July 2008 - Posts
Charleston, S.C. (July 31, 2008) – Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB), today unveiled a new release of Blackbaud® NetCommunity™ that includes major enhancements in both function and features. From improved site design features to enhanced web accessibility and a native social networking feature called “Wave,” it will provide nonprofits with an opportunity to further engage their constituents in the vital Internet channel. Additionally, the company unveiled a new set of NetCommunity Open Platform APIs for creating custom parts, integrated web services, and custom transactions.
Read more here.
The Fundraising Coach Marc Pitman featured Chad Norman on his Internet radio show "Ask Without Fear" today. Tune in to hear them talk about Web 2.0 tools like Facebook, twitter, Digg, and 12seconds.tv and learn why Chad thinks nonprofits need to get involved with these networks now.
Listen to the show at blogtalkradio.com.
Check out Chad's blog Webbie Things at www.blackbaud.com/chadnorman and Marc's blog Marc's Musings at http://marcpitman.com/.
Also, Marc will be joining us next week on Episode 13 of The Baudcast, so be sure to stay tuned. Check out the most recent episodes here: www.blackbaud.com/baudcast.
Blackbaud Delivers helps nonprofits keep fundraising on the up-swing in a down economy
Charleston, S.C. (July 15, 2008) – Blackbaud®, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB) announced the launch of its new free nonprofit management seminar series Blackbaud Delivers™, which is focused on “Growing Your Fundraising in a Recession.” The series will kickoff in Chicago on August 6 and will continue on to many other major cities through the fall.
Read the entire release.
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital and Spectrum Health Foundations were recently featured in The Chronicle’s fund-raising column, Prospecting.
Here is an excerpt from the article “Hospital Wins Online Gifts by Mimicking One of the World's Hottest Charities”:
Through the new Web site, donors can purchase fetal heart-rate monitors, phone and gas cards for families whose children are being treated at the hospital, equipment for the rehabilitation department, and other items.“Some donors really like to know where their gifts are going,” says Vicki Weaver, president of the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital and Spectrum Health Foundations.The new Web site also allows supporters to set up personal pages that they can use to encourage friends and family members to give to the hospital. If they want, they can raise money for a particular department or an item on the wish list.
Read more here.
Blackbaud’s CRM capabilities, open APIs, and comprehensive product offerings combine with Kintera’s SaaS expertise to benefit entire nonprofit sector
Charleston, S.C. (July 9, 2008) – Blackbaud®, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Kintera®, Inc., the leader and pioneering provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to the nonprofit and government sectors. Upon the closing of the acquisition, all remaining outstanding Kintera shares that were not tendered prior to the expiry of the tender offer were converted into the right to receive $1.12 per share in cash. As a result of the transaction, Kintera has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blackbaud.
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Please email me any questions you have regarding the acquisition or post them below.
Indianapolis, IN (Vocus) July 7, 2008 -- eTapestry today announced the availability of its on-demand fundraising software in a Spanish language version. eTapestry Espanol will provide a new group of growing nonprofits around the world with web-based tools to efficiently and effectively manage their fundraising activities.
"With eTapestry users accessing their data from points all over the globe, it was plain to see that eTapestry’s on demand software was opening up new opportunities for organizations everywhere,” said Jay Love, eTapestry’s chief executive officer.
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The Target Analytics Quarterly Index of National Fundraising Performance for the first quarter of 2008 was released yesterday. It compares trends in key fundraising indicators for more than 70 large national organizations every quarter.
Cambridge, MA (July 1, 2008) -- Organizations in the Target Analytics Index of National Fundraising Performance generally underperformed in the first quarter of 2008 (January through March). Overall donors and revenue both declined in Q1 2008, and the declines were evident across most of the sectors in the index.
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Do the terms CRAT and CRUT leave you bewildered? In her latest white paper, Katherine Swank provides a glossary of planned giving terms, using practical examples, that will give you a basic working knowledge of key words common in ongoing planned gift conversations.
With more than 20 years of legal and nonprofit management experience, Katherine has raised approximately $215 million for national healthcare and public broadcasting organizations, as well as an independent law school. Prior to joining Target Analytics in May 2007, Swank was the national director of gift planning at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, where she provided fundraising consulting services to the Society’s chapter leadership and development staff for six years.
Read her newest white papers here:
View additional whitepapers at http://www.blackbaud.com/resources/resources.aspx.