Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

We’re huge nonprofit data geeks at Whole Whale, and few raw data gets us as excited as the data we collect each year around Giving Tuesday, the epic day of giving that has followed Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the U.S. trillion) Mean gift: $105 ( Giving Tuesday Data Project). since 2012. since 2012.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Ashley Thompson, Managing Director at Blackbaud Institute, will dive into the trends that can help us better understand how philanthropy weathers change. Using data as a guide, Ashley will uncover clues to illuminate the contemporary nonprofit’s journey. To learn better financial management practices… .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

The latest resource from the Blackbaud Institute, Development Plan Toolkit: Your Three-Step Guide to Strategic Fundraising offers a pathway to reaching and retaining major donors: Step 1: Reflect on successes and opportunities. Step 2: Identify specific, realistic goals. Step 3: Align those goals to proven strategies.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Aubrey is known for her results-driven, customer-centric, data-obsessed pursuit of changing the narrative for symphony orchestras and other arts organizations. Whether a Blackbaud Altru rookie or veteran, you will find useful tips and techniques to launch from this session! Getting Organized for bbcon 2021 Virtual.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

The latest resource from the Blackbaud Institute, Development Plan Toolkit: Your Three-Step Guide to Strategic Fundraising offers a pathway to reaching and retaining major donors: Step 1: Reflect on successes and opportunities. Step 2: Identify specific, realistic goals. Step 3: Align those goals to proven strategies.

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sgEngage

MAY 22, 2023

By making a schedule of upcoming responsibilities—such as finalizing payroll, inputting data like donations and payments, and posting journal entries—the finance team can ensure that no due dates or other tasks are missed and can even utilize the schedule to delegate tasks across the team.

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NetWits

APRIL 19, 2012

Yesterday, Blackbaud released their 2011 Higher Education Fundraising Performance Report that gleaned some pretty positive trends in the Higher Education space. Ensure that you have up-to-date data on each of your alumni. Do you have an up-to-date events calendar that will allow people to see what programs you are offering?

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sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2023

Strong finance departments are able to easily communicate financial data to a nonfinancial audience. Ideally, monthly financial reports should include a memo and data visualization that helps convey the nonprofit’s financial story in ways that enable nonfinancial readers to quickly understand complex information.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

Automation can turn minutes, hours, or days of busy work into a second or two, freeing up a fundraiser’s head space and calendar space for truly creative work. Nicole Holt, data systems project manager for Preble Street, an organization committed to addressing Maine’s homelessness crisis, decided to automate the large-gift reporting process.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

She’s presenting brand new data to help discern how we should be responding to today’s environment and what cultural organization superpowers can help build new strategies for success. Block time off on your calendar: Once you’ve determined which sessions you want to attend, reserve that time on your calendar.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2019

Who will be responsible for collecting and recording the necessary data? Step 4: Create Goal Calendars. For each area, create a calendar to make sure everyone knows what’s expected for each month (or even week or day). Create a membership engagement calendar to outline when and how you’ll keep members engaged.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2020

Ensure you have correct data. Data health, data hygiene, clean data – whatever you want to call it, it’s important. Take time now to get everything in order and create a plan to keep your data updated so you can maximize your fundraising for the rest of the year. Use data to make decisions. Ask for help!

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Manage volunteer data with a strong CRM solution. There are a few features you’ll want to make sure to include: An easily-read calendar widget for quick viewing of upcoming opportunities. Manage volunteer data with a strong CRM solution. . Keep an updated website. Use technology tools to motivate volunteers. .

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NetWits

AUGUST 11, 2011

The seven event fundraising techniques or “best practices&# described here emerged from analyzing data and interviewing nonprofit event and development staff. Data also indicates that the average online donation amount is $60. Register Now ! Launch the event online at least six months in advance.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2019

From #GivingTuesday and year-end giving to CSR to executive development and more, here is a round-up of ten great webinars to consider adding to your calendars in November. Hosted by: Blackbaud. The last two months of the calendar year might just be the most important part of the year for your non-profit. Hosted by: Blackbaud.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

Components included video tutorials, suggested calendars of activity, sample materials, frequently asked questions, logos, and a Twibbon for Facebook and Twitter use. The in-person events were complemented by a free, comprehensive online nonprofit toolkit.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud. In fact, the end of the calendar year is also a significant source of the funds raised online for nonprofits. In fact, the end of the calendar year is also a significant source of the funds raised online for nonprofits. for Blackbaud customers in the entire analysis.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2020

In the day job, peer-to-peer fundraising at Blackbaud, we have seen the proliferation of the term ‘Virtual event’. It’s uncharted territory and many are likely operating on minimal practical experience, limited resources, and struggling to find sector success stories and data to get you started.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Extracting or importing data. Drupal offers the ability to integrate with enterprise solutions like Blackbaud/Convio; Magento and other e-commerce platforms; ticketing systems like Galaxy and Tessitura; and more that haven't been invented yet. Calendar API integration: $2000. This causes struggles big and small, such as.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Another great resource is Blackbaud' s Index of Online Giving , which holds information on online revenue trends for over 1700 nonprofits. Whatever else you do, make sure you mark your calendar for our September Ask the Expert session. For the Cliff's Notes version, check out the blog post from Steve Peretz of M+R.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

The Secrets of Data-Driven Nonprofits Aren't So Secret. Steve MacLaughlin, VP of data analytics at Blackbaud and author of Data Driven Nonprofits , broke down what successful nonprofits do to manage big data. Data Health. "Vigilance about data ensures accuracy."

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Luckily, Blackbaud issued the 2010 Online Giving Report last week. The report includes online giving data from over 1,400 nonprofits. Build your list NOW and get an editorial calendar in place so that you'll be ready to raise more money this fall. You can download your FREE copy here. These organizations represent $5.1

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. According to the latest research from Blackbaud’s Charitable Giving Report : The average donor retention rates for first-year offline-only donors is 29%. Harvey McKinnon , Harvey McKinnon and Associates.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

For most nonprofits, colleges and universities, giving significantly increases around the end of the calendar year in conjunction with the late fall and early winter holiday season. MUSING #1: OOPS! What should you do? Avoid the temptation to make up for all of the “skipped” solicitations in the last 90 days of the year. Did that help?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In order to easily capture your donation data, you’ll want to be able to integrate your text-to-give software with your donor database and other platforms. This should be based on the goals you have for your fundraiser (the exact amount of ticket sales/funds you want to reach) as well as your event calendar. Integrations.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Once you’ve ironed out your timeline and key goals, it’s much easier to plan strategic campaigns and upcoming content calendars. . However, being a data driven marketer, I can’t help but look at the facts: Over $1 billion has been raised on Facebook in the past 4 years. Blackbaud TeamRaiser.). Mistake #2: Being Inconsistent .

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Here at Blackbaud, we do our best to start our design recommendations with content so that our clients are thinking about content very early in the process. The data we gathered via Analytics during the User Research phase and during Stakeholder Discovery is key to assessing content performance. Deliverables.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. Open Data Day — Google+ Hangout. Vancouver, British Columbia: Organizational Contacts in Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge. Busia, Kenya: Open Data Day. Austin, Texas.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

We decided to leverage additional Blackbaud support due to limited resources on staff, hired a developer to work on customizations, and increased the hours for our student interns so they could assist with data entry at go live. A CRM system is constantly changing and evolving, it has live data. Lessons Learned.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

Casey Flinn, Blackbaud Product Manager. Steve Maclaughlin, Blackbaud Idea Lab Director. I stay in touch and connected through integration with Microsoft Exchange and Google’s email and calendar. Tom Maszk, Blackbaud VP of Product Management. Raheel Gauba, Blackbaud Brand Manager. iPad … duh, right?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Open: Introducing Blackbaud SKY. ” – Mary Beth Westmoreland, Blackbaud CTO. And speaking of working together to innovate, here are some of the big ideas that came out of #bbcon day 2: Millennials Aren’t Quite Here Yet In Terms of Money But Sure Are For Data. Of different holiday calendars even. Integrated.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2019

From offering customized marketing messaging, transferring and cross-referencing data, deciding personal injury claims for insurance firms, to enabling financial fraud detection, the business sector is driving innovative applications of artificial intelligence technology. Source: Blackbaud. AI technology changes this.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Here are some highlights from this month's particularly tool-loaded Communications RoundTable with Chad Norman of Blackbaud. Another great resource is Twitalyzer, which gives you free data on trends, sentiment, tweet and tag analysis. If you didn't make it, you can c heck out upcoming RoundTables on our event calendar.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Denver, Colorado: Navigating Your Data | Putting It All Together.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2015

As common sense dictates, and as the upcoming Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising study confirms, they are the solid base of your event. If you worry that your data isn’t good enough, trust your participants to tell you how long they’ve been involved and start tracking it. use that to your advantage!

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

Your calendar and sign-up or registration forms. According to the 2019 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study , “the number of DIY programs 400% since last year, and participation as increased threefold.” A software integration basically connects separate platforms so that data can freely flow between them.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

editorial calendars. Gathering data from existing constituent surveys, web analytics, existing donor databases. However, it’s important as a communicator to have some vision as to how a content strategy can and will change you personally, as well as how it can change the organization. content curation. content marketing automation.

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