Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Nonprofits still have decisions to make about what software to use. And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. It also means fewer options. It doesn’t really change anything.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Nonprofits still have decisions to make about what software to use. And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. It also means fewer options. It doesn’t really change anything.

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Open Source Convio Nonprofit Hype 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The campaign will encourage philanthropic activities that support nonprofit organizations. These individuals undertook organizing, fundraising, and advocacy – activities that were once only in the control of nonprofits – outside the “control” of nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

According to the 2015 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Benchmark Study , 5K events are struggling to recruit participants and raise funds. When looking outside the nonprofit world, we also find that the running boom has slowed and after many years of increases, we now have two straight years of decreases in the amount of race finishers.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Today, there are more nonprofit organizations, more events, and more competition for participants and dollars. Additionally, you have crowdfunding platforms popping up left and right, giving individuals more opportunities to create their own fundraising pages and events without needing a nonprofit to provide fundraising tools.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2020

While I may not possess the intellectual wherewithal to solve homelessness, food insecurity or a host of other chronic societal problems, I have great faith that someone out there will have that ability. currently serves on Blackbaud CRM’s Product Advisory Group as well as Blackbaud’s Higher Education Executive Advisory Board.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2016

This year’s Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study shows retention rates declining for Walks and 5Ks. The 2016 Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey shows total turnover remaining steady at 19%. The survey also shows that a greater percentage of nonprofits are increasing their staff in 2016. People want to hear actual results.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., And, I actually hope that doesn’t change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

As both a lesson and as a metric, failure is potentially productive at every level of socialmarkets - from the repeated return of one homeless person to shelter, to the repeated attempts to attach a value like SROI to such a story." Blackbaud, Inc. Nonprofit Times covers it here. " What do you think? Social Web.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2009

As I wrote this post on the flight back from my third NTEN Conference I know I felt similar to many of the other 1,600 “NPTechies” (Nonprofit Techies) who are leaving San Francisco. I know work in the nonprofit sector is serious and sometimes tough business.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2014

The best part of his job is getting to showcase Blackbaud’s amazing clients and the valuable work they do. . For all the good they do, nonprofits deserve recognition. And that is the whole point of the Impact Awards : recognizing nonprofits that use technology to make our world a better place.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Effective nonprofit web design matters more than ever before. The COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing guidelines, and a disrupted economy have all completely changed business-as-usual for nonprofits. For instance, there are a few foundational nonprofit web development strategies your team should definitely implement.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2015

For 2014, I reviewed 445 email messages sent to me from 74 different nonprofit organizations between December 1st and 31st, 2014. On December 31st, I received 53 emails from 37 different nonprofit organizations, the most of any day. Fun Fact: I didn’t receive a single nonprofit email on Sunday, December 7th. Email by Date.

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