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The Human Side of Fundraising Webinar Series | Session IV: The Donor Experience – Combining Technology and the Human Touch

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET | 5:00 pm GMT

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.

Introduction to Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®️ and Blackbaud Grantmaking™️

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 11:00 am ET | 3:00 pm GMT

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.

Optimize the Guest Experience on Your Website with Blackbaud Altru®

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET | 6:00 pm GMT

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.

Register now!

Discover Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET | 5:00 pm GMT

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!

Empowering Your Outcomes Through Identity Resolution

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET | 5:00 pm GMT

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.

See Why Fundraising Organizations Are Upgrading to Prospect Insights Pro

Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 11:00 am ET | 3:00 pm GMT

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

Unlock the Power of Accounting Software for Stronger Compliance

Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET | 5:00 pm GMT

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

Enhancing Efficiency with Automated Processes in Blackbaud Altru®

Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET | 5:00 pm GMT

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

donorCentrics® FY24 Annual Giving Report on Higher Education Alumni Giving

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET | 5:00 pm GMT

Each year, donorCentrics® compiles fundraising data from a broad sample of schools to evaluate overall trends in alumni giving across higher education. Join donorCentrics® for our online presentation of the Index of Higher Education Fundraising Performance, which brings together analysis from 1.1 million donors and over $1.2 billion from public and private universities across North America. Takeaways will include key alumni giving benchmarks for new donors, and retention, day of giving and recent graduates.

Key Takeaways:

  • Did donors and revenue increase or decrease in FY24?
  • How did new donor acquisition perform across higher education in FY24?
  • Are young alumni donor populations growing over time?

Demonstrate Your Impact: Data-Driven Storytelling using Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®

Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 11:00 am ET | 3:00 pm GMT

In today’s rapidly changing environment, it’s crucial for nonprofits to effectively showcase their impact and tell their unique stories.

Join us for an insightful webinar where a Blackbaud product expert will share best practices for leveraging data, crafting compelling narratives, and engaging your supporters through strategic advocacy campaigns. Learn how you can partner with our experts to drive improved results and efficiency within your organization.

We will discuss:

  1. Using Data to Demonstrate Impact:

    -Learn how to collect, analyze, and present data to showcase your organization’s achievements and impact

    -Best practices for data visualization and reporting

  2. The Importance of Human-Interest Stories:

    -Understand the power of storytelling in connecting with your audience

    -Tips for identifying and sharing compelling human-interest stories that highlight your mission and impact

  3. Leveraging Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® for Success:

    -Discover how Raiser’s Edge NXT can help you gather data, build a marketing plan, and execute your strategies

    -Practical examples of how Raiser’s Edge NXT supports data collection, segmentation, and targeted communication

This webinar is ideal for nonprofit professionals utilizing Raiser’s Edge NXT, including data analysts, marketing and communications staff, and IT professionals. If you’re looking to enhance your storytelling and advocacy efforts using Blackbaud’s tools, this session is for you. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your nonprofit’s impact and engagement!

Beyond the Buck- Embracing Donors as Whole Individuals and Partners in Change

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 12:00 pm ET | 4:00 pm GMT

Donors aren’t just wallets or heroes swooping in to save the day. They’re your partners in driving change and the key to achieving your organization’s mission.

Join us for an engaging webinar that dives into the many ways donors and organizations can connect. These days, it’s important to see donors as more than just financial supporters, but as real people with unique interests, passions, and ways to get involved:

  • Volunteering: Donors can pitch in with their time and skills to help your mission, building a stronger bond and sense of purpose.
  • Event Participation: Encourage donors to join and actively participate in events, creating a sense of community and shared experiences.
  • Advocacy: Donor voices can boost your cause, making a real impact.
  • Partnership: Discover how seeing donors as partners in your mission can lead to more meaningful and lasting results. Learn how to work together with donors to achieve your goals and create a shared vision for the future.

Who Should Attend: This webinar is perfect for nonprofit professionals, fundraisers, and anyone looking to build stronger, more well-rounded relationships with donors.

Grantmaking Made Simple

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 8:00 am ET | 12:00 pm GMT

As CSR professionals, we’re committed to making a big difference in our communities. But when it comes to our grant programmes, complex workflows and limited resources can often hold us back. The good news? There’s a better way—and it’s much simpler than you think.

Join our free webinar to learn how you can maximise your impact without the admin overload. What you’ll learn: 

  • How CSR software can help streamline your company’s entire grantmaking process, from application to disbursement
  •  How industry-leading companies are transforming their approach to grantmaking
  • The key trends shaping corporate grantmaking in 2025 and beyond

Ready to make your grant programmes more effective with less work?

Register for free today.