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Target Analytics , a Blackbaud company, announced the latest Index of National Fundraising Performance for the first quarter of 2008. The index compares trends in key fundraising indicators from 72 organizations, including over 36 million donors and more...
There have been a few announcements in the past few weeks and months about new constituent relationship management (CRM) software solutions for nonprofits. Each announcement has received a mix of positive, negative, and indifferent reaction from the media...
The Giving USA Foundation and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University have released "Giving USA 2008: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2007." The annual report estimates that $306.39 billion was given in 2007, exceeding...
I'm in Boston today for Blackbaud's 2008 Higher Education Forum. This is the first year for this new event and it brings together executives and directors from Higher Ed institutions across North America. My table at breakfast was nearly all from...
There's some noise out there today. Here's some more signal to listen to that should cut through the static: The Baudcast - Episode 9 This episode's panel discusses the Kintera acquisition announcement, the Internet Symposium, BBNC mashups...
Good morning from New York City . I'm attending today's ePhilanthropy Foundation Social Networking and Nonprofit Online Strategies Symposium at Columbia University . The agenda for the event is pretty exciting and there are 100+ people from across...
Here are a couple of different connections worth checking out... The Baudcast - Episode 8 This episode discusses Blackbaud NetCommunity v5.5, social networking noise, the European SONI Survey, and an interview with Marc Pitman . The panel discussion includes...
Last week, TechCrunch published an article about the Causes Application that was also syndicated in the The Washington Post and picked up by many nonprofit media outlets and bloggers . Causes reported the online fundraising results from their first year...
The ePhilanthropy Foundation will be holding a Social Networking and Nonprofit Online Strategies Symposium next month in New York City on June 14th. The event will be hosted by Columbia University and you can register now for the event online. Here's...
Bonjour! Another early morning here in Montréal at the last day of the conference. Molly Maple and I are presenting the "Deep Dive into Blackbaud NetCommunity" first thing this morning. We'll be showcasing a lot of the new capabilities in...
Things are off and running in Montréal at Blackbaud's 2008 Conference for Nonprofits . I'm presenting first thing this morning in a session called "You've Got Email! Now What?" I think that I was able to put over two hours worth...
I spent part of yesterday and will devote most of today to meeting with a variety of nonprofit industry consultants that Blackbaud has invited down to Charleston. It's a great opportunity to reconnect with some great people and to meet some new ones...
Each day the certainty of the changing tides is the one constant. I suppose it's more obvious when you live in a coastal city and less apparent if you're landlocked. Low tide gives way to high tide and back again. Get caught out at low tide and...
This morning got started with Jon Duschinsky's keynote address. He started things off with the Shift Happens video that many of you might have seen on YouTube. His session is called "Fundraising on a Pancake - Are You Ready for the Flat Philanthropic...
Another week. Another conference. This time it's the Team Approach User Forum here in Boston. This is my first time at the conference and I'm really looking forward to many of the sessions. There are about 600 people in attendance at this year's...
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