Webinars

In this informative webinar, we will explore the expanding landscape of non-traditional estate giving options that donors are increasingly seeking.

Learn practical strategies for engaging with donors interested in Donor Advised Funds (DAFs), beneficiary designations, transfers upon death, and qualified charitable distributions from IRAs.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand the fundamentals of DAFs and how they’re transforming philanthropic planning
• Learn how to effectively discuss beneficiary designations and transfers upon death with prospects
• Explore Blackbaud Analytics IRA/QCD giving model and learn about the tax advantages for donors over 70.5
• Discover practical and actionable frameworks for incorporating non-traditional gift options into your existing development strategy

Join us for a dynamic webinar combining advanced TeamRaiser tips with donor retention strategies to maximize your peer-to-peer fundraising success. Discover how to enhance participant engagement with powerful TeamRaiser features like self-donation prompts and conditional messaging. Then, learn how to map custom donor journeys and build lasting relationships with fundraisers and donors alike.

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.

Have a unique use case that you’re unsure whether Raiser’s Edge NXT can handle? Share your questions ahead of time and our presenters will be sure to cover it during the session!

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.

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.

• The Donor Experience- Combining Technology and the Human Touch May 14, 2025Personalization meets efficiency in this must-attend webinar! Learn how to balance the human touch with cutting-edge technology to deliver what your donors value most. We’ll share the secrets to building high-touch programs and help you navigate roadblocks to create a donor experience that truly shines.

Join us for a live tour of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and Blackbaud Grantmaking. Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT is a total cloud fund accounting solution designed to meet the unique needs of nonprofit entities and delivers the industry’s best tools to manage financial reporting, monitor program success, and ensure overall integrity for your organization. Blackbaud Grantmaking is a comprehensive grant management solution that can effectively manage your entire grant cycle—from accepting online applications to assessing and communicating outcomes—all in one purpose-built solution that’s intuitive, scalable, and secure.

The rapid evolution of AI capabilities is unlocking new ways of working; a deep understanding of the individuals who engage with your organization is more critical than ever. Identity resolution is the key to unlocking this knowledge, allowing you to connect data to individuals across the enterprise. Blackbaud’s Persistent Key offers a scalable, ongoing service for resolving identities across multiple sources.

In late 2024, Blackbaud partnered with LiveRamp to enhance our identity resolution capabilities. This transition brings several benefits, including the ability to match records based on phone numbers and email addresses—a feature we currently lack. This will be crucial as we integrate with digital fundraising and marketing platforms in the future.

Join us for this session where we’ll explore how three converging events—the Great Wealth Transfer, the explosion of data leading to shifts in scaled data management, and advances in LLMs—provide immense opportunities that can be unlocked by Blackbaud’s Persistent Key.

Key Takeaways:

• Leading Partner: Our collaboration with LiveRamp to enhance identity resolution.
• New Matching Criteria: How Persistent Key generates unique individual and household IDs that can be tracked across multiple databases used by related organizations.
• Improved Consolidation: Ensuring that household and individual records are accurately combined or separated as needed.

Your website is the front door to your organization, and when integrated seamlessly with Blackbaud Altru®, it becomes a powerful tool for enhancing the guest experience. From ticketing and membership management to donations and event registrations, a well-connected digital ecosystem ensures a frictionless journey for your visitors.

In this webinar, we’ll explore:

• Beautiful website design tips and strategies for a seamless user experience
• How to optimize ticketing, membership, and donation flows to drive conversions
• Strategies for improving data collection and personalization through Altru
• Real-world examples of organizations successfully leveraging Altru online

Whether you’re looking to improve online transactions, enhance member engagement, or streamline operations, this session will provide actionable insights to elevate your digital strategy.

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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.

Have a unique use case that you’re unsure whether Raiser’s Edge NXT can handle? Share your questions ahead of time and our presenters will be sure to cover it during the session!

Prospect Insights uses powerful analytics and Artificial Intelligence to deliver actionable insights and recommendations for fundraisers. With expanded predictions and functionality, Prospect Insights Pro empowers broad and sophisticated development teams to improve portfolios, streamline operations, and raise more money.

Join us as we walk through how to use Prospect Insights Pro to build a qualified pool of major donor prospects, curate portfolios by removing prospects with lower predicted giving values and maximize giving by identifying prospects with the ability to give more as well as identifying blended gift opportunities.

We’ll cover some of the differences between the base version of Prospect Insights and Prospect Insights Pro such as:

• Expanded Target Gift Range to uncover prospects for transformative gifts up to $1M
• Planned Gift Likelihood to identify opportunities for blended gifts
• Emerging Prospects to identify mid-level gifts today, with a high likelihood for major gifts later on

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

Join us for an insightful webinar on best practices for utilizing Blackbaud Altru® software to streamline your organization’s workflows and save time in the process. This session is designed to help you save time and increase efficiency in your daily, monthly, and annual tasks.

Our experts will guide you through the various automated processes available in Altru, ensuring you can maximize your productivity and focus on what truly matters—your mission.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand Key Automated Processes: Learn how to leverage automated features in Altru to simplify routine tasks and reduce manual effort
• Optimize Workflows: Discover best practices for setting up and managing workflows that align with your organization’s needs and goals
• Utilize Time-Saving Tools: Explore the tools within Altru that can help you save time and improve accuracy in your data management and reporting

Who Should Attend:

• Development and Fundraising Professionals
• Membership and Visitor Services Managers
• Database Administrators
• Operations and Administrative Staff
• Anyone involved in the daily use of Blackbaud Altru software