Blackbaud News Roundup

Melanie Mathos — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:58:00 GMT

As our Baudcast listeners know, we always wrap up the show with a look at what's new with Blackbaud. I will now be sharing that news roundup here at Blackbaud News too:

We are now looking for speakers for the Blackbaud Pacific Conference for Nonprofits, which will be held in Sydney, Australia on August 20 and 21. If you are interested in speaking, visit www.blackbaud.com.au and drop us an email. We are also looking for speakers for the Blackbaud European Conference for Not-for-Profits, which will be held in London on October 12 and 13. Please contact conference@blackbaud.co.uk or visit www.blackbaud.co.uk for more details.

In more international news, just last week, we announced the acquisition of RLC, a company based in the Netherlands. RLC's constituent relationship management products, Charibase and OneDirect, are used by more than 80 of the largest nonprofit organizations in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is consistently ranked highest in the world for the scale of its volunteering and giving as a share of GDP. We're very excited to expand in this vibrant market and broaden our European presence.

The BlackbaudNow Donation Sweepstakes is in full swing! In case you haven't heard, BlackbaudNow is a joint venture between Blackbaud and PayPal to help small and growing nonprofits easily get online and begin accepting donations. Through June 30, nonprofits that sign up for BlackbaudNow, will be automatically entered in the sweepstakes for a chance to win up to $2500. It only takes five minutes to setup a website, so visit www.bbnow.com to sign up or to learn more.

Another new product that has been getting quite a bit of buzz is Blackbaud NetCommunity Grow, a new quick-deploy SaaS offering that includes nonprofit Internet strategy planning services and ongoing support. We will be holding a web seminar on May 20 providing an overview of Blackbaud NetCommunity Grow. Click here to sign up.

One final piece of product news - The Financial Edge Web Portal launched yesterday, helping nonprofits take their accounting practices online. With WebPortal, users can bring the requisition and approval process online, and create and manage invoice requests, check requests and expense reports via the web. You can read more here.

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