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 than 66 million gifts totaling over $1.8 billion...

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, the Causes data report, mobile giving, the 3G iPhone...

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 World?" Jon is a very energetic speaker...

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 event and the opening session of the day of...