article thumbnail

A New Era for Foundation Collaboration

sgEngage

In the past, many foundations viewed collaboration as a speed bump. Collaborations, after all, take time. But at a time when many foundations are looking for creative ways to address the overlapping crises of COVID-19, racial injustice, and climate change, they are viewing collaboration much differently. Why Collaborate?

article thumbnail

Seven ATLIS Sessions You Don’t Want to Miss

sgEngage

Inspired by more than 40 years of collaboration with private school leaders, Blackbaud has created a track of sessions for ATLIS 2024 , the Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools’ annual conference. Blackbaud’s 2024 ATLIS sessions include: 1. But what if your budget doesn’t match the magnitude of the risks?

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Insights into Collaborative Benchmarking Survey for the Social Good Sector

Connection Cafe

In July 2019, The Opportunity of Collaborative Benchmarking whitepaper was released in partnership between Blackbaud, NetHope, and NTEN. It focused on answering the question, “How do we as a sector improve by collaboratively sharing our data?”. Insights into the Collaborative Benchmarking Survey Results.

article thumbnail

10 Simple Fundraising Tips Guaranteed to Improve Effectiveness

sgEngage

Professional fundraisers usually rely on data and collaborative planning to establish campaign fundraising goals. JustGiving from Blackbaud research found that P2P fundraisers who write a clear and personal story for their fundraising page raise around 65% more than those who don’t. Encourage P2P fundraisers to tell their own stories.

article thumbnail

New E-Book: Creating a Culture of Philanthropy for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My contribution is “Creating a Culture of Philanthropy While Doing the Work,” and focuses on ways to encourage effective cross-departmental collaboration. The piece provides some practical recipes that can help build collaboration muscles while getting stuff done. But, does your entire organization treat it this way?

article thumbnail

Modern Nonprofit Tools for Long-Term Success

sgEngage

Their business models depend on this. Which means you would have access to a wide variety of fundraising, collaboration, and communication tools that you don’t have now. If they were continuously hacked or breached, they wouldn’t be around for very long. Your future self will thank you.

Tools 72
article thumbnail

Four Critical Elements of Managing Development Officers

sgEngage

In a recent Blackbaud webinar , we discussed four critical elements of managing and retaining development officers: consistency, clarity, accountability, and solidarity. Encourage collaboration by allowing for joint credit for solicitations and visits. Foster trust through consistency. Senior officers can help mentor new staff.

Develop 74