Earlier this month, Carolyn Murray , an anchor at News 2 and host of the Newsmakers program on Comcast Channel 2 in Charleston, SC, interviewed Blackbaud CEO Marc Chardon. The premise of the interview was a discussion with the leader of a successful company. Things have been tough in the markets, so...

Meet Gilman Sullivan...typical Blackbaud employee. By typical, I mean interesting, smart, and engaged in helping nonprofits be successful. Your Passion. Our Purpose. The tagline speaks to him, both professionally and personally, like it speaks to so many of us. Basically, he's an all around good...

"You decide what matters." I really like this tagline, which speaks to the philosophy behind the 2011 Chase Community Giving program . In the end, Chase will award $5 million during two rounds of the spring challenge. Who decides which nonprofits receive the money? You do! The effort is headed...

I can't believe it's been 15 years. That's how long Blackbaud has been making grants from its fund at the Coastal Community Foundation (CCF). That's how long we have had an employee committee, working under CCF's guidance, step into the role of grantmakers...learning so much that...

....A guest post by Sally Ehrenfried, community relations manager Back in February, I introduced you to Blackbaud's Product Management team and told you about their charge against hunger. After a visit to the Lowcountry Food Bank , the team was determined to help. The totals are in...they crushed...

Remember those little cottonball-sized " fuzzies "" The ones with the little feet that doubled as stickers, the antennas and the plastic eyes? The ones that seemed to be all over the place in, oh, the late 1970s and early 1980s? They're making a comeback. At least at Blackbaud they...

The new year always brings with it a flurry of "kick-offs." These meetings bring teams together to make plans for the year ahead, learn from each other and outside experts, and create a dynamic that will help them achieve their goals. What made the 2011 kick-offs different? One word - service...

Late last year, I met a fascinating person who challenged me to think about how I wrote and spoke about driving change through philanthropy. He made a truly insightful observation about the message I convey. Being a writer at heart who cares about words and all their nuances, I stopped to think...and...

Happy New Year! So, I'm a little late. Sorry about that. I always have the best intentions, the first week of the year, to jump right on things. I promise you that I DID that this year. It just turns out that I didn't get to ALL the things I wanted to. One of the reasons why (no, I'm not...

Last night, I joined my Blackbaud colleagues from around the world to celebrate an annual tradition...the Blackbaud toy drive. In the end, members of the Blackbaud family located in our nine offices PLUS all those folks who work out of their homes, donated 4,469 toys to Toys for Tots and a variety of...