Blackbaud Announces April Web Seminars for Nonprofits
March 30, 2010
Free online events focus on fundraising trends from the 2009 Index of Higher Education Fundraising Performance, plus nonprofit strategies and best practices
April 13th – 2009 Higher Education Index of Fundraising Performance
Event Description:
Join Shaun Keister, PhD, associate vice president for development at Penn State University, and experts from Target Analytics, a Blackbaud Company, for an online presentation of the 2009 Index of Higher Education Fundraising Performance. Each year, professionals from Target Analytics compile the fundraising data from a broad sample of schools to evaluate overall trends in higher education fundraising. This is a once-a-year opportunity to examine trends and evaluate the aggregated performance of public and private institutions across the country.
When:
April 13, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. ET
Who:
Shaun Keister, PhD, Associate Vice President for Development, Penn State University
Amanda Gotschall, Account Director, Target Analytics, a Blackbaud Company
Erica Machut, Production Director, Target Analytics, a Blackbaud Company
Where:
Register for the free web seminar.
Lessons Learned from Haiti Web Seminar Series
Series Description:
Blackbaud is offering a free web seminar series to help nonprofits build strategies for mobilizing, soliciting, and stewarding supporters during and after times of disaster. Blackbaud experts and partners developed the seminars based off of their work with nonprofit customers who responded to the Haiti earthquake. The series, entitled Lessons Learned from Haiti, includes five seminars that will take place March through May.
Part 3:
Lessons Learned from Haiti: Mobilizing Your Supporters Using Social Media
Participants will learn best practices and practical tips for leveraging social media for fundraising and outreach for disaster relief programs. Presenters will take an inside look at several programs; present the tools and techniques for maximizing the potential of Facebook®, Twitter®, Flickr®, and YouTube®; and how best to connect these social media outposts to a nonprofit’s mainstream outreach efforts.
When:
April 6, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. ET
Who:
Presented by Jeff Patrick, Founder and President, Common Knowledge
Moderated by Frank Barry, Manager, Professional Services, Blackbaud
Where:
Register for the free web seminar and watch recordings of previous sessions from this series at www.blackbaud.com/LessonsLearned.
Part 4:
Lessons Learned from Haiti: Stewarding Donors Following a Crisis
During this session, the presenter will cover how to respond to new donations effectively to encourage stronger future financial commitments and what kind of stewardship communications are the most important to send after donors make disaster-related gifts.
When:
April 21, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. ET
Who:
David Lamb, Senior Consultant, Target Analytics, a Blackbaud Company
Where:
Register for the free web seminar and watch recordings of previous sessions from this series at www.blackbaud.com/LessonsLearned.
In addition to these topical web seminars, Blackbaud offers a wide variety of daily web seminars featuring Blackbaud products and services and tips and tricks to help nonprofits be more effective. All web seminars are free, last approximately one hour, and can be accessed at
www.blackbaud.com/events/overview.aspx.
About Blackbaud
Blackbaud is the leading global provider of software and services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, enabling them to improve operational efficiency, build strong relationships, and raise more money to support their missions. Approximately 22,000 organizations — including University of Arizona Foundation, American Red Cross, Cancer Research UK, The Taft School, Lincoln Center, In Touch Ministries, Tulsa Community Foundation, Ursinus College, Earthjustice, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and the WGBH Educational Foundation — use one or more Blackbaud products and services for fundraising, constituent relationship management, financial management, website management, direct marketing, education administration, ticketing, business intelligence, prospect research, consulting, and analytics. Since 1981, Blackbaud’s sole focus and expertise has been partnering with nonprofits and providing them the solutions they need to make a difference in their local communities and worldwide. Headquartered in the United States, Blackbaud also has operations in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.blackbaud.com.
