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With the release of ResearchPoint, which is only offered on the SaaS (Software As A Service) platform, you might have found yourself pondering the whole SaaS concept...
The first half of 2009 is now over we have some updated information about online giving trends from Blackbaud clients to share. This is a follow-up to the Q1 2009 Online Giving Trends information that was released in April...
Blackbaud Just posted: A new episode of the Blackbaud Interviews podcast with Mark Moshier from Boy Scouts of America. My fav podcast moment was when he talked about "recreating electronic wood smoke" online. How do you recreate your organization's mission online?
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We’re excited to offer nonprofit-focused podcasts for you at no charge. You can download the .mp3 file directly, subscribe to the RSS feed, or access them via the iTunes Music Store.
During a recent reading session I was taken back down memory lane by an article in Fast Company entitled "The Evolution of Amazon"...
Many times in talking to clients and prospects we hear, 'Does The Raiser's Edge integrate to FirstClass?'...
Despite social networking types using the word liberally as if we all are intimate with the term, you may or may not have heard of Twitter, a social networking, micro-blogging site that allows you to write or text messages to the site. It has sometimes been described as the SMS of the Internet...
From Philanthropy Journalby Lawrence Henze, Managing Director of Target Analytics Many nonprofit professionals wonder if their organizations should perform prospect screening...
How often do you run AddressFinder? Every month? 3 months? What about DeceasedFinder, PhoneFinder or Emailfinder...
The Admission My admission--I didn't read the directions. My friend, Chad Norman, sent a very descriptive email explaining the proper use of this publishing tool, which I promptly filed without reading. With that being said, my second post took somewhat longer to produce than I originally...
Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company, announced the latest Index of National Fundraising Performance for the first quarter of 2009...
The Target Analytics Index of National Fundraising Performance analyzes direct marketing giving for many of the largest nonprofit organizations in the country...
The minute someone thinks about coming to your museum, zoo, garden or theater...and considers purchasing a ticket and walking through that front door....the outcome is an unknown. We hope that the experience meets our visitors' expections and ours (as staff, board and volunteers). We hope that...
Do you have an employee taking a few months off or a college student filling in while an employee goes on maternity leave...
Since we create custom web sites here at eTapestry and we now have a tool for very low end web sites called BlackbaudNow you might guess that all of us at eTapestry look at a large number of NPO web sites each week. One of my favorite parts is checking out personal blogs within those sites...
Blackbaud Have you checked out the Baudcast lately? What nonprofit technology topic would you be most interested in hearing about next?
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Catch up on the latest Blackbaud and nonprofit technology news with The Baudcast. Bringing together industry experts from around the world, The Baudcast provides insights, ideas, and news in a chatty, panel format. ...
Do you need to transfer money from one bank account to another in The Financial Edge? Instead of creating the manual journal entries to the cash account, and then having to remember them when reconciling, wouldn't it be nice if FE did this for you? Cash Management is here to save the day...
Shawntà Bradley is a Distance Learning instructor and in this blog post she will give us a peak into her personal and professional life. Question: What can you tell us about this picture...
I was speaking this week at the Digital Leap conference in the ICO in London. Firstly a superb venue for a bunch of geeks as everyone had their own desktop mics with buttons to raise their hands with so the toys endeared the place to this particular audience! Second, and more importantly, we...
Fourteen lucky nonprofits in seven cities and two countries each will be receiving a $500 donation in honor of the volunteer service of a Blackbaud employee...
One of the most common query questions we get has to do with the static and dynamic format. Which should you choose? Let me tell you a story that will explain the difference. You have two file clerks in the office: Static and Dynamic. You ask them both to find accounts that use account...
I am speaking later today at the AFP South Carolina Lowcountry 2009 Summer Institute in downtown Charleston. It's always good to be able to spend some time with local nonprofits and not have to travel very far to do it. They have put together a very solid day of sessions...
We've talked a bit about new features and new system requirements but let's get back to our topic on Facebook. Our last article on Facebook explained why you should use Facebook but not how Facebook works with Blackbaud NetCommunity. The first thing you'll need to do is connect the two...
I'm calling an emergency posting of Tips from a Troubleshooter, because I know a lot of you are awarding financial aid to students right now. I'll return to my series on Student Billing 6 vs. Student Billing 7 soon, I promise...
The NetWits Think Tank blog has been churning out some great content lately. There's a growing group of contributors from Blackbaud behind this blog. It's a very good mix of subjects, experts, and advice about thriving in the digital world...
Want to get a ahead on the 2009-2010 year? Take a moment to review this list. We’ll cover many of these in more detail down the road. Take a good look at your Academic Year in Configuration...
When I first set up my funds in FE, I did not require projects on all transactions, nor did I require the system to balance by project. Well, as soon as I started assigning Project distribution to my AP invoices, I started seeing an imbalance in my project balances. Why? After some research,...
Blackbaud In the past 24 hours, 115 nonprofiteers signed up for Blackbaud's Conference for Nonprofits in Charleston, SC on November 15-18. - what's your fav conference memory?
I've been on upgrade planning calls with about a dozen organizations in the last few weeks, and several have asked about putting Patron Edge in a virtual environment...
The recent article in Non Profit Times titled "Youth Movement Critical for Boards" moved my interest to a higher level. This particular topic was being discussed by one the local Indiana NPO boards I serve on during a board recruitment session...
As Arts and Cutural organisations, there can be precious few opportunities to interact with your consistuents, clients or visitors on a transactional basis...
"Oh man, I didn’t mean to print that !" Have you ever said that when you validate or post and the report prints? Would you rather see it on your screen instead of wasting paper? Well, you can and it’s easy...
Kit Matthew was recently honored as one of six distinguished museum professionals for her service and commitment to The American Association of Museums (AAM) peer review program...
Episode 27 of The Baudcast is up and ready for consumption. In this episode, the panel discusses the differences between Facebook pages, groups, and causes and which is best for your organization...
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 of PCI compliance (or to be strictly accurate...
Charleston, S.C. (June 11, 2009) – Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB), announced today that an increasing number of nonprofits are selecting its new website management offering, Blackbaud NetCommunity Grow™...
Blackbaud Did any of you nonprofits defy the Giving USA odds and raise MORE in 2008? How did you do it? Share your story!
The GivingUSA Foundation has released its Giving USA 2009: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2008. The report shows the first decline in giving to US charities in current dollars since 1987...
Each year about this time in June I am proud to say I am a part of the Giving Institute and the Giving USA Foundation. You see, through their efforts the entire world is able view the details the wonderful tradition we call PHILANTRHOPY...
In this guest post, Target Analytics’ Helen Flannery compares key findings from the Giving USA 2009 results with the 2008 Target Analytics Index of National Fundraising Performance The Giving USA Foundation today released its national fundraising estimates for 2008, showing a decrease in revenue...
Each month we keep track of the top questions you ask. This FAQs list includes GL, AP, AR, CR, FA, and general FE questions. To see the FAQs broken out by individual module, review The Financial Edge FAQs on our website. Here are the top FE questions for May and April...
Each month we keep track of the top Student Billing questions you ask. Here are the top questions you asked in May and April...
Each month we keep track of the top Payroll questions you ask. Here are the top questions for May and April...
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