Early December News & Notes
Here are a few newsworthy and noteworthy items worth a look:
The Salvation Army Southern Territory Selects Blackbaud Enterprise CRM
A very exciting announcement about the latest Blackbaud Enterprise CRM customer. TSAS leads the mission of The Salvation Army in the southern United States across nine “Divisions” representing 15 southeastern states and the District of Columbia. At a national level, The Salvation Army raised $2 billion in 2007 and recently ranked No. 2 in The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s “Philanthropy 400” list of organizations that raise the most funds from private sources.
The Baudcast - Episode 20
The latest episode of The Baudcast does a recap on Blackbaud's 2008 Conference for Nonprofits. Lots of topics are covered including the NetCommunity Developer Challenge, Google map mashups, Facebook apps, custom development, data transparency, social media sessions, PCI compliance, FreeCause, and more. The panel discussion includes Chad Norman (Internet Marketing Manager), Danielle Brigida (Associate Operations Coordinator, National Wildlife Federation), Garrett Keating (United States Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation), Michael Sola (Director of Information Technology, Chesapeake Bay Foundation), and Joe Meehan (Manager of Database Administration, Milken Institute), and myself.
Create Custom Donation and Payment Forms for BBNC
Check out the newest creation by Michael Andrews at Blackbaud Labs. The sample code allows a BBNC developer to record a donation, use gift attributes, including how to get all gift attribute types from RE7, selecting a Raiser's Edge Appeal using the CFAPicker Server Control, clearing a Credit Card, designing and sending a custom email acknowledgement that uses custom merge fields, using the EmailEditor Server Control, and using jQuery scripts and images from embedded resources.
The Geiger Counter Blog starts clicking
Richard Geiger, non-profit veteran and Blackbaud practice manager, has joined the rest of us bloggers. Richard has spent more than fifteen years in the nonprofit world and really knows his stuff. I'm looking forward to reading some of his insights and opinions.