Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

TechSoup donor partner Blackbaud recently released a report that digs deep into the #GivingTuesday results over three years to reveal the patterns that are emerging from this increasingly important national day of charitable giving. It was founded in 2012 by New York's 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

Register for our Event Fundraising Newsletter to receive monthly content and resources specifically for event fundraising professionals. As the busy summer event season continues, eventually your boss or committee will ask, “How can we increase participation next year?” Team captains are the lifeblood of fundraising events.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

Tim Hill, Strategic Advisor for Blackbaud Higher Education Solutions, recently appeared on the Changing Higher Ed podcast hosted by Drumm McNaughton of The Change Leader, Inc. Changing Higher Ed Episode 43: Raising Money for Universities during COVID with Scott Roberts and Tim Hill . And how can they pivot to virtual events?

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Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 16, 2023

Fundraising serves as a way to raise awareness and money towards your mission. For most nonprofits, fundraising is a year-round event. In fact, according to Blackbaud, online giving has grown by 42% over the last 3 years. When looking for new ways to raise money, don’t forget or neglect those who have donated before.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 18, 2021

Events were cancelled. Recently, several fundraising experts of the North American food bank sector and I (Mike Johnston, Digital Fundraiser and Founder of hjc new media ) took part in Blackbaud and hjc’s annual Food Bank Summit. Send them thank-you notes, impact reports, and invites to special events.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 1, 2023

How many dollars did you raise and how much did it cost you? If you are investing in acquisition mailings but acquiring most of your new donors from events, this may be an area where you can reduce your mailing costs. If your event participants are only event donors, steward them via other mediums less expensive than direct mail.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2014

In August I’m heading off to Snowdownia National Park in Wales for some hiking and “wild camping” along the Moelwyn mountain range. 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? of my gear on the way up.

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Care2

MAY 24, 2013

The latest Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits that analyzed data from 500 organizations using the Luminate platform also indicated a steep decline in fundraising response rates. Websites that focused on team events received the highest conversion rate at 13.71%. ” The average online gift was $89.

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NetWits

JULY 18, 2011

It’s a great time to start fundraising contests if you’re managing or helping run a fall fundraising event. We’ve all see and likely implemented the typical “raise $100 this week and be entered into a drawing to win a prize”. While this is not an outright fundraising ask, it will result in dollars raised.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the Social Innovation Summit , a twice annual event that represents a global convening of thought leaders in technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. ” According to Newhouse, the Ice Bucket Challenge raised over $115 million from 2.6

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2012

NOZAsearch is available through the Blackbaud donation program at TechSoup. If you are like many nonprofit fundraisers I have had the privilege of working with, you need to raise money so your organization can provide critical programs and services. How NOZAsearch.com Can Help Raise Money. Try your own search today!

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2012

We've partnered with Blackbaud to bring you a free monthly webinar series on "An Insider Look at Nonprofit Success in Social Media". Register now for the first two events in the series! More topics will be added throughout the year, so join us for these first two events and be on the lookout for additional sessions!

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Matt must be thinking about how Causes has raised over $27 M for nonprofits around the world. Frank Barry , Internet Evangelist at Blackbaud. If you’re at the conference make sure to connect with the panelist and me ( @franswaa ) on Twitter before the event. Incredible!). Noah Everett , founder of TwitPic. Nice work Noah!).

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2020

Events are being cancelled, postponed, or converted to virtual. Recently, Blackbaud data scientists performed a cluster analysis of 1.4 Many higher education institutions are raising significant funds from P2P campaigns, with DIY the flavor of choice for most. million fundraising peer-to-peer participants and 1.3

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 24, 2020

As the pandemic is hitting on the brink of Spring event season, many peer-to-peer (P2P) events are starting to go virtual too. . One of the first large-scale P2P events to cancel and go virtual was the JDRF One Walk in Miami, FL. What kind of P2P Fundraising can we do right now? .

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Care2

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Our next few conferences are presented by several nonprofit software providers you've probably heard of: Blackbaud, Convio, and Engaging Networks. Connect with our team before (or after) these events. Are we missing a great event this month? Event Dates Who's Going What We're Doing. Visit us at Booth #314.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud. In fact, the end of the calendar year is also a significant source of the funds raised online for nonprofits. In fact, the end of the calendar year is also a significant source of the funds raised online for nonprofits. for Blackbaud customers in the entire analysis. billion donated in 2007.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2015

As the daughter of archaeologists, I find a great deal of similarity in delving into the secrets that can be revealed by studying the details of our events as reflected in our performance data. Evaluate your event data from the past 3 years or so. When we dug into the event metrics, an interesting picture emerged.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2012

There is no doubt this strategy contributed to the event’s 19% growth in online donations that year. Activate the Personal Gift Achievement Badge Develop an image that represents your event or organization and upload it with text that indicates that the participant made a self donation.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2018

Someone can set up a fundraising page at any time, to raise funds for quite literally anything. Large-scale fundraising events that have roots in the early days of P2P are struggling to attract and retain participants. Smaller, niche fundraising events, however, are thriving in this new environment. JDRF, Susan G.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2011

Danielle Brigida from the National Wildlife Federation -- one of our amazing panelists for the upcoming presentation at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , "Let's Go Stalking! Your organization may already use a traditional CRM like Convio, Blackbaud, or Salesforce to track and maintain information about your members.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2015

percent in the three months ending in June 2015, compared to the same period in 2014, according to a Foundation Index introduced this month by Blackbaud. Chuck Longfield, Blackbaud’s chief scientists and creator of the Index, said the new specialty index will serve as a useful tool for foundations.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Raise awareness for your organization? . When are your key gala/events scheduled for? . National Women’s Health Week from May 12-18. Exp: tagging sponsors, creating Facebook events with co-hosts, etc.) . Blackbaud TeamRaiser.). What are your goals? Are you trying to…. Educate others about your mission?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2017

The latest figures from the Blackbaud Index for Canadian giving and U.S. And for another national organization, HMA found that while only $12,000 had been given via the specific URL provided on the direct mail pack, an additional $190,000 was given by direct mail donors through the regular website. Maybe 25% or more?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2019

In the Blackbaud Institute’s report, The Right Mix , Anne Wallestad spoke about the Measuring Fundraising Effectiveness framework that quantifies the risk associated with a lack of diversification in fundraising. Our annual fund consists of contributions from foundations, individuals, events and corporate partnerships.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Tammy has achieved “Top 10 in Personal Recruiting” as well as ranking in the “Top 250 Consultants” in the nation. _. Promoting events is fine, but just promote the big ones and in creative, non-obvious ways, i.e. thanking a committee member for getting an auction item vs. asking Facebook friends to go get auction items.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

This has been found in a number of surveys over the past few years (see Allison Fine's astute commentary on the recent Blackbaud survey here ) If we look back a year ago at donation trends on Facebook Causes, we also see the same complaint. Social Networks: It’s About the Relationship by Stephen MacLaughlin, BlackBaud Blog, May 29, 2008.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The surge in online giving to the ACLU— 6x their yearly donations raised in one weekend — shows us the potential that exists with online giving. Most websites have a lot going on: Top navigation, search tools, email opt-ins, side bar navigation, ads highlighting programs, promotions for events, and much more. Tweet It] !

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 24, 2013

Most websites have a lot going on: Top navigation, search tools, email opt-ins, side bar navigation, ads highlighting programs, promotions for events, and much more. Removed promotions of other things (events, programs, etc). Have you ever done a fundraising event like the Susan G. 5) Simplify, Simplify, Simplify. Tweet It] !

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Technique Donor Online Results 56

sgEngage

JULY 12, 2021

The corporate philanthropic community has been working hard to make an impact on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the past 6 years. We pulled together some data from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2020 report 1 to help illustrate the impact of COVID-19 on the progress toward goals 1 – 3.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

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)

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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) Philip King: ROI or cost of funds raised.

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Social Media Trend Advocacy Online 34

sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Key Trends in Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 7th, 2011 Blackbaud has released two new groundbreaking research studies that reveal insights about peer-to-peer event fundraising.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

This year, Whole Whale predicts that $605 Million will be raised on the day, read more about the stats and predictions for GivingTuesday 2020. In 2018, Giving Tuesday crossed the $1 billion mark, raising over $400 million on the day. In 2019, $511M was raised on the day of giving. Learn how it all started while you read this.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2014

Here are their inspiring stories: Most Impactful Use of Blackbaud Technology – Human Rights Campaign – The Human Rights Campaign enhanced the national dialogue on marriage equality with a social media campaign that took over the Internet. Last year, 7 organizations were recognized at bbcon. Read the case study. Read the case study.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2013

bbcon 2013 , Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits concluded last week, and as I remember some of my favorite moments during the conference, one tops them all. Each year, Blackbaud recognizes nonprofits that are using technology to make a positive impact on their mission, constituents, and society through the Nonprofit Impact Awards.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2014

Craver : Raising hell, raising funds, and building a better world. Over $1M raised for small, national and int’l nonprofits via grants, events, appeals and more. By Raheel Gauba : Brand Leader & Creative Director @ Blackbaud. By Roger M. On The Agitator. On Twitter. On Twitter. On Twitter.

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