We’re now halfway through November and that means it’s time for the next release for the Blackbaud School Management System . For release 13.12, four of the products are getting some new features and plenty of updates that have been in high demand from you, the community. Enrollment Management leads the pack with the most content this month, followed ... more

To help identify gaps in your organisation's fundraising effectiveness, it's valuable to understand how others perform. In  Fundraising ,  Analyse  or Reporting , those of you in Canada and the United Kingdom can now compare your donor pool and giving to that of other organisations in your country using  Raiser's Edge NXT . more

So as a donor, I expect to have a different communication with a non-profit when I am giving $2,500 versus giving $200.  Most organizations are strategically engaging their mid-level giving donors with the hopes of transitioning them into being major donors down the line.  So your pool of donors/prospects are those with higher Annual Giving ... more

To help determine how much to ask a constituent for through email communications and online donation forms, Target Analytics uses advanced predictive analytics to provide a suggested range of low, medium, and high ask amounts — such as $25-$50-$75 or $100-$150-$250 — for donor's next gifts. In a list of constituents, those in the United States can now filter records based on this suggested online ask amount.  more

The Accounts Payable API was updated on 11/13/2018. See our  Changelog  entries for more information. We added the new Box numbers values (Get)  and  State 1099 (Get)  endpoints . Also, the  Invoice (POST)  endpoint now includes the  form_1099_box_numbers  collection of invoice box numbers . This sets 1099 box number, reporting state, and amount ... more

We've added many newly-elected officials following our mid-term elections. These officials are now contactable with our  November 13th  update. You'll find them when you  select targets  for your action or call alerts. The new officials in this update are:   POSITION NAME STATE  Federal Cabinet  Matthew 'Matt' G. Whitaker  DC ... more

Our classic advice for big volume email days is to schedule your emails in advance. This will ensure that your emails send as close to the time you schedule them as possible. Our team also uses these pre-scheduled emails to gauge email volume in advance.  And... classic advice is sometimes meant to be broken. Especially when very good reasons also exist ... more

Hi Community,  Elizabeth here to summarize this week’s community happenings. Here’s some of what’s happening: Connect with a Veteran Non-Profit Community Member to Honor Veteran’s Day    Veteran’s Day is a good time to thank the 45,000 military and veteran non-profit organizations that support the men and women who protect our freedom. In ... more

Important!  Please read if you send email through CRM Marketing Efforts or BBIS, and are currently using SP17 or SP18, or are planning to upgrade to SP17 or SP18. We want to let you know about some issues regarding email open and click-through data and link redirection that have been reported in SP17 and SP18.  We understand this is an important time for ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating our  Raiser’s Edge users who became   Blackbaud   Certified  in October! more