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How can nonprofit leaders enact effective practices to achieve the promise of social equity?

ASU Lodestar Center

Charitable giving, according to a 2020 Gallup poll , shrunk down to 73% in 2020, from 87% in 2005. According to a 2018 Blackbaud report , 37% of donations were coming in from online sources. Without leadership prioritizing equitable practices, class representation suffers in these roles and lessens sector diversity.

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More fundraising software = more data headaches

3rd Sector Labs

Let’s face it … there is a direct relationship between the number of fundraising software systems we are using and the data problems we are creating for ourselves. Start with contact databases, donor management systems, and CRMs. Next, email marketing and multi-channel marketing systems. There’s a lot.

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Take a Shower and Other WFH Tips from Your Social Good Peers

Connection Cafe

S o, we polled our Blackbaud Champions for their best tips on how to manage and stay productive. Until I took time to find places for everything and a system that worked my disorganization was adding to my anxiety.” . We received an overwhelming response and have included some of their responses below.

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The Questions Every Nonprofit Should Ask About Sensitive Data

NTEN

Jake Marcinko, Blackbaud. The lack of greater public outcry regarding the volume of data breaches is perplexing when you consider recent poll data from Gallup and Unisys. According to an October 2009 Gallup poll , 66% of all U.S. These days, big data breach headlines are becoming almost blasé.

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Digital Transformation: A Tale of Two Resilient Nonprofits

Connection Cafe

This is a topic near and dear to my heart –as we at Blackbaud have had the opportunity to watch countless “resilient nonprofits” use technology to reimagine their operations under social distancing guidelines and economic uncertainty. This was the perfect opportunity to evaluate our processes and technology.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NpTech Tools Sounds like Gavin of Gavin's Digital Diner had a great time sipping Burgundy wines in France, but even better wrote a detailed description of his damn DAM system. According to the NTEN Blog , Blackbaud , a provider of services designed for nonprofits, has launched Blackbaud Labs , a sandbox for projects in the pipeline.

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Convio Open: How APIs May Change the Way You Work - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Other providers, such as Blackbaud may follow their lead. Convio Database Connectors: eliminate the hassles of manual data entry between databases such as Blackbauds donor database, Raisers Edge and your Convio constituent record database. SH: Open APIs allow nonprofits to bend systems to fit their particular needs.

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