sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

We’ve got a mix of sessions for grantmaking, fund accounting, marketing & CRM professionals at community, independent, and family foundations of all types and sizes, and many of them will address the thought leadership and Blackbaud solution-specific topics you would expect to see and hear at this annual event.

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Foundation Virtual Professional Blackbaud 79

sgEngage

MAY 15, 2024

In early 2022, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy began an organization-wide grants change management review. This was a year-long project that required CDP to closely examine our processes and have bold conversations about how we wanted our grantmaking to look. We incorporated learnings and feedback from grantee partners.

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Change Management Disaster Change Management 101

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You can ask your grantees for feedback through surveys, interviews, focus groups, or informal conversations. If your application has not changed in more than three years, it may not reflect your current goals, strategies, or priorities. It may also not align with the latest trends and best practices in philanthropy.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions.

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Application Review Evaluation Reflection 81

Whole Whale

AUGUST 25, 2021

Tempel dean of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. associate dean for research and international programs at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. billion for the year, according to The Blackbaud Institute. If you combine email and direct mail, this duo leads to even stronger results and conversions. the Eugene R.

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sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

When Blackbaud’s Manager of Global Social Responsibility Melissa Furr hosted a conversation with philanthropy experts Tonia Wellons, President and CEO at the Greater Washington Community Foundation; Rhett Mabry, President at The Duke Endowment; and Michael Boulware Moore, VP of Diversity and Inclusion at Blackbaud, they explored what actions their (..)

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2018

This year’s edition of Blackbaud Institute’s npEXPERTS series covered Building a Culture of Innovation. At bbcon this year, the Institute continued the conversation in our featured panel, A Culture of Philanthropic Innovation. Cheryl Contee, CEO, Fission Strategy, Sausalito, CA. War child UK. Splash.org.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 12, 2020

Growing authentic, long-term and mutually beneficial relationships with highly engaged supporters is proven to be the most effective and sustainable development strategy, regardless of market conditions. Even in uncertain times you still have a fundraising goal to meet, so this is the perfect strategy. Focus on Your Mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

Source: Philanthropy 2.0 Last week, Geoff Livingston , Qui Diaz and I posted a summary of our findings from our Philanthropy 2.0 Social Networks: It’s About the Relationship by Stephen MacLaughlin, BlackBaud Blog, May 29, 2008. The goal of our Community Philanthropy 2.0 Get your conversations going online NOW!

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2015

Sixteen nonprofit tech experts (including NTEN Members: Jeff Shuck , David Neff , Donna Wilkins , Frank Barry , and NTEN''s Amy Sample Ward ) share their ideas and fundraising best practices in Blackbaud ''s new free ebook, The Future of Fundraising. Direct service can teach you a lot about digital strategy.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It has been almost three weeks since we concluded bbcon 2018 in Orlando, and we’re still wrapping our head around the terrific content seen and inspiring conversations overheard amongst over 2,000 attendees from across the social, private and public sectors. Success is bridging the gap between data and strategy . Know your audience

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Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

GiveCampus boasts impressive resources, such as: Tailored and easy-to-use giving forms that reduce friction and increase donor conversion. Blackbaud works with a variety of organizations to empower them to overcome their greatest challenges and achieve transformative outcomes. Blackbaud & Matching Gifts. UC Innovation.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2020

It helps to tell the story of their experience with your brand for any kind of interaction – from first donation, to an upgrade to a larger gift, to a conversion from activist to supporter, etc. A constituent journey map is a colorful, physical visual representation of every experience your constituents have with you.

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Results Donor Map Case Study 41

Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Recently, I was asked to conduct a social media marketing workshop at Planet Philanthropy (an annual conference for fundraising professionals by. I strongly recommend that organizations develop a high level annual social media strategy based on their organizations priorities. Creating an year-long strategy with clearly stated goals/.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2013

At Blackbaud , Inc. NASDAQ: BLKB) a technology company specializing in solutions for nonprofit organizations, we began philanthropy and ended up going to full “citizenship” route. Doing good is at the heart of who we are. We are certainly not alone.

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Business Resource United States Advice 35

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2019

Top-notch donor cultivation depends on consistent activity, customized communications, and an excellent strategy. The time nonprofit fundraisers expend on the first two activities of donor cultivation – consistent activity and customized communications – greatly limits the time they can spend on effective short and long term strategy.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

At Exponent Philanthropy, one of the ways we help our members look inward is via our annual Foundation Operations and Management Report. I recently had the opportunity to chat with Jamie Serino of MicroEdge + Blackbaud on his Champions of Social Good podcast. Sending board members to conferences or education.

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Foundation Report Advice Management 22

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Conversations like this were part of our journey in building Blackbaud Outcomes ™, our transformational software platform that helps organizations measure their program outcomes and impact. In addition, the sector-sourced taxonomy will continue to grow and improve as more giving organizations use it to inform their strategies.

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sgEngage

MAY 17, 2021

The following Q&A is excerpted from the Blackbaud Institute’s Charitable Giving Report Spotlight: Using 2020 Data to Transform Your Higher Education Institution’s Strategy. Q: Many higher education institutions shifted and adapted new strategies in 2020.

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Education Conversation Giving University 57

Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2020

Library Giving Day has created a toolkit that includes logos, posters, sample emails, donor engagement strategies and how to promote your participation. An article by The Chronicle Of Philanthropy : “What We Have Learned From Crises and Can Use in Coronavirus Age” is a great read on communication. Step 2: Show Your Impact.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2015

Develop concrete strategies for creating content that connects with these personas. Epic Fundraising Examples That Inspire : Learn how a blue pig created a culture of philanthropy and how an appeal letter from a hummingbird got one donor writing his favorite charity. Campaign Case Studies. P2P and Crowndfunding. ET on July 31.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2015

While those of us in philanthropy may not like to admit it, we know that our industry tends to be around five years behind the eight ball when it comes to technology adoption. According to research by Brandon Granger of Blackbaud, responsive websites have significantly better conversion rates. Why are conversion rates important?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

This guest post was authored by Dennis McCarthy, director of enterprise sales at Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company. We will focus on email and telemarketing conversion as an integrated solution. It originally appeared on npENGAGE.com. So you ask, Dennis, where do I find advocates? How do we get started?

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Donor Channel Test Database 57

Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2020

You are building strategies for sustainability focused on four key areas: People: Caring about your supporters and those around you. We talked about the tactics that resilient fundraisers should be embracing and they offered advice on how to build new processes and define strategies differently. You leverage. You innovate.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This year’s publication highlighted how different 2020 was and, in fact, added a special section to call out ‘an unprecedented year’, in which American philanthropy was directly affected by both the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest triggered by issues surrounding race and justice. I recently received my copy of Giving USA 2021.

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Integration Foundation Data Business 92

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2020

With many shifts in the charitable and nonprofit sector over the last several months, organizations have re-evaluated their strategies, re-imagined their events, and re-shaped their fundraising campaigns. Strategy remains the same. As we prepare to begin a new year, one thing is clear: 2020 changed the way we look at the world.

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Lesson Canada Charity Gift 29

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

Last year you likely had to shake up your events strategy, find new ways to communicate with all types of donors, and might even have found that virtual donor visits can be just as effective as in-person (and perhaps even appreciated when we’re all locked down). Plus, this is a great acquisition strategy for you!

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Mail Blackbaud Virtual Awareness 27

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Recently, I polled Blackbaud employees, and while not the largest sample set (44 respondents), it yielded some interesting results. The lives of millennials have been shaped by the rapid growth of technology and this is now shaping our lives in philanthropy. . Are you ready to engage the next generation of giving? .

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Tips New York City Poll Blackbaud 35

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 9, 2019

2018 was a record-setting year for philanthropy – from the massive fundraising effort in June around reuniting families (setting a record on Facebook) to a 10% increase in average gift amount YOY for #GivingTuesday, as reported by Blackbaud. A logic model may help, or learn how SEFCU created their social impact strategy.

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Foundation Trend Data Help 36

sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Why Apple isn’t the Nonprofit App Grinch Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 10th, 2010 Nonprofit social media expert Beth Kanter isn’t happy with Apple at the moment. Is the strategy to make it up on volume?

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Trend Nonprofit Blackbaud Aggregator 76

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Erica Waasdorop makes a guest appearance on the Philanthropy for All blog to share a key insight she’s learned about the monthly giving: Every Monthly Giving Program is Tailor Made. npNEXT 2013 – Penelope Burk is the first in a series of recorded presentations from Blackbaud’s experimental event, npNext.

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Story Nonprofit Social Media Content 54

Connection Cafe

JULY 21, 2016

Yes, digital natives have entered, and will continue to enter, the ripe age of charitable giving, and they’re ready to make their mark on philanthropy. So the question becomes, where do you start—how do you implement digital strategies that are going to move the needle? They’re nurtured through engagement. Influencers.

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Digital Strategy Associations Social Media 20

Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2015

Here are key insights gleaned from the campaign that shed light on what that campaign means for the future of fundraising and philanthropy: Replication is Futile. According to Blackbaud, online donations accounted for 6.7% Although this number may seem small, Blackbaud also found that the average online donation was $146.

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