In a recent review of 50 upcoming fundraising events, we found the same sponsorship message in every single organization.  Yet including corporate donors in your fundraising mix is a critical strategy. Using a service like Profile Builder can use public information to help you create this segmentation of your donors. Guess what?  MORE >>

I've redacted the message to anonymize the vendor: Dear _, I thought you might be interested in a recent analysis of low cost fundraising software, conducted jointly by independent organizations Idealware and N-TEN. They have published numerous reports and whitepapers on technology for nonprofit organizations. MORE >>

Online acquired donors are significantly younger, more affluent, and more generous than their offline counterparts. The paradox is that online givers, in aggregate, have much higher cumulative value over the long term than traditional mail-acquired donors. Donor Movement Across Channels. Growing Your Donor Base. MORE >>

The premise is that complaints about an organization's database may be misdirected: the problem is how the system is being managed (aka management problems disguised as technology problems). Does the person who oversees the database understand the organization’s strategic plans so they can make sure the technology can support them? MORE >>

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. Advancement Services Databases Donor Databases Fundraising Nonprofit Technology SoftwareAny BB staff or CG consultants care to chime in?). MORE >>