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Nonprofit Finance Leaders: Don’t Miss These bbcon 2023 Sessions

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Financial Management Luminary Session Panel Discussion: Using Your Voice in a Sea of Change *don’t miss* Your finance team touches all aspects of your organization—grant programs, fundraising goals, vendor management. That makes you a vital part of any change management conversation, but you may not always be asked to the table.

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Information: The Better Half of IT

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As a Database Administrator, my world revolves around helping users make sense of the information they receive, from voice-of-the-customer anecdotes and impressions to polished Key Performance Indicator (KPI) graphs, charts, and dashboards. Check out the Blackbaud Community to get started connecting with other data-focused friends.

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How to Drive High Donor Retention Rates with Text Messaging

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With the right text messaging software, you can easily add in multimedia elements like pictures and videos to inspire audiences. Use active voice and express urgency, such as saying “Give $15 to our campaign to end child hunger by midnight!” Explain how the donation will be used: Contextualize how the donation will fuel your mission.

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Weekly Member Round Up: Technology and World Change

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World Change, by Glennharper Here at NTEN we talk about the power of technology to change the world every day - in part, by allowing unheard voices, information, and numerical data to speak in new and meaningful ways. Blogging doesn't have to be all about words: sometimes pictures speak for themselves! Have more news to share?

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If This Then That for Non-Profits

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Guest post from Blackbaud intern, Ben Baker. Ben works on Blackbaud’s Corporate Communications Team, is a Graduate Student at University of Texas School of Advertising (Hook ‘Em) and a Mississippi native. Needless to say, my voice joined my social media comrades and hailed the movie for what it was – a masterpiece.

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Mid-Year Appeals: Boost Fundraising in the Second Biggest Giving Month of the Year!

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According to the Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact, charitable giving continued its upward trend in 2017 for the sixth consecutive year with a 4.1% increase. Statistics are great motivators but can also change the voice of an appeal. Imagery – People naturally look at pictures before reading text.

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#GivingTuesday: A Movement for All of Us

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Year one online giving on the day (as a proxy for growth of the movement and according to Blackbaud data) grew 53%. In 2014 alone, Blackbaud processed more than $26.1 In 2014 alone, Blackbaud processed more than $26.1 Why not try? Year two it was a whopping 90%. Year three is was another 36%. ” (Tweet this).