sgEngage

AUGUST 16, 2021

On the upside, it gave us freedom to try new ways of working towards our missions; on the downside, it exposed the lack of diversification in fundraising strategies. Much like we’re guided to diversify our stocks, diversifying your fundraising strategy can ensure your organization is set up to maintain funding no matter the crisis ahead.

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OneCause

JULY 7, 2022

The Blackbaud Institute reports that in 2020, total online giving across the sector was up by 21% over 2019. Also consider that for many nonprofits, GivingTuesday marks the launch of their end-of-year fundraising campaign as they specifically target their mid-size and smaller dollar donors with online asks.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

Giving Days are time-sensitive fundraising events aimed at rallying communities to maximize engagement and donations to your institution and so much goes into running a successful one. The planning, preparation, execution and blend of multi-generational activities really comes together to make a community impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The concept of empowering individuals to fundraise for a charity by asking their friends to donate has been around for years offline. These individuals undertook organizing, fundraising, and advocacy – activities that were once only in the control of nonprofits – outside the “control” of nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

A combination of usage data and data hygiene/health provides the ability to blend analytics and UI into a predictive and smart user experience. Let me provide a simple example of smart software from Blackbaud’s new NXT solution. Smart Software. Here’s another vision type we’re working on that takes advantage of analytics data.

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OneCause

MAY 12, 2021

Using technology to support your organization’s fundraising isn’t new, but it’s become increasingly important in the COVID era. Nonprofits quickly had to move fundraising events online and relied heavily on online fundraising campaigns to make up for lost revenue as the pandemic swept through the world.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Think of these as the essential elements of web design: Clear, prominent donation buttons. Let’s walk through a selection of unique nonprofit websites that not only incorporate these elements but go above and beyond to impress visitors and inspire donations: Interlochen Center for the Arts. Real-time fundraising thermometer.

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