Software/Technology

The Orr Group: Transforming Fundraising Through Innovation and Technology
November 14, 2018 at 12:13 pm

Metrics provide a way to measure return on investment and to gauge the success of a nonprofit’s fundraising operation. New technology and software is emerging daily to help nonprofits understand, analyze and use metrics to enhance operations, reduce costs and grow fundraising. In this video, Orr Group leaders describe some of the ways software and better…

A New Cloud Solution for Higher Education Unveiled
October 25, 2018 at 12:20 pm

This year’s bbcon was full of surprises; from the Integrated Cloud Initiative to the partnership with Points of Light, Blackbaud had one more thing up its sleeve. The leading nonprofit cloud software company has been offering education management solutions to the K-12 market for a number of years now, which has generated over 200 million logins per year...

How Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Technology Empowers Today’s Donor
October 23, 2018 at 12:44 pm

As society continues to be shaped by technology and communication tools, like social media, peer-to-peer fundraising has emerged as the primary area of growth for large nonprofits. Peer-to-peer giving has unmatched potential to harness a sense of community and empower today’s donor...

Blackbaud, Microsoft Unveil the Integrated Cloud Initiative for Social Good
October 11, 2018 at 12:52 pm

At this year’s bbcon conference, Blackbaud released a huge announcement between Blackbaud and Microsoft. As you may remember from last year’s bbcon, the two companies announced that they were entering an expanded partnership with the goal of digitally transforming the future of social good...

Bots and The Rise of Conversational Marketing
October 4, 2018 at 12:08 pm

Bot. This may likely be your favorite word, or a word that strikes up a lot of fear and uncertainty at this time. What is a bot? Simply put in context of the nonprofit professional, a “bot” is software technology that helps to create one-to-one conversations between your organization and an individual...

Twilio.org Celebrates 5-Year Anniversary, Reaches Goal of Powering 1 Billion Messages For Good
September 18, 2018 at 9:53 am

Twilio’s social impact arm, Twilio.org, is celebrating its 5-year anniversary and has announced that it has reached its goal of powering 1 billion messages for good five years early. In light of that, Twilio.org has set a new 10-year goal—to have social impact organizations worldwide use the platform to help 1 billion people every single year...

NeonCRM, Rallybound Partner Up to Create Neon One
September 13, 2018 at 1:34 pm

NeonCRM and Rallybound have partnered up to create Neon One, a new business enterprise dedicated to helping nonprofit organizations achieve their philanthropic goals by providing a user-friendly, integrated and state-of-the-art technology platform, NeonCRM announced in a press release...