NetWits

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Click Here to Sign-Up and get 5 FREE Event Fundraising Whitepapers! Ok, on with the 10 expert event fundraising strategies and free recorded consulting … Turn Donors into Fundraising Machines.

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NetWits

JUNE 26, 2012

As fundraisers we are always looking for new and innovative ways to increase donations. It’s not surprising that one of the questions I get asked most from the nonprofits I work with is “ what’s next in fundraising ? Historically most fundraising programs have been organization to donor. So what’s next?

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Develop Create Fundraising Virtual 193

NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Every fundraiser knows the role that social media users played in delivering dollars to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in Haiti and to Planned Parenthood for mammogram screenings in the wake of the Komen Foundation’s withdrawal of funding, but actually how social media delivers such results has been a bit of mystery.

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Social Media Influence Goal Media 180

NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Have you ever thought to yourself, “ hummm, I wish I could turn my non-fundraising participants or low-dollar fundraisers into money raising superstars! ”? Register Now ! Sounds familiar, right?

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Raise Money Fundraising Social Media 209

NetWits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Click Here to Sign-Up and get 5 FREE Event Fundraising Whitepapers! Experience shows us that only 40% of your 2011 fundraisers will return for next year’s event. That’s a challenging number to digest.

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Fundraising Team Blackbaud Chicago 186

NetWits

JUNE 1, 2011

Register for our Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Newsletter and get a monthly dose of quality content. Now that we are all “believers,” the next step is to know how it is affecting us and our online fundraising. Now that we are all “believers,” the next step is to know how it is affecting us and our online fundraising.

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Mobile Fundraising Stats Newsletter 153

NetWits

JULY 9, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. No matter how well an organization is doing with its online fundraising, it will eventually hit plateaus and declines.

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Online Giving Haiti Fundraising 144

NetWits

JANUARY 26, 2010

Blackbaud and Event 360 have released a new white paper based on a joint research project to better understand the common denominators of a successful programmatic approach to third-party fundraising.

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Trend Fundraising Blackbaud Raise 100

NetWits

MAY 12, 2011

Knowing that non-profit supporters around the world have been adopting the use of social networking in their daily lives we set out to figure out if the use of social networks had any impact on personal or peer-to-peer fundraising. This resulted in increased fundraising results by up to 40%. Twitter as a Multiplier.

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Social Media Studies Fundraising Media 279

NetWits

MAY 17, 2011

Register for our Social Fundraising Newsletter and immediately get access to the full reports used to construct this INFOGRAPHIC. Over the past five years peer-to-peer fundraising (aka social fundraising, event fundraising or friendraising) revenue has more than doubled online – reaching close to the billion-dollar mark.

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Fundraising Social Social Media Newsletter 279

NetWits

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

At October's Blackbaud UK Relationship Management conference, I discussed Challenge Event Fundraising and the best ways to get the most out of these events. So why is the average Blackbaud gift for this stuff in the UK sitting at £69 for 2009? I'd like to share some of the findings but first some background.

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Challenge Fundraising Blackbaud Tips 100

NetWits

AUGUST 11, 2011

Register for our monthly Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. The seven event fundraising techniques or “best practices&# described here emerged from analyzing data and interviewing nonprofit event and development staff. Register Now ! Recruit team leaders.

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Technique Fundraising Registration Template 218

NetWits

JUNE 7, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Download the report now! . For a large portion of the nonprofit sector December is a critical time of year. But should it be?

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Online Fundraising Benchmark Report 221

NetWits

MARCH 24, 2011

This interview was initially published in our monthly eNewsletter – Strategies, Tips and Best Practices for Event Fundraising Professionals. When I saw the committee dashboard feature, I immediately went into Blackbaud Sphere® and checked it out. Make sure to subscribe to get future issues.

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NetWits

AUGUST 8, 2012

Download the full Multichannel Fundraising Report. to learn more about the turn to online fundraising, the need for a multichannel approach and how direct mail is still alive and well. Taking a strictly intuitive position on online giving can actually be harmful to nonprofits overall fundraising efforts. Download Now!

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Offline Donor Online Fundraising 219

NetWits

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Target Analytics , a Blackbaud company, announced last week the latest Index of National Fundraising Performance for the second quarter of 2009. The index compares trends in key fundraising indicators from 77 organizations, including over 36 million donors and more than 68 million gifts totaling almost $2 billion in revenue.

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National Fundraising Blackbaud Analytics 100

NetWits

APRIL 3, 2012

Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge just released the fourth annual 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. The report is packed with insights into how nonprofits are leveraging social networks as part of their marketing, communications and fundraising strategies.

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Social Network Benchmark Report Network 279

NetWits

MARCH 23, 2012

In our 2011 Online Giving Report we’ve combined findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data, which allows us to pull out a very rich set of insights. Every nonprofit sector has seen double-digit online fundraising growth since 2009. >> Online giving up 13% year-over-year *.

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Trend Online Giving Blackbaud 268

NetWits

JANUARY 13, 2011

So, how are you thinking about your online fundraising strategy? Did you notice that some of the data was provided by Blackbaud and the Index of Charitable Giving ? Are you doing anything differently or adding anything new in 2011? I’d love to hear your thoughts, ideas, insights, feedback, etc. on this in the comments below.

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Online Giving Blackbaud Comment 229

NetWits

MARCH 3, 2011

a three-hour virtual event featuring guest speakers from Defenders of Wildlife, US Congress, Amnesty International USA, Care2, Blackbaud, M+R Strategic Services, and more. Did you know advocates are seven-times more likely to give as compared to non-advocates?

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Money Time Causes Blackbaud 133

NetWits

APRIL 12, 2013

Blackbaud maintains the Blackbaud Index as well as recently published the Charitable Giving Report and the P2P Benchmark Report to provide nonprofits with the necessary insight to gauge performance, but we’re not alone. The key factoids of the 2013 Blackbaud Online Benchmark Report include –. Blackbaud Resources.

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Benchmark Report Online NTC 116

NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Blackbaud is offering a free online event fundraising web seminar series from Dec. 14 to 18 to help nonprofits run successful online events.

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Fundraising Offline Blackbaud Social Media 100

NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report was released at 12NTC yesterday and it’s already stirring up discussions about how nonprofits are leveraging social networks as part of their fundraising and communications strategy. The Most Common Fundraising Tactic on Facebook is an Ask for an Individual Gift.

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Social Media Media Social Social Network 242

NetWits

JANUARY 25, 2012

Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Many summer peer-to-peer fundraising events will be opening registration in the upcoming months (hopefully, yours included). Superstar fundraisers respond differently than those who raise the minimum.

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Raise Money Fundraising Contest 226

NetWits

AUGUST 3, 2009

Some time has passed since Twitter and Facebook integrations were released for Blackbaud Sphere Events. Based on new data that is available I want to provide an update on data that we have captured so far (as of July 14th, 2009) about how successful Twitter and Facebook are as solicitation channels in peer to peer fundraising.

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Twitter Facebook Fundraising Blackbaud 102

NetWits

AUGUST 2, 2011

Register for our monthly Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. According to the Run Walk Ride fundraising council “The top thirty “thon” or event fundraising programs generated $1.65 Register Now ! billion in gross revenue for charity last year, up $28.1

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Fundraising Raise Social Media YouTube 179

NetWits

MAY 10, 2011

Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council recently conducted the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Consumer Survey where we asked people who’ve participated in at least one run, walk or ride event in the past two years to answer a series of questions online. You Don’t Suggest a Personal Fundraising Goal.

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Money Raise Poll Survey 202

NetWits

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Blackbaud released its 2011 Online Giving report today. The report combines findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data to provide the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. billion in total fundraising from 1,560 nonprofits.

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Trend Online Giving Analysis 141

NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

Whether it’s your first fundraising event, or tenth, helping supporters be great peer-to-peer fundraisers is always on the mind of successful event fundraising organizations. Giving them the tools they need to be successful fundraisers is important, but beyond that there’s so much more that can be done.

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Relationship Raise Tips Fundraising 208

NetWits

JULY 14, 2011

Senior Internet Solutions Consultant, Blackbaud | Follow @christuttle. Fundraiser and nonprofit management advocate | Follow @PhilanthropyInk. Senior Internet Solutions Consultant, Blackbaud | Follow @christuttle. 2 – Heidi Massey. Community Builder and Technology Evangelist, CommunityConnective | Follow @HeidiEKMassey.

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San Diego Twitter Tips Kansas City 259

NetWits

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Guest post by Bill Connors , author of Fundraising with The Raiser’s Edge: A Non-Technical Guide. — Recurring Giving - The #1 way to create steady fundraising revenue. One of the ways nonprofit organizations are meeting this demand is by placing some of their focus on building successful online fundraising programs.

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Gift Program Online Fundraising 188

NetWits

JULY 18, 2011

It’s a great time to start fundraising contests if you’re managing or helping run a fall fundraising event. While this is not an outright fundraising ask, it will result in dollars raised. When it comes to fundraising, what we’re really trying to do is get participants to take action. Now it’s your turn!

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Contest Fundraising Support Ideas 167

NetWits

APRIL 2, 2013

This post was written in collaboration with Bryan Snyder, Senior Marketing Analyst for Blackbaud. In a couple of weeks, the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study will be released (previously the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Study ). Email Marketing Interactive Online Fundraising'

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Rate San Diego Open Benchmark 139

NetWits

JUNE 20, 2011

Social fundraising continues to drive millions of fundraising dollars each years, but can it work if you’re not a large healthcare organization. YouTube is the worlds second largest search engine, but does Googles nonprofit program make video a useful fundraising channel? Don’t sweat it.

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Channel Free Fundraising YouTube 186

NetWits

OCTOBER 28, 2011

I’m often asked “Why are you such a fan of peer-to-peer fundraising ?”. Well, I describe my love for P2P fundraising with one word “Forgiving”. Losing or not meeting your goal never feels good, but if you learn from your mishaps you’ll be a better fundraiser. Let me explain. Free 1 hr Webinar.

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Fundraising Stream Mail Goal 137

NetWits

MAY 24, 2011

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. So, how can you harness the power of your most effective fundraisers? Run, Walk, Ride, etc). Organize them.

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Fundraising NPO Strategy Sound 171

NetWits

APRIL 6, 2012

While we were there, Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge released the 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. As social media, marketing and communications, and fundraising types continue to download and read the report we’re seeing more interest in the value nonprofits are placing on a Facebook Like (i.e.

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Facebook San Francisco Benchmark NTEN 241