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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 : Donors</title><link>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Donors/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Donors</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Debug Build: 20611.960)</generator><item><title>Press Release: New Software-as-a-Service offering to empower prospect researchers with actionable prospect data</title><link>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2009/06/01/press-release-target-analytics-introduces-researchpoint-a-software-as-a-service-offering-to-empower-prospect-researchers-with-actionable-prospect-data.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">f90a95a0-00e2-4810-8af8-0bbdde08f853:41903</guid><dc:creator>Melissa Dodge</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=41903</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2009/06/01/press-release-target-analytics-introduces-researchpoint-a-software-as-a-service-offering-to-empower-prospect-researchers-with-actionable-prospect-data.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Charleston, S.C. (June 1, 2009)&lt;/strong&gt; – Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: &lt;a class="" href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176673&amp;amp;p=irol-irhome"&gt;BLKB&lt;/a&gt;), today announced the launch of &lt;a class="" href="http://www.blackbaud.com/bb/researchpoint/scan4b.aspx"&gt;ResearchPoint™&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a class="" href="http://www.blackbaud.com/targetanalytics/overview.aspx"&gt;Target Analytics™&lt;/a&gt;, a solution that helps nonprofits identify, target, and cultivate&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="" href="http://www.blackbaud.com/files/resources/downloads/Datasheet_TargetAnalytics_ResearchPoint.pdf"&gt;potential major and planned giving donors&lt;/a&gt;. Among the early adopters using ResearchPoint to gain a better understating of their donor bases are Operation Homefront and The Wichita State University (WSU) Foundation. With ResearchPoint, these organizations can now efficiently manage key prospect information and build donor cultivation strategies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a class="" href="https://www124.livemeeting.com/lrs/1100003672/Registration.aspx?pageName=7fdqmfx9vp8fr1lw"&gt;Register for a free web seminar &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;on June 17 at 3 p.m. ET or June 24 at 2 p.m. ET&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; to learn how nonprofits are already benefiting from ResearchPoint.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.blackbaud.com/default.aspx?pgpId=2531&amp;amp;PRID=305"&gt;Read the full press release.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://forums.blackbaud.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=41903" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Target+Analytics/default.aspx">Target Analytics</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/SaaS/default.aspx">SaaS</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Donors/default.aspx">Donors</category></item><item><title>Non-Profit Giving Slows in First Quarter of 2008 - Donors and Revenue Decline </title><link>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2008/07/02/non-profit-giving-slows-in-first-quarter-of-2008-donors-and-revenue-decline.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">f90a95a0-00e2-4810-8af8-0bbdde08f853:31780</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=31780</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2008/07/02/non-profit-giving-slows-in-first-quarter-of-2008-donors-and-revenue-decline.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p class="calltitlepage"&gt;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&amp;nbsp;more than&amp;nbsp;70 large national organizations every quarter. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cambridge, MA (July 1, 2008)&lt;/strong&gt; -- 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. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.blackbaud.com/targetanalytics/natindex08q1.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Read more.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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