Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

In general, although I am sometimes asked, I tend to avoid assisting clients with choosing a donor database package. By far the most popular DMS of the ones surveyed was … you guessed … Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge. In that trio was Organizer’s Database, the desktop open source DMS.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. According to the latest research from Blackbaud’s Charitable Giving Report : The average donor retention rates for first-year offline-only donors is 29%. Pitman , CFCC, The Fundraising Coach.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit consulting services might solve a specific challenge, like customizing and cleaning up your database , or serve as more of a long-term investment, like designing a complete technology plan for your nonprofit. For example, you could need assistance with: Fundraising strategy, including a wide range of specialized campaign types.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

Couple that with the rising cost of donor acquisition and you’ve got an incredibly difficult environment for fundraisers (and their nonprofits) to succeed. Adrian Sargeant says “a 10% increase in donor retention can increase the lifetime value of your donor database by 200%.”. Pitman , CFCC, The Fundraising Coach.

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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? Online Transactions.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

This guest post was authored by Dennis McCarthy, director of enterprise sales at Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company. org, causes.org, and change.com. It originally appeared on npENGAGE.com. An essential part of many nonprofits’ missions is to advocate for public policy at the state and federal level. Convert to Donor.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

If you don’t have those, you’re making a soup with a rotten tomato and that’s just never going to taste good.” – Jeanette Russell, Senior Solutions Marketer at Blackbaud. VIP’s are the people in your database with a Klout score of 70 or more. It tells you how interested the people in your database are with your work.

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