Monday, July 25, 2011

Convio Launches LuminateTM, Constituent Engagement Solution for Nonprofits | Business Wire

Convio Launches LuminateTM, Constituent Engagement Solution for Nonprofits | Business Wire: "AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Convio, Inc. announced today Luminate™, an innovative new cloud-based constituent engagement solution for the nonprofit market. Luminate combines Convio’s highly successful online fundraising suite with the world’s most proven CRM platform and leading analytics technologies and expertise to meet the complex needs of large, enterprise nonprofits. Luminate offers an open, extensible, cloud-based constituent engagement solution that allows nonprofits to analyze and cultivate relationships with donors, advocates and other constituents. This enables organizations to design tailored, integrated, multi-channel campaigns and interactions that are beneficial to both the mission and the individual supporter."

Lilly Global Giving Puts Power of Philanthropy in Employees' Hands - Press Release - Digital Journal

Lilly Global Giving Puts Power of Philanthropy in Employees' Hands - Press Release - Digital Journal: "Lilly is partnering with the GlobalGiving Foundation to offer its employees across the world a customized Lilly Global Giving website, where employees may choose from multiple projects that are helping to advance Lilly's corporate responsibility goals in the areas of health, hunger, education, and the environment."

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Key factors in improving multi-channel marketing for non-profits | TechJournal South

Key factors in improving multi-channel marketing for non-profits | TechJournal South: "Key factors in improving multi-channel marketing for non-profits
July 21st, 2011

ConvioIntegrated multi-channel marketing makes the most sense for non-profit organizations, but size does not equal integrated marketing sophistication among organizations, according to the Integrated Multi-Channel Marketing study from Convio Inc. (Nasdaq:CNVO).

“Today, every constituent can and should be engaged through multiple channels so that both the organization and the individual get the most out of the relationship,” said Vinay Bhagat, founder and chief strategy officer of Convio. “In doing so, nonprofits can deepen those relationships by better anticipating needs, interests and passions, and providing relevant interactions and opportunities for participation. Determining how to manage this within an organization is non-trivial but has significant payoffs."

Insurance News - Fidelity CharitableSM Reports Record-Breaking Volumes for First Half of Year

Insurance News - Fidelity CharitableSM Reports Record-Breaking Volumes for First Half of Year: "Formerly the Fidelity�Charitable Gift Fund, New Name Reflects Expanded Offering of Programs and Services Designed to Make Giving Simple and Effective

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fidelity CharitableSM, which manages the nation’s largest donor-advised fund program and is one of the largest public charities in the country, today announced record-breaking contribution and grant levels for the first half of the year and a new name as it celebrates its 20th anniversary."

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

BusinessWire Schwab Charitable Reports Record Assets, Grants and Recontribution Rates

BusinessWire Schwab Charitable Reports Record Assets, Grants and Recontribution Rates: "Press Release: BusinessWire
Schwab Charitable Reports Record Assets, Grants and Recontribution Rates

7-19-11 10:00 AM EDT | E-mail Article

Schwab Charitable, one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing national donor-advised fund organizations, reported that Fiscal Year 2011 charitable assets, grants, and funds contributed to existing accounts reached the highest levels in its history. A donor-advised fund allows investors to contribute cash or appreciated assets to a charitable account to realize the greatest possible tax benefits while supporting their favorite charities. Serving a wide range of philanthropic investors, Schwab Charitable manages account sizes from $5,000 to over $400 million."

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

GuideStar Launches GX Connects, a New Online Resource for Nonprofits | Cision Wire

GuideStar Launches GX Connects, a New Online Resource for Nonprofits | Cision Wire: "Washington, DC—July 19, 2011—GuideStar—the leading source of nonprofit information—today announced the launch of GX Connects, a new, free tool for nonprofits that want to complete their GuideStar Exchange profiles and keep them updated. The GuideStar Exchange is a program that allows nonprofits to share up-to-date information with GuideStar's vast online audience, thereby providing a more complete and accurate picture of those nonprofits through photos, videos, and additional documentation. GuideStar Exchange members who complete all required fields display the GuideStar Exchange Seal, which has become synonymous with transparency and trust in the sector, on their public report pages on guidestar.org. GX Connects can be found online at http://gxconnects.ning.com/."

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Convio Expands to United Kingdom, Acquires One of Country’s Leading Digital Strategy, Design and Technology Implementation Firms for Charities | Business Wire

Convio Expands to United Kingdom, Acquires One of Country’s Leading Digital Strategy, Design and Technology Implementation Firms for Charities | Business Wire: "LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Convio, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNVO) announced today it has acquired privately held Baigent Digital LLC (Baigent), a leading provider of digital strategy, design, technology implementation and online fundraising solutions to charities in the United Kingdom. Convio will deliver its proven, integrated constituent engagement solution -- including capabilities for online fundraising, special events fundraising, email marketing, content management and CRM -- to the UK market. Convio’s solutions combined with Baigent’s experience will provide UK charities with a powerful solution partner to help raise more money, conduct effective online marketing campaigns and deepen supporter relationships."

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Target Analytics Introduces Mid-Level Donor and Alumni Engagement Custom Modeling | EON: Enhanced Online News

Target Analytics Introduces Mid-Level Donor and Alumni Engagement Custom Modeling | EON: Enhanced Online News: "CHARLESTON, S.C.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) today announced the availability of two new custom modeling solutions from Target Analytics. The first is a Mid-Level Giving Likelihood Model, a new service that analyzes the constituent databases of nonprofit organizations to identify promising, untapped mid-level giving prospects. The second is the Alumni Engagement Model which was specifically developed to help higher education institutions identify engaged alumni and cultivate them to become supporters. Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company, offers solutions for donor acquisition, prospect research, benchmarking, custom modeling, and data enrichment to more than 6,000 nonprofits and has the largest database of philanthropy data in the world.

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Friday, June 10, 2011

New Sage Accountants Network Program Can Help Accountants Better Serve Nonprofits and Governmental Organizations

PRESS RELEASE


Newsroom Article Detail: "WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 9, 2011)—Sage North America today announced a new Sage Accountants Network program especially for accountants serving nonprofit and governmental organizations. The new Sage Accountants Network program provides accountants with access to Sage Nonprofit Solutions software for fund accounting and fundraising software and services, plus discounted training, technical support, networking events, educational resources, and marketing and sales tools. Sage introduced the program at the 2011 AICPA National Not-for-Profit Conference, which is developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and being held through tomorrow at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C."

Thursday, June 09, 2011

The Coca-Cola Foundation Thanks Local Communities for 125 Years of Sharing Happiness | Business Wire

The Coca-Cola Foundation Thanks Local Communities for 125 Years of Sharing Happiness | Business Wire: "The Coca-Cola Foundation Thanks Local Communities for 125 Years of Sharing Happiness

More Than $6 Million Awarded to Organizations in the U.S.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As The Coca-Cola Company celebrates 125 years of sharing happiness throughout 2011, its philanthropic arm continues the Company’s heritage of giving back to the communities where it does business. During the first quarter of 2011, The Coca-Cola Foundation awarded grants totaling more than $6 million to 31 organizations across the United States. The grants focus on active, healthy living; water stewardship; community recycling; education and youth development; and community, arts and culture."

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Blackbaud Conferences

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> Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits

Blackbaud Conferences

Learn about The Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits in Washington, D.C., on October 3-5, 2011.

Whether you need to move forward in your professional development, technical education, or use of technology, Blackbaud’s Conferences for Nonprofits are the place to be."

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Blackbaud to Highlight Museum Management Software, Announce Partnership with Leading Fundraising Firm, and Lead Panels at 2011 AAM | EON: Enhanced Online News

Blackbaud to Highlight Museum Management Software, Announce Partnership with Leading Fundraising Firm, and Lead Panels at 2011 AAM | EON: Enhanced Online News: "Blackbaud to Highlight Museum Management Software, Announce Partnership with Leading Fundraising Firm, and Lead Panels at 2011 AAM
May 18, 2011 08:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time

CHARLESTON, S.C.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) today announced its participation at the American Association of Museums Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo (2011 AAM) in Houston from May 22-25. This annual event is the largest gathering for AAM members. AAM includes over 15,000 museum professionals and 3,000 institutions, such as aquariums, zoos, historic sites, and science and technology centers."

Monday, May 16, 2011

TMA Resources Launches Mobile App to Helps Customers Stay Informed

TMA Resources Launches Mobile App to Helps Customers Stay Informed: "PR Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Vienna, VA (PRWEB) May 15, 2011 TMA Resources, the leader in member-centric software, recently launched TMA Resources Connect, a mobile application built on the Personify Mobile Platform. Connect was designed to help TMA Resources customers stay connected while on the go."

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Fundraisers Reveal Most Anxious Moments - Press - AFP

Fundraisers Reveal Most Anxious Moments - Press - AFP: "Fundraisers Reveal Most Anxious Moments

May 3, 2011

Fundraisers say trying to get nonprofit board members involved in fundraising and making a call to a prospective new donor are two of the most challenging and anxious moments in their jobs, according to an informal online poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)."