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

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.

Blackbaud 51

Blackbaud Haiti Trend Disaster 51

NetWits

APRIL 10, 2011

That got me thinking more about how we, in the non-profit space, should look to learn from examples, trends and best practices found outside of our sector. Affiliate programs, organic search traffic and even offline advertising scored higher than social. So here’s another great bit of learning for us.

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Facebook Fundraising Work Comparison 260

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

My Three Words for 2011 inspired by Harold Jarche's Networked Learning Model. For 2011, my three words are: Seek, Sense, and Share inspired by Harold Jarche’s model for networked learning. How these words will guide me in 2011: Seek: Seeking is the process of keeping up to date in your field.

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Share Reflection Social Media Model 102

Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2012

Blackbaud recently released its 2011 Online Giving report. comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. online and offline data representing $5.1 online and offline data representing $5.1 organizations for the first time since Blackbaud began reporting on this trend.

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Online Giving Blackbaud Share 44

sgEngage

AUGUST 7, 2012

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. Overall Fundraising Trends. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Blackbaud Statistics Trend Offline 66

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? Read the entire report to learn more about global trends.

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Blackbaud Benchmark Nonprofit Chart 90

sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2012

Through the first 11 months of 2011, overall giving is up 3.4% However, most nonprofits saw greater stability and predictability in their 2011 fundraising than in the past few years. There are two important caveats to the trends. Overall Fundraising Trends. Online Fundraising Trends. “Total U.S.

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Fundraising Blackbaud Trend Statistics 75

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

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. Overall Fundraising Trends. for the 3 months ending July 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011.

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Blackbaud Statistics Trend Offline 61

NetWits

MARCH 8, 2012

And because fundraising continues to shift from offline to online nonprofits are faced with a growing need to find new and innovative ways to do fundraising through online sources. The move towards a multichannel fundraising approach (online and offline) is becoming more and more critical to long-term success.

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Social Media Raise Washington Online 200

sgEngage

JULY 5, 2012

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. Overall Fundraising Trends. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

Blackbaud 58

Blackbaud Statistics Trend Offline 58

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

Below is a collection of articles and posts about what I think is an upcoming cultural trend: unplugging. Will de-teching, un-plugging, and being an info-vegan, become a new trend? How do you balance your online and offline life? How do you balance your online and offline life? on weekdays, you get off the internet.

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Green Time Info Movie 108

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

" Conversation is the New Attention – "This article is adapted from their SXSW 2011 talk, Toss the Projector: Redefining the Speaker/Audience Dynamic. " 2011: The Year the Check-in Died – "Early last year, "checking in" was the cool new craze. Change the way we associated with others on and offline?

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Web Map Bookmarking Conversation 114

sgEngage

MAY 6, 2012

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. Overall Fundraising Trends. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

Blackbaud 48

Blackbaud Statistics Trend Offline 48

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. My latest post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog is now up. You can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the copy below.

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Community Giving Washington Arlington 158

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The beauty of social media is that it’s always adapting to what’s hot, trends form and fade, so decide which you want to try and which makes the most sense for your organization. What is on your To Do List for 2011? If you are a smaller organization, have a few people work together to keep the channels updated and have fun with it.

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Social Media Foundation Examples Media 189

Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2013

The more you add, the more complete of a trend line you’ll get! This will allow users to look at Index trends over a more extensive period of. Overall Fundraising Trends. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. This is the first negative trend in 6 months. Online Fundraising Trends.

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Blackbaud Trend Chart United States 33

Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2012

And already in 2011, “more than 50% of all ‘local’ searches were done from a mobile device.” Current trends in mobile fundraising, such as text-to-give (micro-giving), mobile wallets, and text2donate (major-giving) are allowing nonprofits and libraries to interact with their donors in creative ways.

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Mobile Library Phone Camera 50

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

I think that unplugging and limiting internet and tech use is an upcoming cultural trend, so I was thrilled to see that one of the sessions was Unplug, Unfriend, Unfollow, Unwind: Is That Sacrilege? What needs are you trying to fulfill for yourself online that could be better met offline? with Gwen Bell.

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Blogher San Diego Green Conference 81

Care2

JANUARY 24, 2011

Words and Phrases to Avoid in 2011. Dan Gunderman over at Big Duck is not a totalitarian when it comes to words but he’s got strong opinions on the subject, and what words your nonprofit should be avoiding across your online and offline constituent communications. Facebook may be popular today but it’s still FACEBOOK.

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Offline Facebook Analytics Websites 64

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2011

Maybe it’s a little late to start thinking about resolutions since we’re already 18 days into 2011 but better to make them late than not at all, right? Define your audiences, build consensus internally around them and create communications (online and offline) specific for each group. Author: Lacey Kruger.

Offline 24

Offline Test Analysis Review 24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. Watech4good Summit. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Knowledge Seattle Social Media Measure 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. So, let’s get out the nonprofit vote for the nonprofit panels at SXSW 2011 ! What are they good for?

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Comment Artist Social Media Hype 97

NetWits

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A few months ago we published the 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report and yesterday we released the 2011 Online Giving Report. The majority of giving still comes from offline channels, but online fundraising continues to be a significant source for acquiring new donors.

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Offline Donor Online Aggregator 275

sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending March 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 Trend Haiti Benchmark 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org’s key results are: Footprint: The reach of their activities, both online and offline. The tag trended on Twitter, capturing the attention of many new visitors to the site to read and to take action on changing federal policy about supporting younger farmers. If they aren’t successful, the consequences are dire. Source: grist.

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Measure Policy Social Media Green 97

sgEngage

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. A higher percentage of donors 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 give online than offline.

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Trend Online Giving Offline 79

sgEngage

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 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. over last year. over last year.

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 70

NetWits

MAY 30, 2012

Here are few key insights about multichannel givers from our 2011 Multichannel Fundraising Report. Online Donors Need to be Moved Offline. Online donors tend to be significantly younger, more affluent, and more generous than their offline counterparts ( check out the infographic to “See” more ). i.e. Direct Mail.

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Online Fundraising Offline Mail 234

sgEngage

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 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Haiti 62

sgEngage

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 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. over last year. over last year.

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 58

sgEngage

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Thanks to The Agitator for letting me have the last word in 2011. And if you’re looking at donor behavior across channels, then you will begin to see some trends in what channel mix works best for different types of donors. Statistically speaking, online donors are much more likely to switch to become offline donors.

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Offline Channel Org Chart 63

sgEngage

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.&# Will it work? Absolutely.

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Los Angeles Gift Charity Trend 63

sgEngage

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

Blackbaud 56

Blackbaud Haiti Trend Arts 56

sgEngage

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 Do you have offline and well as online channels ready to go? Do you have email templates ready to go?

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Haiti Trend Difference Blackbaud 63