Blackbaud News : Blackbaud Interactive

Blackbaud’s NetWits Live to Focus on Social Media and Interactive Marketing Strategies for Nonprofits

Melissa Dodge — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:55:00 GMT

Charleston, S.C. (Sept. 2, 2008) – Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) today announced that it will host
NetWits Live at the Hilton Portland Hotel and Tower in Oregon on October 2. This free event will
include sessions on social networking, email best practices, direct communication, and more.

Blackbaud Interactive Vice President Shaw Drummond Featured in FundRaising Success Advisor

Melanie Mathos — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:00:00 GMT

From FundRaising Success Advisor:

Meet Our Advisors: Shaw Drummond
By Melissa Busch, associate senior editor, FundRaising Success

Over the next few months, some issues of the FS Advisor will feature “get to know us” articles focusing on FundRaising Success’ Editorial Advisory Board. The board, made up of development folks from nonprofit organizations and the agencies that serve the sector, helps us keep the magazine relevant by providing input on the information our readers need most to help them get their jobs done. We start the series this week with Shaw Drummond.

Read the full article here.

Giving 2.0 by FundRaising Success Features the Blackbaud Interactive Internet Syposium

Melanie Mathos — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:20:00 GMT

If you didn't make it to Blackbaud Interactive's Internet Symposium in New York last month, FundRaising Success' new associate senior editor Melissa Busch covered the sessions in today's Giving 2.0 enewsletter.

Check out her conference roundup here:

Understand Social Networks and Make Them Work for You
Not all social networks are created equal. And nonprofit organizations need to know the differences between them before they can get one to work for them.
Read the entire article here.

Online Communications — Pipeline to More Revenue
Nonprofit organizations that want to maximize donations had better be brushing up on and putting into action the latest online fundraising communications that are set to explode this year, says Tim Oleary, vice president of the Malvern, Pa.-based McPherson Associates, a direct-marketing and communications agency that specializes in nonprofit fundraising programs.
Read the entire article here.

Web 2.0 — A Buzzword Demystified
Web 2.0 isn’t a thing — it’s a state of mind.
So says Andrew Mosawi, vice president of international business development for Blackbaud. During the session “Web 2.0 — A Buzzword Demystified” at The Blackbaud Interactive Internet Symposium on May 22 in New York, Mosawi defined Web 2.0 as the “business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as a platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform.”
Read the entire article here.

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Press Release: Blackbaud Interactive Internet Symposium Explores Nonprofit Web Strategy

Melanie Mathos — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:01:00 GMT

Charleston, S.C. (May 27, 2008) – Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) recently held the Blackbaud Interactive Internet Symposium in New York City with a focus on social networking, Web 2.0, email best practices, and building grassroots support online.

Read the full press release here.