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MARCH 17, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 1 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 17th, 2011 NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) is in Washington, DC and it’s sold out once again.

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NTEN Conference Technology Blackbaud 49

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Myths about Online Giving Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 1st, 2010 There are so many myths about online giving. Here are five that need to be busted. Older donors don’t give online Wrong.

Trend 79

Trend Online Giving Offline 79

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Why Apple isn’t the Nonprofit App Grinch Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 10th, 2010 Nonprofit social media expert Beth Kanter isn’t happy with Apple at the moment.

Trend 75

Trend Nonprofit Blackbaud Aggregator 75

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Overall Fundraising Remains Positive The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,376 nonprofit organizations representing $2.2 This growth trend has been fueled by improving results from both large (+3.9%) and small (+15.1%) nonprofits. over last year.

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 70

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Top States for Loyal & Wealthy Donors Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 14th, 2010 Blackbaud has a tremendous amount of data about the nonprofit sector. That’s the power and importance of benchmarking.

District of Columbia 71

District of Columbia Trend Donor Blackbaud 71

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JANUARY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 3 Nonprofit Predictions for 2011 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 10th, 2011 Philanthropy Journal has published three of my nonprofit predictions for 2011. You can read them online and here’s a teaser: 1.

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Trend Blackbaud Journal Haiti 46

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MAY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on May 10th, 2011 The Chronicle of Philanthropy is not only a great publication, but they also publish some excellent research about online fundraising trends.

Online 111

Online Fundraising Blackbaud Chile 111

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,468 nonprofit organizations representing $2.25 Large and medium sized organizations had a negative growth trend, but smaller organizations continued to experience positive growth.

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Haiti 63

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Top States for New Donors & Online Donors Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 23rd, 2010 Blackbaud has a tremendous amount of data about the nonprofit sector. That’s the power and importance of benchmarking.

District of Columbia 72

District of Columbia Trend Donor Blackbaud 72

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AUGUST 12, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All rights reserved.

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Social Network Mobile Social Media Network 28

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Overall Fundraising Remains Positive The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,412 nonprofit organizations representing $2.2 This growth trend has been fueled by improving results from both large (+6.2%) and small (+17.2%) nonprofits. over last year.

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 60

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JANUARY 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What’s Different One Year After Haiti? Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Hispaniola.

Haiti 64

Haiti Trend Difference Blackbaud 64

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MARCH 19, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 3 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 19th, 2011 This is the last day of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ). That’s it for NTC 2011.

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NTEN Conference Technology San Francisco 49

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APRIL 15, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,430 nonprofit organizations representing $2.21

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Blackbaud Haiti Trend Arts 58

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Guys Like Good Causes Too Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 22nd, 2010 eMarketer recently had an article called “Men Care About Causes Too&# that highlights some new research.

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Causes Trend Blackbaud Survey 65

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Tis the Season for Charity Gift Cards Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 9th, 2010 The Los Angeles Times had an article the other day called “Causes offers gift cards for charitable giving.&#

Los Angeles 64

Los Angeles Gift Charity Trend 64

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APRIL 6, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Video: Online Advocacy Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 6th, 2011 The recordings from Blackbaud and Care2′s Advocacy Live 2011 event are now online. Hot or Not: What’s Sizzling in Online Fundraising?

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Advocacy Trend Video Online 61

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking It’s the Seating Chart, Stupid Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 18th, 2010 Where should the Internet team be on the organization chart? Who should own the Internet at our nonprofit? It's a surprisingly revolutionary notion.

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Chart Trend Blackbaud Internet 62

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Does Your Nonprofit Exist in 10 Years? Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 17th, 2010 Does your nonprofit exist in ten years? Not because something bad happened, but because a lot of good has happened.

Trend 58

Trend Blackbaud Nonprofit RSS 58

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 29th, 2010 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative released its first report today. sectional studies.

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Collaboration Research Report Indiana 75

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What is Good Design? Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 16th, 2010 Everyone seems to have an opinion about what is good design. But it’s not something you just leave to opinions or chance.

Design 56

Design Trend Blackbaud RSS 56

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

There are 75 pages of statistics and trend information in the report. Giving Amount Trends High net worth households gave $54,016 on average to charity in 2009. The study is part of an ongoing research partnership with the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , which began in 2006. The average wealth of respondents was $10.7

Studies 75

Studies Philanthropy Trend Attitude 75

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MARCH 15, 2011

Some important trends will be explored later to show analysis of post-Haiti giving. Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,434 nonprofit organizations representing $2.19 million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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Blackbaud Disaster Haiti Giving 63

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Early Bird Registration for 2011 NTEN NTC is Open Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 12th, 2010 NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference is now open for early bird registration. The 2011 NTC should be the best yet.

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Registration NTC NTEN Open 40

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

One discussion that was really interesting was the “Global Trends and What They Mean to You&# panel with Marc Chardon, Blackbaud’s chief executive officer.

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Trend Global Video Blackbaud 40

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What Facebook Knows Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 7th, 2010 Think about all the things people post on Facebook or any other social networking website. That can be a good thing and sometimes that can be a bad thing.

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Trend Facebook Blackbaud Feeds 73

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JANUARY 20, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking How Nonprofits Can Avoid Online Credit Card Fraud Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 20th, 2011 Nonprofit organizations are a big target for online credit card fraud. Hopefully, it will be stopped as soon as possible.

Online 65

Online Blackbaud Nonprofit Test 65

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Key Insights from the 2010 Global State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 27th, 2010 Blackbaud has conducted its North American State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey annually for six of the past seven years.

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Global Netherlands New Zealand Germany 49

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Nonprofits – Day 3 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 22nd, 2010 This is the last day of Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Nonprofits here in Washington, DC.

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Blackbaud Conference Nonprofit DC 40

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Nonprofits – Day 1 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 20th, 2010 Today is the start of Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Nonprofits at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in Washington, DC.

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Blackbaud Conference DC Nonprofit 40

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MAY 31, 2011

This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue.

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Benchmark Internet Giving Offline 73

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2010 Online Giving Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on February 15th, 2011 Blackbaud released its 2010 Online Giving Report today. billion in total fundraising from 1,438 nonprofits. in December 2010.

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Trend Online Giving Blackbaud 83

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Troubling Nonprofit Statistics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 28th, 2010 I spend a lot of time looking at metrics and benchmarks from across the nonprofit sector. Recurring Giving Benchmarking Analysis says so.

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Statistics Trend Benchmark Blackbaud 83

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Just When You Thought Direct Mail Was Dead Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 10th, 2010 It’s baaack! You thought direct mail was dead but it has returned. Actually, it’s single channel communication that’s dead.

Mail 79

Mail Trend Offline Blackbaud 79