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3 cool new things being released through Google Analytics
I got an email from Google the other day telling me that I was being moved over onto the new Beta for Google Analytics and I headed over to have a look at the new features. Firstly they have tidied up the interface to make it easier to navigate around...
Charity Insights
This month Blackbaud has teamed up with Charity Insight to provide some snippets of data about UK giving online over the last few months/year. The first post which has just gone online was focussed on giving overall in 2010. These numbers are based on...
BBNC 6.15 is almost ready for release
Blackbaud Netcommunity version 6.15 has just gone into a controlled release phase and is almost ready to hit the streets. This is a major step on for us at Blackbaud as it is the first version that is running on our new Infinity platform . I thought today...
Why would I use Social Media?
So I've been a little bit lax (well a big bit lax) lately with my blog posts and I apologise for that. I've been busy over the last couple of months on various projects. Not least of which is the upcoming release of version 6.15 of Netcommunity...
5 sessions to get you started with Not for Profit Social Media
So you are working in the not for profit space and want to get into Social Media but don't have the first clue how to start? Well you made it here so that's at least a small step . However there is a lot more to it than my ramblings on this blog...
10 Tips for Online Challenge Event Fundraising
At the Blackbaud Relationship Management conference I discussed Challenge Event Fundraising and the best ways to get the most out of these events. I'd like to share some of the findings but first some background. The average UK gift is around £10...
Blackbaud Netcommunity 6.10 makes an appearance
I'm excited that BBNC 6.10 has released this week. It went up on our website on Wednesday. It has some superb new features and functions. I've already spoken about the changes we've made around Gift Aid in 6.10 which should free up some much...
The Internet is no longer the Wild West - 3 Cautionary tales from online
The information commissioner in the UK stated that up to 5 million young people have profile updates on a social media site that could adversely affect education or job prospects. So are you monitoring who is saying what and how online? Here are some...
Recording Gift Aid electronically
Some exciting and potentially extremely useful information around Gift Aid and version 6.10 of Blackbaud Netcommunity. We are looking to launch the latest version of the software later this month and although the biggest ticket item will be the level...
Choosing the right medium
So we at Blackbaud have been running a marketing campaign for quite some time now called 'Giving your supporter the choice'. The idea behind this was that no matter what the message - delivering it in the right way will help to get across your...
Events Fundraising
So I've started out fairly quietly blogwise but I think I may be about to step into the controversial with this one. I wanted to talk about Challenge Event fundraising in the UK and the more I thought about it the more I thought...we could do this...
Let's start at the beginning...
So a new blog and a new area for thoughts and discussions. This is my second Blackbaud blog after my short run of blog posts at last years conference on the conference central website . I'm very excited to be running this blog and hope that through...