Robert Weiner

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More nonprofit software mergers and acquisitions

Robert Weiner

Last year the big news in my industry was Blackbaud's acquisition of Convio and the merger/acquisition of Datatel and Sungard Higher Education (now called Ellucian). 2013 is off to a bang with Accel-KKR's acquisition of Sage's Nonprofit Solutions Group and iModules acquisition of Harris Connect.

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Taking Advantage of a Crisis

Robert Weiner

All of the industry sectors analyzed in the index had revenue declines over this period, and all but one sector had declines in donors as well. Target Analytics' Index of National Fundraising Performance for the first quarter of 2009 had nothing but bad news.

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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

I’m also concerned about the confusion this will cause in the industry. Finally, the system needs to be backed by strong implementation practices, training, and ongoing product development and user support. Software alone seldom gets the job done.

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