Robert Weiner

AUGUST 30, 2012

Yesterday the news was that Blackbaud had laid off 50 employees it acquired when it bought Convio in May. Today the news is that Blackbaud is killing off Common Ground , one of the two donor management products (aka CRMs or Constituent Relationship Management systems) that they acquired from Convio.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

How) will this affect Blackbaud’s plans for, or ability to build, implement, and support Enterprise CRM? Will Blackbaud continue to develop on both the Salesforce and Infinity platforms? There are tons of choices out there for small and mid-sized organizations. And I’m concerned about confusion at Blackbaud. NetCommunity?

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

According to the Q&A that Idealware conducted with Blackbaud , approximately 400 nonprofits are using Common Ground. Luminate was the top contender for one of my clients, but they’re strongly considering eliminating Blackbaud from further consideration. million nonprofits in the U.S. That’s about.026 026 percent of U.S. nonprofits.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2009

Blackbaud has released a summary of early results from its analysis of 2008 online giving trends. The results come from 2,000 nonprofits using Blackbaud’s online fundraising tools. An average online gift of $152.12, although organizations focused on event-based and peer-to-peer online fundraising had lower average gift amounts.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

Organizers Database (ODB). Organizers’ Collaborative. Target Software/Blackbaud. YouthFront. DonorWorks. StarSoft Technologies. Summit Software. Enterprise. Access International. ePhilanthrAppeal. FundTrack Software. Telosa Software. Telosa Software. Faithful Steward. FastFundraising. Federation. Income Manager 2000.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 20, 2009

A new study released by Blackbaud’s Target Analytics division suggests that first-time online donors do not become recurring donors. One-time Internet givers to the 12 organizations who reported their fundraising data in January gave a median of $27 more than those who made single gifts by mail.

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