heard by now that Blackbaud has announced it intends to acquire Convio in a roughly $240 million deal. The fact is that the fundraising database market is HUGE. Here are a few of the posts that have already made their way around the Interwebs: Blackbaud & Convio - a match made in heaven or hell? MORE >>

Blackbaud shook the nonprofit tech world last week with its announcement that they were cancelling Common Ground, a popular fundraising application built on Salesforce.com and used by small to mid-sized nonprofits. The application was a fee-based, customizable online database for capturing donations and engaging donors. MORE >>

Today I want to spend a little time thinking about the most important type of participant in your fundraising event (i.e. You cannot be a semi-established NPO or run a moderately successful fundraising event without them. They are the constituents in your database with the segment or constituency: indispensible. They stay late.  MORE >>

Robert Weiner was kind enough to let us reprint this post from his website about Blackbaud discontinuing Common Ground. Click through to the original post to read or contribute to the active comments section for a discussion about what might happen when Blackbaud ends support. Blackbaud says it still gets support calls from GMP users. MORE >>