October 2008 - Posts
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CPA Technology Advisor’s third annual Readers’ Choice Awards features more than 25 categories of professional applications, hardware, services and other technologies, and provides those in related professions a way to express appreciation for the systems that help them in their practice. This year, Blackbaud is featured in the Not-For-Profit Accounting category.
Take the survey and cast your vote for Blackbaud. The deadline is Tuesday, November 17, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. ET. While only one vote can be cast per computer, anyone can vote.
Results will be released in the January/March 2009 issue.
Charleston, S.C. (Oct. 27, 2008) – Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) today announced that the company has been named to Forbes Magazine’s 200 Best Small Companies in America list and Software Magazine’s Software 500 ranking of the world’s largest software and service providers.
“We are pleased to be recognized by both Forbes Magazine and Software Magazine,” said Marc Chardon, Blackbaud’s chief executive officer. “In addition to our strong commitment to R&D, we are dedicated to delivering on our long-range strategic growth goals and remaining a strong and viable partner to the nonprofit sector.”
Read the full press release.
Blackbaud hit the road this summer with a seminar series called Blackbaud Delivers focused on fundraising during a recession. We've been to San Francisco, Bethesda, Boston, Minneapolis, New York City and just yesterday, San Diego. What if you were unable to attend one of our regional events? Don’t worry, you can hear the same great content from the exact same experts online at our upcoming web seminars.
The first online seminar will be presented tomorrow by Beth Isikoff, and will be focused on "Multi-Channel Marketing - A Strategic Advantage in a Recession."
Register now!
Here is a look at other upcoming seminars, both in person and online:
Seminar Locations and Dates
Web Seminar Dates
| 10/23/08 |
Register today! |
Multi-Channel Marketing — A Strategic Advantage in a Recession by Beth Isikoff |
| 11/04/08 |
Register today! |
Donor Retention: From Analysis to Action by Samantha Cohen |
| 12/03/08 |
Register today! |
The Right Message, The Right People, The Right Time — Making the Most of Email Marketing by Allison Van Diest |
For more information on Blackbaud Delivers, visit www.blackbaud.com/blackbauddelivers.
Blackbaud is ranked #73 in Forbes' recently released special report on America's 200 Best Small Companies.
From the article:
Forbes.com
Kurt Badenhausen and Christina Settimi 10.08.08, 6:00 PM ET
Conventional wisdom would have investors flee small-cap stocks when the economy takes a tumble. Big companies are safer bets, the thinking goes.
Maybe not right now. With meltdowns at AIG (nyse: AIG - news - people ), Lehman Brothers (nyse: LEH - news - people ) and Wachovia (nyse: WB - news - people ), the S&P 500 dropped 28% over the past 12 months while gross domestic product growth slowed to a crawl. The Russell 2000, made up of smaller fish, is down 18% over the same period.
With that in mind, we identified the strongest small public outfits in a very tough time for our list of the 200 Best Small Companies in America. To qualify, companies must have sales between $5 million and $750 million and a stock price of $5 as of Sept. 29. The ranking is based on return on equity, sales growth and profit growth over the past 12 months and also over five years. We also compare a company's stock performance with that of its industry peers.
Read the full article.
View the ranking details here.
From the article:
"The number of donors fell a median 3.8% in the first half of 2008 from a year earlier, while revenue declined a median 2.4%, according to an analysis of donations to 74 groups by Target Analytics, a consulting firm to non-profits. Though the number of donors has been falling for 2½ years, revenue had not declined since the first quarter of 2006 following a surge in donations after 2005's Gulf Coast hurricanes.
Charities in the animal welfare sector were the only ones to see both donor and revenue growth in the first half of the year."
Read the article here.
To see all articles in the Sharing in the USA special report, click here.
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