Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2017

In the simplest terms, AI is the part of computing that not only collects information from us and from the Internet, but also learns from what it stores. TechSoup donor partner Blackbaud has been using AI and machine learning to generate recommendations to fundraisers directly in its software applications. AI in Our Everyday Lives.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

As a 10,000 footer, NTEN’s new Donor Management System Survey is of keen interest. Many of the CRMs also show up here, although there are quite a number of packages that did not show up in the earlier survey. By far the most popular DMS of the ones surveyed was … you guessed … Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

December 12, 2007 I had a good look at NTEN’s CRM Satisfaction Survey (yippee for data!), and although the sample sizes were small, and not representative of the nonprofit sector as a whole, the people surveyed seemed to like the open source tools available. That’s pretty impressive.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Beth Ogilvie and Margy Levine Young from that community compiled some survey results from the group. Mobile Beacon offers low-cost 4G mobile broadband devices to provide Internet connectivity pretty much anywhere you need it. Please log in to comment on this blog post. Another is the ChurchMgmtSoftware listserv. Image: Aftab.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

." Tech News: How Can Technology Help in Today’s Economy? - "In this online age when people have a multitude of profiles on the Internet, social networking stands out as being the tie that binds, both online and in real-life, professionally and personally. You can add to the conversation in the comments, too.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Consider these comments that I have heard in the last few weeks alone: “Our constituents know that we need money.”. “We Update all internet medias as much as possible! We don’t want to offend our participant families – we don’t want them to feel guilty about using our services if they can’t give.”.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

10 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 09.18.07 Certain organizations will, if they have not already, use the internet for this purpose. What do they say in surveys that we conduct? I think an anonymous survey of NPOs, gathering and analyzing select critical web stats, might be an informative read.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Convio’s new “Open” platform initiative Austin said the “New Internet” (thanks for not using the overused phrase “Web 2.0”) Austin urged those nonprofits that use Raiser’s Edge as their donor database solution to pressure Blackbaud to publish and open up their API. All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations. Some New (to me) Nonprofit Blogs BlackBus is a blackbaud user site. CEO Kintera steps down.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

Also, NTEN recently published a report on the results of a survey covering CRM satisfaction. based nonprofits are faced with two extremes: on the one hand, there are large large players like Convio , Kintera , and Blackbaud and on the other hand there are smaller providers like DIA , FirstGiving , and NetworkForGood.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Key Insights from the 2010 Global State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 27th, 2010 Blackbaud has conducted its North American State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey annually for six of the past seven years.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 29th, 2010 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative released its first report today. billion in total giving for Haitian earthquake relief.

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MARCH 18, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 2 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 18th, 2011 Day 2 of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) in Washington, DC is when things really kick into high gear.

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MARCH 7, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Key Trends in Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 7th, 2011 Blackbaud has released two new groundbreaking research studies that reveal insights about peer-to-peer event fundraising.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Guys Like Good Causes Too Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 22nd, 2010 eMarketer recently had an article called “Men Care About Causes Too&# that highlights some new research. Seems like a big missed opportunity to me.

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MARCH 17, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 1 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 17th, 2011 NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) is in Washington, DC and it’s sold out once again.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

Speaking of data, contribute some of your own valuable thoughts to The State of Grantseeking Fall 2012 survey until October 12. The idea behind these surveys is to take the pulse of grantseeking and determine the status of philanthropy in the U.S. Share your links in the comments! Anything we missed?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2011

The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue. But analysis of actual data, instead of online or phone surveys, is still much more accurate and meaningful.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Troubling Nonprofit Statistics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 28th, 2010 I spend a lot of time looking at metrics and benchmarks from across the nonprofit sector. solicit The 2010 Cygnus Donor Survey notes this and other trends.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Just When You Thought Direct Mail Was Dead Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 10th, 2010 It’s baaack! This was true even before Al Gore invented the Internet. That means there’s a survey bias in the results.

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