3rd Sector Labs

JULY 22, 2014

Start with contact databases, donor management systems, and CRMs. “Donor” or “constituent” is just another term for “consumer”, but the nonprofit industry does not have the mission nor the resources to pour funding into technology innovation in the way that, say, retailers do. There’s a lot.

Software 161

Software Data Fundraising Database 161

EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here! Learn more at Tectonica.co.

Advocacy 143

Advocacy Local Audience Poll 143

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Updated contacts: You can stay in touch with your customers by clicking or tapping a phone number to make calls via Lync or Skype or by clicking or tapping an email address to send an email. Clean data helps nonprofits find more constituents and trends and raise more funds. Consultant Recommended. Consultants Databases data'

Iowa 40

Iowa Skype Consultant Case Study 40

sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Read the entire report to learn more about global trends. All Rights Reserved

Blackbaud 89

Blackbaud Benchmark Nonprofit Chart 89

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

The challenge then is to stay true to your mission while taking the steps needed to keep pace in a changing industry. If you’re on the fence about purchasing a new piece of software, ask your vendor to put you in contact with a current user. Network with your industry peers and see what they’re saying.

Change 55

Change Organization Disaster Consultant 55

Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 3, 2024

As you plan your fundraising activities, choose marketing strategies, and set your annual goals, reading up on the latest giving trends can help you align your approach with what’s going on in the wider nonprofit community. In particular, technology trends are bound to play a part in your organization’s digital marketing efforts.

Trend 52

Trend Marketing Technology Impact 52

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

However, general industry recommendations say that once a day is a great pace to set, although you should avoid doing this seven days a week. Company news, updates and achievements all make for great content on LinkedIn, and you can also branch out into professional content such as webinars and industry news. Consulting.

Social Media 52

Social Media Marketing Media Social 52

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

They do a lot of really great consulting and placement if that is something that is of a need from you. I’m with Bright Street Solutions, a full-service consulting and placement firm in Birmingham, Alabama. You think about the various models that are out there, the templates, the timelines, the job descriptions, the consultants.

Campaign 91

Campaign Video Project Process 91

Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In the 2021 Association Trends Study by Community Brands, two thirds of members in the study’s survey say they’re required to take professional education and training courses to comply with industry standards. Contact us today for a consultation on what the right approach is for your association.

Program 113

Program Learning Associations Education 113

Care2

MARCH 27, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Reader Comments (2) Great post Ali.

Social Media 31

Social Media Advice Advocacy Media 31

Care2

MARCH 27, 2009

The interactive conference was a unique opportunity for cross-industry learning among 11,000 web geeks from every area of the web. SXSW has been playfully dubbed "spring break for geeks" and having gone this year, I can totally see why.

Advice 31

Advice ROI Cancer Social Media 31

Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. said: I think this spans across many industries, not just nonprofits. and Social Media trends. Industry news and upcoming events. The Non-profit Consultant. Subscribe to this posts comments using RSS.

Knowledge 60

Knowledge Effective PDF Evaluation 60

sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,430 nonprofit organizations representing $2.21 Small and medium sized organizations had a positive growth trend, but large nonprofits were negative over this period of time.

Blackbaud 66

Blackbaud Trend Haiti Benchmark 66

sgEngage

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.

Trend 72

Trend Blackbaud Fundraising Benchmark 72

sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Questions for Geoff Livingston Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on June 2nd, 2011 I’m starting a new series of short interviews with people who are really changing what’s happening in the nonprofit sector. All Rights Reserved

Trend 69

Trend Question Blackbaud Nonprofit 69

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Overall Fundraising Remains Positive The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,376 nonprofit organizations representing $2.2 This growth trend has been fueled by improving results from both large (+3.9%) and small (+15.1%) nonprofits. over last year.

Blackbaud 70

Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 70

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What is Jumo? Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 30th, 2010 Jumo means “together in concert” in Yoruba, a West African language. Its also valuable for small business, artists, and much more. All Rights Reserved

Trend 81

Trend New York Blackbaud Argentina 81

sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Myths about Online Giving Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 1st, 2010 There are so many myths about online giving. Here are five that need to be busted. Older donors don’t give online Wrong. All Rights Reserved

Trend 78

Trend Online Giving Offline 78

sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,468 nonprofit organizations representing $2.25 Large and medium sized organizations had a negative growth trend, but smaller organizations continued to experience positive growth.

Blackbaud 62

Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Haiti 62

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. It is unclear if they are listening!

Trend 75

Trend Nonprofit Blackbaud Aggregator 75

sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Overall Fundraising Remains Positive The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,412 nonprofit organizations representing $2.2 This growth trend has been fueled by improving results from both large (+6.2%) and small (+17.2%) nonprofits. over last year.

Blackbaud 58

Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 58

sgEngage

DECEMBER 14, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Top States for Loyal & Wealthy Donors Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 14th, 2010 Blackbaud has a tremendous amount of data about the nonprofit sector. Sometimes it’s just ambient awareness or trivial trivia.

District of Columbia 71

District of Columbia Trend Donor Blackbaud 71

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And I’m a Senior Vice President at CCS Fundraising, which is a global fundraising consulting firm that works with nonprofit organizations. We’ll start with a few key trends in philanthropy that will ground our conversation. And that’s really what I do in my role as a fundraising consultant through capital campaigns.

Leadership 61

Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 61

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Top States for New Donors & Online Donors Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 23rd, 2010 Blackbaud has a tremendous amount of data about the nonprofit sector. Sometimes it’s just ambient awareness or trivial trivia.

District of Columbia 72

District of Columbia Trend Donor Blackbaud 72

sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What’s Different One Year After Haiti? Do you have established contacts with the media and online content sites? Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0 All Rights Reserved

Haiti 63

Haiti Trend Difference Blackbaud 63

sgEngage

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. All Rights Reserved

Causes 64

Causes Trend Blackbaud Survey 64

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

There are 75 pages of statistics and trend information in the report. Giving Amount Trends High net worth households gave $54,016 on average to charity in 2009. consulted accountants, 40.8% consulted attorneys and 38.8% The average wealth of respondents was $10.7 This is a 34.9% s network of friends/peers 72.4%

Studies 75

Studies Philanthropy Trend Attitude 75

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Tis the Season for Charity Gift Cards Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 9th, 2010 The Los Angeles Times had an article the other day called “Causes offers gift cards for charitable giving.&# All Rights Reserved

Los Angeles 63

Los Angeles Gift Charity Trend 63

sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Video: Online Advocacy Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 6th, 2011 The recordings from Blackbaud and Care2′s Advocacy Live 2011 event are now online. Featuring: Emily Wenzler, Sr. All Rights Reserved

Advocacy 60

Advocacy Trend Video Online 60

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It tracks donor contact details, donation history, communication preferences, event attendance, and more. That’s why these systems offer integrations seamlessly with other software, such as accounting systems (like QuickBooks) and marketing tools (like Mailchimp and Constant Contact). Attend industry events.

Guide 52

Guide Database Nonprofit Blackbaud 52

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What is Good Design? The legendary industrial designer Dieter Rams has 10 principles for good design: • Good design is innovative. But it’s not something you just leave to opinions or chance. Good design is aesthetic.

Design 54

Design Trend Blackbaud RSS 54

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking It’s the Seating Chart, Stupid Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 18th, 2010 Where should the Internet team be on the organization chart? Who should own the Internet at our nonprofit? It's a surprisingly revolutionary notion.

Chart 60

Chart Trend Blackbaud Internet 60

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

One discussion that was really interesting was the “Global Trends and What They Mean to You&# panel with Marc Chardon, Blackbaud’s chief executive officer. All Rights Reserved

Trend 40

Trend Global Video Blackbaud 40

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Does Your Nonprofit Exist in 10 Years? Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 17th, 2010 Does your nonprofit exist in ten years? Not because something bad happened, but because a lot of good has happened. All Rights Reserved

Trend 56

Trend Blackbaud Nonprofit RSS 56

Care2

MAY 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) We promise you won’t leave hungry.

Social Media 28

Social Media Conference Advocacy Online 28

sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on May 10th, 2011 The Chronicle of Philanthropy is not only a great publication, but they also publish some excellent research about online fundraising trends.

Online 111

Online Fundraising Blackbaud Chile 111

sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 3 Nonprofit Predictions for 2011 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 10th, 2011 Philanthropy Journal has published three of my nonprofit predictions for 2011. You can read them online and here’s a teaser: 1.

Trend 45

Trend Blackbaud Journal Haiti 45