VisionLink

APRIL 12, 2012

Here is a wonderful infographic we discovered on how both email marketing and social media were able to increase Non Profit Fundraising in 2011! Non Profit Technology Infographic Thank you NTEN and M+R for teaming up to create such an informative infographic! To read the full report or to view past studies, visit www.e-benchmarksstudy.com.

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Profit Technology Fund Statistics 113

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Date : September 15, 2011. Description : The Indigo Trust and Institute for Philanthropy, working closely with The Omidyar Network will convene this conference on how the developing world is using information technology to improve social outcomes. Social reporting links. Location : London, UK. Related Links : Indigo Trust.

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Philanthropy Develop Technology Conference 100

NetWits

MAY 15, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Download the report now! . For more information, download Blackbaud’s free 2011 Online Giving Report.

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Online Fundraising Haiti Retention 230

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

Mark your calendars for next month’s 2011 Millennial Donoar Summit and rejoice in the fact that you don’t have to book a flight or hotel! That’s right, June 22, 2011, you can join in the sessions, discussions and more all from the comfort of your own computer. How to engage Millennials in your cause.

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Case Study Trend Studies Research 137

NetWits

JUNE 7, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Download the report now! . Download the full report today… 2011 Online Giving Report.

Online 221

Online Fundraising Benchmark Report 221

NetWits

APRIL 26, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Download the report now! . Does your confirmation page and email just regurgitate payment information?

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Websites Online Donor Cancer 207

sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending August 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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Blackbaud Statistics Trend Offline 67

NetWits

MAY 17, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Download the report now! . For more information, download Blackbaud’s free 2011 Online Giving Report.

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Results Online Donor Fundraising 230

NetWits

JUNE 14, 2012

Download the full Internet & Multichannel Fundraising Report. Online to offline conversion must take place almost immediately, as online donors tend to move to offline giving within a year of the first online gift or not at all according to our 2011 Multichannel Giving Report. 2011 Internet and Multichannel Giving.

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Offline Donor Online Giving 209

NTEN

MARCH 6, 2012

In the second half of 2011, when we set out to look at the “State of the Nonprofit Cloud”, we weren’t sure what to expect—and what we found after surveying US nonprofits and conducting follow-up interviews was that it’s somewhat. Some key findings: 91% of respondents reported using some kind of cloud-based software solution.

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Report Interview Hosting Survey 79

NetWits

JULY 9, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Download the report now! . Ddownload Blackbaud’s full 2011 Online Giving Report Here.

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Online Giving Haiti Fundraising 144

NetWits

JANUARY 14, 2011

Jeremiah Owyang, an industry analyst with digital strategy consulting firm Altimeter Group , interviewed 140 enterprise-class social strategists for a report on the “ Career Path of the Corporate Social Strategist ”. I suspect you’ll find the information very interesting. Then you can go read the full report.

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Social Media Profit Difference Media 230

NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. It's important that we don't confuse "data" for "information." Data are only the raw material of information. So how do we get from data to information?

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Data New York Government Digital 91

NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

We are happy to announce that the 2011 survey is underway – and that it is new and improved! > > Please take the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Staffing and Investments Survey! All of this information will be available in the first half of 2012. We don't think it's just about spending more money!).

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Benchmark Survey Technology Nonprofit 78

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending July 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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Blackbaud Statistics Trend Offline 48

sgEngage

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending September 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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Blackbaud Statistics Trend Offline 48

NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Last month we released our seventh annual report on nonprofit investment and practices regarding technology. You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research.

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Ratio Report Technology Roles 85

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending September 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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Blackbaud Statistics Trend Offline 48

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. In the Idealist.org survey, 65 percent of responding organizations reporting having no funding dedicated to professional HR development.

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Survey Trend Research Nonprofit 79

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. Millennials want basic information and tools for action. Trust and donations were huge in the Millennial Donor Report. Take the most important, relevant, action-oriented information and put it on the mobile version. Millennial Distinctions.

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Mobile St. Louis Donor Blackberry 137

sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending June 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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Blackbaud Statistics Trend Offline 44

sgEngage

JUNE 16, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending April 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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Blackbaud Haiti Trend Disaster 51

NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

NTEN member and nonprofit communications expert Kivi Leroux Miller just released the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , based on a survey of over 1200 participants at the end of 2011. You can download the complete report from NonprofitMarketingGuide.com.

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Communication Trend Report NTEN 80

sgEngage

JULY 17, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending May 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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Blackbaud Trend Statistics Analysis 48

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. One source of data informing this work is our annual State of the Sector Survey.

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Research Survey Model Chart 74

NetWits

APRIL 12, 2012

In fact, Blackbaud’s 2011 Online Giving Report , noted that the largest online gift in 2011 was $260,000 ! The report further noted, “87% of the nonprofits in this analysis had at least one online gift of $1,000 or more during 2011.”. For information sought by our major gifts prospects.

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Gift Online Donation Offline 133

Care2

JULY 16, 2012

Thankfully, you can take advantage of great in-depth research and findings published in nonprofit reports. Here 11 nonprofit reports that are worth a look when you want to brush up on everything from nonprofit social media adoption, staffing, fundraising, and online engagement best practices.

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Report Guidelines Ratio Policy 78

NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2011

Memorizing it may even help you get a job, because: CareerBuilder's IT hiring poll reports that 44% of IT employers will place greater emphasis on social media in 2011. Check out the best gadgets from the 2011 CES. Better brush up on the Twitter. In other Net Neutrality news. Only 345 days left in the giving season. wait for it.

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Poll Chart Social Media History 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

People who reading content on their smartphones or tablets will not be consuming text heavy information – it has to brief text and visual or videos. Michael’s guest post explains more: A Better Way to Produce Reports Nonprofit Annual Reports , guest post by Michael Hoffman, See3 Communications. The Nonprofit Report.

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Report Slovenia Blackberry PDF 112

VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

2-1-1, the phone number used by millions to access information about community services, is celebrated nation-wide today, February 11th. Community Information Management: 2-1-1s are transforming from list-keepers to community and state-wide hubs of professionally managed information.

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Community Blended Analytics National 238

NTEN

JUNE 23, 2011

In the report you'll find: Introduction to Donor Management Systems, including helpful information about what different needs and features you should consider. > Download the complete report for free! What is "low cost", you ask? The systems reviewed cost no more than $4000 for the first year of use.

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System Report Guide Management 59

AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Does Your Information Technology Department Report to the CEO? NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : The accounting firm of Tate & Tyron has done a small survey of nonprofit leaders that finds that the IT departments of most nonprofits do not report to the executive, instead being held within operations or finance departments.

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Report Technology Benchmark Survey 24

NTEN

MAY 19, 2011

Mark your calendars for next month's 2011 Millennial Donoar Summit and rejoice in the fact that you don't have to book a flight or hotel! That's right, June 22, 2011, you can join in the sessions, discussions and more, all from the comfort of your own computer.

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Case Study Studies Trend Research 62

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. In the report, Geoff describes the training this way: The training program treated the giving day as an exercise in best practices.

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Community Giving Washington Arlington 158

sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Especially when they help reveal a lot of information in a visual format.

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Blackbaud Benchmark Nonprofit Chart 90

NTEN

MAY 11, 2011

> Please take the 2011 NTEN Community Survey Each year NTEN surveys the nonprofit technology community (that's YOU) to ask: How do you use technology in your work? > Please take the 2011 NTEN Community Survey. What are the biggest nonprofit technology challenges for your organization?

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NTEN Survey San Francisco Community 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

New information collected by citizen scientists provides an underwater view into the growing problem of ocean trash. An interactive map launched by the non-profit Project AWARE visualizes nearly three years of ongoing reporting by a network of scuba divers who remove marine debris from the world’s ocean. million divers.

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