Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2020

We are in the midst of the most unpredictable spring peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising season in history. Through the uncertainty, nonprofit staff, volunteers, and fundraisers show signs of being resilient, resourceful, and resolute. Once we know who is most likely to fundraise, we can take big data to the next level.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 4, 2016

The same trends that are changing the world around us at a rapidly accelerating rate are impacting the fundraising profession in new and exciting ways. Chuck Longfield, Senior Vice President, Chief Scientist, Blackbaud. Rachel Hutchisson, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy, Blackbaud. Fight for every donor.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

While still others may be statistical outliers that don’t model well but have assets that pique a fundraiser’s curiosity and turn into large major gift donors. Applications include major giving, annual fund, direct mail, planned giving or even niche/sector specific programs like athletic fundraising or grateful patient programs.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2013

There are several resources out there that you can investigate on the subject of learning the mechanics and strategies behind database analytics as it relates to your various fundraising programs and initiatives. Blogs and websites: Blackbaud’s npEngage blog on Fundraising Analytics. AnalyticsEducation.com.

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Care2

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Blackbaud’s annual conference was this week and nonprofit staff converged on #bbcon12 to ask questions, share lessons learned, and learn together. Serious effort and investment are needed to succeed in social fundraising because as Geoff pointed out "long-tail fundraising is hard.” Their concerns.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

Steve MacLaughlin, VP of data analytics at Blackbaud and author of Data Driven Nonprofits , broke down what successful nonprofits do to manage big data. Your organization may have a lot of contacts in its database, but the reliability of that data is more important. " and includes modeling statistical analysis. Data Health.

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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?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2014

Online Fundraising Enthusiast. No, this is not a heavily confirmed or long researched statistic that I am quoting – In fact, I made it up. . Here are five easy ways to get your nonprofit’s email into one of the 3 coveted buckets from our Blackbaud Email Marketing experts: . Guest Post by Ashley Donald. Wiener Dog Lover.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

And who is doing the asking is just as important because statistics prove that “people give to people.” 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.

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sgEngage

JULY 5, 2022

Matching Gifts and Donor Retention Statistics to Know. Let’s explore the key facets of matching gift fundraising and donor retention over time, as well as take a look at the research and results of the topics together. Nonprofit fundraisers should always be aiming for high levels of retention for multiple reasons?—not

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Pick your tools (CRM/database, individual giving pages (race for the cure), online auctions, mobile). How does/that leverage into fundraising? So, as a first step, organizations should be at least collecting mobile phone numbers in their databases. short code fundraising??? ??? Abandonment statistics ???

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Usage Statistics. Cloud-based services can keep your database updated about deceased constituents, expired credit cards, change of address information, and other contact attributes. Usage Statistics. Let me provide a simple example of smart software from Blackbaud’s new NXT solution. Data Health. Smart Software.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Do you see opportunity in the middle ground?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Key Insights from the 2010 Global State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 27th, 2010 Blackbaud has conducted its North American State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey annually for six of the past seven years.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Adding highly skilled staff to do this analysis is expensive, but stretches the precious fundraising budget in the long run by making the development work more efficient and effective. The nonprofit fundraising database is an enormous reservoir of data about constituents from which to construct these models. Length of residence.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2019

That was particularly useful for this setting because we could overlay information such as win-rate and schedule to discuss the impact those variables had on the fundraising trends overall. One was recently able to add this information to their Fundraising database and solicit these individuals. Want to learn more?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Blackbaud announced the release of their 'megablog' npENGAGE , a nonprofit resource clearinghouse of research, best practices, real-life success stories, and guest bloggers sharing expertise. An expanded breadth of focus areas include Analytics, CRM, Event Fundraising, Nonprofit Management, and Integrated Marketing, to name a few.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

At The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, fundraising is all about data and their data is all about their donors. We test every single mailing,” says Terri Burton, Associate Vice-President of Membership and Fundraising Events. “We At The National World War II Museum, they fundraise at a national level. Acquisition.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

Erica: But I’m Dutch, so it was a great way to go home and get involved with some international fundraising. Because that’s a really exciting statistic. ” because, again, this is a good statistic. If you see these statistics, you really say, “Wow, I got to get going.” Steven: Okay.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2015

Your organization has to decide how to best protect its data, including sensitive information on donors and fundraising efforts. Mature cloud solutions enable updates behind the scenes, without disruption or customer investment or preparation, and never when you’re trying to log in and make critical updates to your database.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

For 5 years the Blackbaud Institute has brought together experts in the nonprofit sector to speak on a wide variety of topics. The reality is that I collaborate with strong partners on data and the associated analytics then spend the time needed to understand and evaluate our fundraising programs at Project HOPE. By Gilman Sullivan.

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