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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://forums.blackbaud.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Blackbaud News : Blackbaud Connect</title><link>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Blackbaud+Connect/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Blackbaud Connect</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Debug Build: 20611.960)</generator><item><title>#09NTC: See you in San Fran (or attend virtually!)</title><link>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2009/04/24/ntc-09-see-you-in-san-fran-or-attend-virtually.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:27:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">f90a95a0-00e2-4810-8af8-0bbdde08f853:41025</guid><dc:creator>Melanie Mathos</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=41025</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2009/04/24/ntc-09-see-you-in-san-fran-or-attend-virtually.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;As a proud sponsor of NTEN&amp;#39;s 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we are excited to be participating in the growth and evolution of this outstanding group. If you are unable to make it to this year&amp;#39;s nptechfest, you can still participate, thanks to the extensive roundup of virtual resources NTEN is providing to members &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; non-members!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For a complete listing of social media feeds, webinars, live streaming and live blogging from the conference, visit &lt;a href="http://nten.org/ntc-live"&gt;http://nten.org/ntc-live&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our very own Director of Internet Solutions (and NTEN board member) Steve MacLaughlin will be live blogging, so be sure to check out his page at &lt;a href="http://nten.org/ntc-stevemaclaughlin"&gt;http://nten.org/ntc-stevemaclaughlin&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; going to&amp;nbsp;NTC,&amp;nbsp;here are some events where you can catch up with Blackbaud:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Science Fair&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come check out the latest in nonprofit Internet technology at our booth. We&amp;#39;ll be there to show you all our fun new toys, and you&amp;#39;ll have a chance to win a Kindle. &lt;em&gt;Sunday, April 26, 3:00&amp;nbsp;- 8:00 p.m.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blackbaud Product Spotlight&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don&amp;#39;t miss Blackbaud CTO Shaun Sullivan showing off the future of online fundraising during this technology preview. Have your iPhones ready!&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;Monday, April 27, 10:30 a.m.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blackbaud Partner Meeting&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Come discuss your company, partnership ideas or ways to enhance the partnership, meet Blackbaud team members and review the Connect Partner Network. &lt;em&gt;Monday, April 27, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blackbaud Session: What&amp;#39;s it Worth? The Value of Online Fundraising&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Allison Van Diest will be discussing what we believe to be the financial value of email, online event fundraising, websites, and social networks (&lt;a href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SesDetails&amp;amp;ses_key=577500ea-dc0c-4f02-89c0-13ef37e81bfc&amp;amp;hide=1"&gt;&lt;font color="#3d9fc8"&gt;details&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;em&gt;Tuesday, April 28, 10:30 a.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blackbaud Session: Nonprofit Radio - How to Make Podcasts that Engage Supporters&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is THE session if you want to learn about podcasting. Chad Norman and Corey Pudhorodsky will be discussing&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;how to produce a podcasts using free tools and from scratch, including pre-production, recording, editing, processing, rendering, and marketing (&lt;a href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SesDetails&amp;amp;ses_key=8763f050-d24e-4c0c-b690-455060154ee8&amp;amp;hide=1"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#3d9fc8"&gt;details&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;em&gt;Tuesday, April 28, 10:30 a.m.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Visit &lt;a href="http://www.blackbaud.com/nten"&gt;www.blackbaud.com/nten&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for more information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://forums.blackbaud.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=41025" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/NTEN/default.aspx">NTEN</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Blackbaud+Connect/default.aspx">Blackbaud Connect</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/NTC/default.aspx">NTC</category></item><item><title>Press Release: Blackbaud Launches “Connect” a New Partner Network Promoting Integrated Solutions and Strategies for Nonprofits</title><link>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2009/03/24/press-release-blackbaud-launches-connect-a-new-partner-network-promoting-integrated-solutions-and-strategies-for-nonprofits.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">f90a95a0-00e2-4810-8af8-0bbdde08f853:40348</guid><dc:creator>Melanie Mathos</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=40348</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2009/03/24/press-release-blackbaud-launches-connect-a-new-partner-network-promoting-integrated-solutions-and-strategies-for-nonprofits.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Charleston, S.C. (March 24, 2009)&lt;/strong&gt; – Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) today announced Blackbaud Connect, a comprehensive new partner network designed to encourage interoperability and help nonprofits succeed.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&amp;quot;Blackbaud respects the strategic value of partners who help create integrated solutions for nonprofits,” said Steve Johnson, Blackbaud’s vice president of partnerships. “Through Blackbaud Connect, we are supporting partners that share our commitment to making the world a better place through cooperative engagements with nonprofits.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.blackbaud.com/default.aspx?pgpId=2531&amp;amp;PRID=296" target="_blank"&gt;Read the full press release.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://forums.blackbaud.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=40348" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Press+Release/default.aspx">Press Release</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Parnter+Network/default.aspx">Parnter Network</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Blackbaud+Connect/default.aspx">Blackbaud Connect</category></item></channel></rss>