Webinars

In today’s dynamic landscape, advancement leaders face the challenge of managing fundraising teams, expanding donor reach, and increasing contributions. Blackbaud’s research highlights critical gaps: 53% of assigned prospects are not being visited, and 67% of top prospects may remain unassigned. Additionally, gift officers often stay in their roles for less than three years, complicating campaign success.

Blackbaud Fundraiser Performance Management™️ offers a solution to streamline fundraiser management and leverage data for achieving fundraising goals. Join our 60-minute session to discover how this powerful tool can help you:

• Coordinate major gifts and leadership annual gifts pipelines while enhancing portfolio health
• Customize strategies that drive gift officer productivity rather than mere activity
• Expand audience segmentation beyond donor status to boost renewal, retention, and acquisition for annual giving teams
• Empower front-line fundraisers with tools for informed decision-making aligned with organizational objectives

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to transform your fundraising efforts with data-backed strategies!

Leading through influence is essential as it fosters trust, encourages buy-in, and inspires innovation, and has longer-term impact than relying solely on authority. This session is designed to empower social impact leaders with the skills to inspire and drive change within their organizations and communities through the power of influence. In this dynamic session, we will delve into practical strategies for building trust, fostering collaboration, and effectively communicating vision and values. Our panel of experienced customers will share their real-world experiences and insights on how they have successfully led through influence in their own organizations.

In this session, you will:

• Hear how our panel of sector leaders are fostering collaboration and teamwork, enabling them to drive collective action and inspire innovation by leveraging the power of influence
• Gain insights into effectively articulating vision and values to inspire and motivate others to achieve common goals through influential leadership

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Fundraising and finance are the two critical functions that keep your organization running but oftentimes these teams can feel disconnected. But what if your technology enabled you to get these two teams on the same page, empowered them with the right data, and offered visibility into how money flows through the organization from funding to disbursement?

Join us for a live tour of Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT and Financial Edge NXT, the integrated solution that will give your team the foundational tools to do their jobs efficiently and keep your funders informed and engaged. Whether you work in fundraising, finance, or leadership, you’ll see how technology can help these two teams work together to drive more impact for your organization.

Mission-driven professionals are the backbone of social impact, yet they often face burnout and resource constraints that make advancing their mission increasingly challenging. This webinar will explore how funders can go beyond financial support to foster grantee well-being as an essential for greater and more sustainable social impact. Participants will gain insights into the challenge of grantee burnout, explore philanthropic trends reshaping funder-grantee relationships, and learn actionable strategies to sustain both social impact and the people driving change.

You will learn how to:

• Understand the link between grantee well-being and long-term social impact
• Identify barriers to and opportunities for fostering grantee well-being
• Explore practical strategies for integrating well-being into grantmaking practices

If you’re in development, you have a passion for your organization’s mission. Sometimes in the hustle of daily operations, it’s easy to forget that behind every donation is a person who shares your vision for change.

This series is designed to help you focus on what truly matters—creating meaningful relationships that drive impact, one interaction at a time.

Join us each month to reconnect with what the human side of fundraising really means—and how the right technology empowers you to do that.

• Donor Retention- From First Gift to Lifelong Support March 20, 2025

  Are you experiencing high rates of donor churn? Turn it around by crafting meaningful donor journeys. We’ll cover how to avoid common retention pitfalls and how to use data to create personalized outreach that works. You’ll leave with practical tips and tools to help turn first-time donors into lifelong supporters.

We are thrilled to present the latest enhancements and releases for Blackbaud Donation Forms. Join us to review the performance of Blackbaud Donation Forms at the end of 2024, see demonstrations of recent releases, and get a sneak peek at upcoming developments. Our product experts will be available for a Q&A session, so bring your questions!

This session will cover several exciting new features:

• Goal Meter Improvements: Enhanced goal tracking capabilities
• Canadian Availability: Announcing the Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® Optimized Form for Canada
• Pledge Functionality: Introducing the long-awaited pledge feature
• A/B Tests: Ongoing improvements to donation form performance

To build trust with donors and constituents, you need to show how their support impacted your mission, but this can be difficult without tools to effectively track how each dollar was spent.

Join us for a live tour of the accounting solution built to simplify the way you manage restricted funds. You’ll see Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®️ in action and learn how it can help your organization:

• Easily verify to donors and constituents that funds were used for their intended purposes
• Share timely information across your organization and reduce ad hoc reporting requests
• Integrate development and finance to reduce duplicative data entry and end of month reconciliation time

Revolutionize your efforts with Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®, the world’s most popular and powerful fundraising system.

Purpose-built for the fundraising and engagement needs of social impact organizations, Raiser’s Edge NXT is proven to help raise and retain more revenue to reach and exceed mission goals.

Join us for a tour to learn how Raiser’s Edge NXT powers you to:

• Raise more revenue using a proven system with fundraising expertise built in
• Centralize your work, with everything fundraisers need in one place
• Grow with confidence, with the system depth and flexibility to help you achieve your most ambitious goals

Come to one of the interactive sessions in this webinar series to see what Raiser’s Edge NXT could bring to your organization.

As an organization that receives grants, accurately communicating how funds were spent is critical to demonstrating fiscal responsibility to your funders—as well as making sound, strategic decisions for your organization.

Join us for a live tour of the accounting solution built to improve compliance with funding requirements. You’ll see Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®️ in action and learn how it can help your organization:

• Demonstrate accountability to funders to increase grant renewals and develop a reputation as a fiscally responsible organization
• Track financial activity by grant or contract, generate grant- compliant reports, and enforce budget spending rules
• Ensure that funds are being used only on approved expenditures with advanced user controls
• Allocate expenses based on allowable cost rates without having to rely on complicated spreadsheets

We are thrilled to present the latest enhancements and releases for Blackbaud Donation Forms. Join us to review the performance of Blackbaud Donation Forms at the end of 2024, see demonstrations of recent releases, and get a sneak peek at upcoming developments. Our product experts will be available for a Q&A session, so bring your questions!

This session will cover several exciting new features:

• Goal Meter Improvements: Enhanced goal tracking capabilities
• Canadian Availability: Announcing the Blackbaud CRM™ and Blackbaud Altru® Optimized Form for Canada
• Pledge Functionality: Introducing the long-awaited pledge feature
• A/B Tests: Ongoing improvements to donation form performance

Delve into the world of Open Data Protocol (OData) and explore its powerful integration with Blackbaud Altru®.

Blackbaud Customer Success Manager Rosita Bradham and Akron Zoo’s Tina Edwards will guide you through the essentials of OData and demonstrate how it can revolutionize your data management practices.

Who should attend?

This webinar is ideal for users involved in data management, reporting, and analytics. If you are looking to enhance your organization’s data capabilities, this session will provide valuable insights and practical knowledge.

What will you learn?

• Understanding the fundamentals of OData and its role in modern data management
• Learning how to set up and use OData with Blackbaud Altru
• Exploring real-world examples of how OData can improve data accessibility and reporting
• Gaining practical tips for leveraging OData to enhance your organization’s data strategy

By combining both coaching and managing, leaders can create a balanced approach that not only drives performance but also supports the growth and development of their team members. This intersection of leadership allows leaders to harness the strengths of both approaches to elevate their leadership game and create a thriving, high-performing team. Whether you’re looking to refine your management skills or become a more effective coach, this webinar is a must-attend for people managers at all levels. Join us and transform the way you lead!

In this session, you will:

• Differentiate between coaching your people and managing organizational objectives
• Transform your approach to leadership to include both coaching and managing

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