sgEngage

JULY 15, 2021

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, chat with guest host Ashley Sweeney of Blackbaud about the ways that today’s DBAs are adding value to the organization, how leaders can maximize this impact, and what operations team members should do to advance their career. “The It’s about more than just filling requests and mailing lists and reports.

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Database Roles Podcast Change 101

Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2019

Looking to the present and the future, here are four big trends to take notice of to ensure the ongoing success of your membership operation. From hosting special member events to fulfilling membership cards to all related marketing, mailings, and collateral, everything adds up fast! Source: Blackbaud.

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NetWits

MAY 31, 2011

Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company, has released the third edition of it’s groundbreaking research into multichannel giving trends among nonprofit organizations. This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits.

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Benchmark Internet Report Giving 144

BoardAssist

MAY 10, 2016

What are the trends that are going to impact your nonprofit in 2016? Top 10 Fundraising Trends and Predictions for 2016. The trends are undeniable. See Kivi’s Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. Look at Giving Tuesday’s results: Blackbaud reported that 17% of gifts it processed came from mobile devices.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Effective communication involves being agile, responsive, and brave when it comes to trying out new media, trends, and delivery. Blackbaud Altru has powerful analytic tools that can help you better understand your organization’s audiences and you can your own create patron personas. Customer Journey.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

To take advantage of these powerful giving trends, preparation is key to ensure your organization secures meaningful results when competing with organizations across cause areas that are making a similar appeal.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 4, 2012

80 Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog : Back in 2010, I wrote about all the direct mail pieces that I had collected over a year. This time I collected all of the nonprofit emails that I was sent between December 15, 2011 and January 1, 2012.

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NetWits

APRIL 19, 2012

Yesterday, Blackbaud released their 2011 Higher Education Fundraising Performance Report that gleaned some pretty positive trends in the Higher Education space. Students and alumni, particularly Gen Y, are not interested in “snail mailing” you a check. Download the report now! . It should be. Make it easy for them to give.

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Education Report Retention Fundraising 189

Care2

AUGUST 9, 2013

economy is still recovering, the majority of Americans (60%) still give to charity, according to the Next Generation of American Giving study by Blackbaud. The study looked at giving habits and trends across four generations of donors – Matures (68+), Boomers (49-67), Gen X (33-48) and Gen Y (18-32). Even though the U.S.

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Charity Studies Money Donation 77

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Nonprofit statistics covering fundraising, charitable giving, online giving, social media, mobile, donor retention, email marketing, stewardship, donor research, charitable organizations, donor trends, direct mail, giving, and other key not-for-profit charitable giving metrics and benchmarks.

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Statistics North America Benchmark Retention 55

Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 2, 2022

The two most common forms of direct marketing are direct mail and telemarketing. These databases are large repositories for data that is collected and reported on, pulling from industry trends and helping to inform industry strategies to be used in subsequent direct marketing campaigns. Blog: Meet The First Talent For Good Cohort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Over the past few months I’ve been asked a lot of questions about giving trends: What explains the flat trend in overall fundraising? The data shows a troubling trend in the nonprofit sector: Donor populations have been shrinking for the past five years and revenue per donor has been flat. .” A Fundraising Cliff?

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Data Hurricane Fundraising Disaster 118

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 7, 2011

As social media taught us, those nonprofits who act quickly and embrace emerging trends tend to experience the highest success rate, and similar to the rise of e-advocacy and “E-mail Action Networks&# beginning in 2000-01, the nonprofit sector is on the brink of transitioning their e-advocacy efforts to the Mobile Web.

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Advocacy Mobile Nonprofit Adopt 215

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 21, 2021

According to Salesforce.org’s Nonprofit Trends Report (3rd Edition), 71% of organizations surveyed had to accelerate their move to digital programs or events last year due to the pandemic. Prior to that, Stu worked for 13 years at Blackbaud as a consultant, solution architect, and practice manager. And 2020 didn’t help.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

Last week Blackbaud along with partners HJC, Sea Change Strategies, and Edge Research released findings from the 2013 Next Generation of Canadian Giving study. For example, d irect mail is not dead. Generations Y and X prefer to give online, and as many Baby Boomers say they give online as via direct mail.

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Generation Philanthropy Canada Benchmark 66

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2013

This past September 30th, Blackbaud hosted over 30 senior fundraising leaders from the largest charities in the US and 10 expert presenters for npNEXT. npNEXT was an experimental event to bring together experts and fundraising leaders from across the nonprofit sector to discuss emerging trends and next practices.

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Care2

MAY 18, 2012

Many of Frogloop's readers are professional nonprofit fundraisers who watch trends like a hawk -- at least when those trends affect fundraising results across sectors and channels. Channels covered included online, direct mail, telemarketing and canvassing. So what was the big picture "headline?" A sobering one, overall.

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Donation Studies Headline Washington 72

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud. Blackbaud's analysis of online giving in 2008 found that December accounted for about 21% of the year's transaction volume, but 48% of the total dollars raised. for Blackbaud customers in the entire analysis. The average online gift for the month of December increased to $248.82

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Approximately 3,600 attendees joined to share the latest insights, trends and innovations. One of m y favorite Blackbaud experience s is bbcon. One of m y favorite Blackbaud experience s is bbcon. Stewardship is no longer about sending a thank-you note or acknowledgment in the mail within 48 hours of receiving a gift. .

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Ensuring fundraising success is more important than ever and our team at Blackbaud is monitoring the latest trends coming out of our Blackbaud Fundraiser Performance Management community to help our customers stay relevant and innovative. . Missed out on bbcon this year? We hope to see you next year!

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success.

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Benchmark Measure America Blackbaud 56

NetWits

JUNE 7, 2012

Use online communication, such as your website, Facebook, Twitter and email blasts, as well as direct mail, newsletters and phone calls to past donors to keep them informed. Want to learn more about online giving trends? Promotion is ke y - Donors will not know about new happenings without advertisement and promotion.

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Online Fundraising Benchmark Report 221

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In a time of unexpected and continued change , we discussed new trends from 2020 and how Blackbaud customers and the industry are responding to today’s environment and developing new strategies for success. . Emerging Tech Trends . Blackbaud Higher Education content hub. .

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Channels covered included online, direct mail, telemarketing and canvassing." Yesterday in Washington, DC, Target's senior fundraising analyst Paige Grainger gave a terrific "state of the nonprofit industry" talk, which summarized key findings from Target's latest, 2011 Index.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Blackbaud just released it’s 2013 Charitable Giving Report, showing steady growth for all nonprofits. Blackbaud reported more than one-third of all charitable giving happens in the last three months of the year. In fact, the 4.9% increase in giving is the largest since the recession. compared to 2012!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 19, 2018

by Shana Masterson, Blackbaud . Top Event Strategies for Major Donor Cultivation by Tanya Fit z gerald, Blackbaud . Foundation Trends That Will Continue in 2018 by Annie Rhodes, Blackbaud . Insights from Giving USA 2018: Charitable Giving Growth & Trends by Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud .

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

A growing trend among most of us these days is paying for things more with credit and debit cards and less with cash and checks. One church fundraising consulting firm found that as many as 50 percent of people who receive fundraising mailings go online to make their contribution. Last but not least, Telosa Exceed!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Blackbaud processed more than $39.6 Online donations tend to be larger than traditional direct mail gifts and #GivingTuesday donors also show this behavior. Blackbaud also tracked a significant number of online donations over $1,000 on #GivingTuesday 2015. This includes several $50,000 online donations made during the day.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

To do that, let’s examine some key findings from the most recent Alumni Annual Giving report, a comprehensive analysis produced each year by Blackbaud Target Analytics. For example, what are the trends of first-time donors who made their initial first gift at the $25 level?

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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. “This is present in direct mail, telemarketing, and face-to-face solicitation.” ” The average online gift was $89.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

We have incredible technology at our fingertips, yet it’s hard to find time to master the latest trends. The 2017 Luminate Online Benchmark Report , just released by Blackbaud, shows donation and email trends based on online fundraising and email campaigns by 707 Luminate Online customers. in this milieu.

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Time Fundraising Benchmark Trend 33

Connection Cafe

JULY 18, 2017

Blackbaud recently released its fifth annual Charitable Giving Report, and it offers major lessons for institutions of higher education looking to increase fundraising capacity over the coming years. Schools that are seeking to raise more money will need to place an increasing focus on their online fundraising capacity.

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University Report Fundraising United States 30

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Applications include major giving, annual fund, direct mail, planned giving or even niche/sector specific programs like athletic fundraising or grateful patient programs. Target Analytics Affluence , Blackbaud’s newest data set, is an example of where to obtain this type data. Building your own predictive models?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Luckily, Blackbaud issued the 2010 Online Giving Report last week. Haiti-related giving had a big impact on online giving trends. While online fundraising is still a drop in the bucket compared to snail mail, it grows exponentially each year. You can download your FREE copy here. These organizations represent $5.1

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Another great resource is Blackbaud' s Index of Online Giving , which holds information on online revenue trends for over 1700 nonprofits. For the Cliff's Notes version, check out the blog post from Steve Peretz of M+R. If you really hate reading, we also discussed the report in a webinar; that recording is here.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 11, 2014

The timing couldn’t be better for nonprofits ready to explore technology investments because Blackbaud has just released the white paper, Making the Pitch to Nonprofit Leadership: How to Convey and Sell the Need to Invest in Fundraising Technology (I know it’s a mouth full!). Demographics & Donor Trends. The right tool set.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 2, 2013

target="_blank">The Blackbaud Index that tracks fundraising revenue for congregations and other faith-based organizations. Based on data from 3,828 charities that raised more than $12 billion in the prior 12 months, The Blackbaud Index reports that overall charitable giving grew 2.3 billion in annual revenue grew 3.5

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