Archive for June, 2010

Jay Love leaving Blackbaud

Jay Love, the founder and CEO of eTapestry (and before that, of Master Software), is leaving Blackbaud to become CEO of Social Solutions: http://www.nptimes.com/10June/news-100608-2.html I spoke with Jay yesterday and he says that Blackbaud is committed to etapestry and will continue to invest in the product. Time will tell.  

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Resources from the Compasspoint Panel

Yesterday I spoke on a fundraising panel at Compasspoint’s Silicon Valley/Peninsula Nonprofit Forum and mentioned a variety of resources. Here they are, with links: Donor Retention AFP’s Fundraising Effectiveness Project: http://www.afpnet.org/Audiences/ReportsResearchDetail.cfm?itemnumber=3113 The Agitator’s post “No New Donors!” http://www.theagitator.net/dont-miss-these-posts/no-new-donors/ Attracting New Donors “Homer Simpson for Nonprofits: The Truth about How People Really Think and What It [...]

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Cities Acting Like Nonprofits

I just spoke on a fundraising panel at Compasspoint’s Silicon Valley/Peninsula Nonprofit Forum.  One takeaway: some California cities are finding that they need to raise private funds to make up for cuts in State and local funding.  This means thinking and acting like nonprofits.  The city department in question has no board and no staff who [...]

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