Webinars

As the year-end approaches, the race to meet fundraising goals heats up. Join us for an engaging and dynamic webinar with Rosita Bradham, senior principal customer success manager at Blackbaud, where she shares the secrets to supercharging your major gift fundraising efforts.

In this session, we will dive into:

• Decoding Donor Patterns: Uncover insights from key donors’ past contributions to predict and enhance future support.
• Community Challenges: Spark community spirit and boost participation through innovative group challenges.
• Maximizing Matching Gifts: Amplify individual donations by promoting matching gift opportunities.
• Corporate Partnerships: Double your impact by collaborating with corporations to match employee donations.
• Incentivizing with Challenge Gifts: Motivate donors with challenge gifts that set exciting and achievable goals—GivingTuesday is the perfect kick-off!

Get ready to transform your fundraising strategy and make this year-end your most successful yet!

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.

As 1099 season approaches, ensure your organization is prepared and stress-free by leveraging Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT. In this webinar, you’ll learn best practices for efficiently managing your end-of-year financial tasks, including generating and processing 1099 forms, and reconciling accounts. Join us to discover how Financial Edge NXT can streamline your workflow and help you close the calendar year with confidence.

Who should attend:

This webinar is ideal for finance professionals, accountants, and administrators who use Financial Edge NXT and are responsible for managing end-of-year financial tasks, particularly the generation and processing of 1099 forms.

Key learning objectives:

Here are three key objectives that the audience will learn during the webinar:

1. Streamlining 1099 Processing: How to efficiently generate and process 1099 forms using Financial Edge NXT, reducing manual work and minimizing errors.
2. 1099 Reconciliation: Techniques for reconciling 1099’s with accuracy and confidence.
3. Optimizing 1099’s: Tips and strategies for utilizing the full potential of Financial Edge NXT to simplify end-of-year financial tasks and improve overall workflow efficiency.

Discover the essential strategies for nonprofit success with “Six Steps for Impact Report Success.” This session is designed to equip nonprofit leaders and communication teams with a robust framework to improve their impact reporting, boost donor retention, and enhance stewardship.

Attendees will learn how to identify their audience effectively, measure the outcomes of their work, personalize communications for donors, amplify their mission, communicate with transparency and emotion, and thank and recognize their supporters.

Join us to uncover actionable insights and practical tools that will transform your nonprofit’s impact reporting, build stronger donor relationships, and drive your mission forward.

Key Takeaways:

1. Impact Report Score: Find out your Impact Report Score as a tool to evaluate and improve your impact reporting practices, helping you identify strengths and areas for enhancement.

2. Practical Tools and Examples: Receive practical marketing and communication tools, templates, and real-world examples to implement these steps in your organization, ensuring immediate application and benefits.

3. Engagement Strategies: Develop effective digital engagement strategies to maintain donor interest and support, ensuring ongoing contributions and involvement in your cause.

Thousands of nonprofit organizations just like yours have used Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge® to manage tasks like gift entry, acknowledgements, direct response lists, and tax receipting. While Raiser’s Edge is still an excellent fundraising database and CRM, Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® contains a suite of features and functionality that will help you raise more–smarter.

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!

With declining donor counts and changing donor behaviors, Higher Education Annual Giving programs are at a pivotal moment in time.

What are the measures of success for Annual Giving programs in today’s fundraising world?

How can we ready ourselves for the next era of fundraising best practices?

Please join fundraising expert, Michael Van Dyke, as she adds context to data trends emerging from hundreds of institutions. Leveraging data from Fundraiser Performance Management communities, Michael will cover topics including:

• Measures of success in today’s climate of changing donor behaviors
• Reframe the narrative of “bigger gifts and fewer donors”
• Sketch strategy for the rest of FY25 and beyond

This annual giving webinar is an opportunity to find inspiration for the year ahead with insights into the best strategies for the current environment.

Join us for an insightful webinar with Satonya Fair, President and CEO of PEAK Grantmaking, as we delve into the future of philanthropy and grantmaking through the lens of emerging disruptive technologies like AI. This engaging session will explore the transformative potential of AI and other technologies in driving significant changes in the field of philanthropy. Learn about:

• The role of AI in shaping the future of grantmaking and philanthropy.

• Innovative strategies for implementing substantial, disruptive changes to tackle major societal issues.

• Real-world examples of successful technological integration in philanthropy.

This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of how grantmakers can leverage emerging technologies to enhance their impact and drive meaningful change in their communities.

An efficient scholarship review process directly impacts the success and reputation of your institution. A streamlined process will help your organization 1) save time and resources, 2) improve the applicant experience, 3) ensure fairness and consistency, and 4) boost donor confidence.

In this webinar, join our Blackbayd Advisory+ expert to explore how to optimize your scholarship review process using Blackbaud’s Award Management™ software—we will walk through key features such as automated workflows, scoring rubrics, and communication tools that help save time and improve decision-making. Whether you’re managing a large or small scholarship program, this session will equip you with best practices to achieve better outcomes for both applicants and administrators, while simplifying the process for reviewers.

This webinar will address the following learning outcomes:

• Understand how to automate and optimize the scholarship review process using Blackbaud’s Award Management software, saving time and reducing administrative burden
• Learn how to create and manage effective review workflows and scoring rubrics, ensuring fairness and consistency in evaluating scholarship applications
• Gain insights into best practices for reviewer collaboration and communication, enhancing decision-making and improving the overall experience for both reviewers and administrators
• Learn about Blackbaud’s Advisory+, a team of product experts who can help you and your institution unlock the full potential of your software with tailored one-on-one consulting. We’ll discuss the who, why, how, and when behind this offering.

This webinar is ideal for:

– Scholarship program administrators and coordinators looking to streamline their application review processes

– Financial aid officers responsible for managing scholarship distribution

– Development and advancement professionals who oversee donor-funded scholarships

– Review committee members seeking to improve their evaluation efficiency and fairness

– Anyone using or considering Blackbaud’s Award Management software to manage scholarship applications

Join us for a tour of the leading nonprofit CRM software built specifically for fundraisers to power your organization. Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® is proven to increase the number of donors, number of gifts, and total dollars raised.

Get an exclusive look at the tech in action to see how you can:

• 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

As times continue to change and student needs evolve, student access to scholarship funds and cross-functional visibility into your scholarship and award cycle is vital to student success! By taking control of your award cycle, you are able to ensure students are connected to scholarship and award opportunities, more fully utilize available funding, create and unbiased awarding process, and save time on donor impact reporting — all while providing a modern, digital experience for students and stakeholders alike.

Join our upcoming webinar to uncover how Blackbaud’s Award Management and Stewardship Management systems can help you save time and optimize operations across the board.

A lot has changed in the digital fundraising landscape and Blackbaud’s Online Giving capabilities are there to help.

Learn from SJ Consulting and Blackbaud experts how to take your online giving and email engagement to the next level in Raiser’s Edge NXT®.

In the for- and nonprofit worlds, finance has often been seen as at best a cost center, and at worst—a drag on growth or big ideas. The good news? This assessment is falling by the wayside as the CFO takes a long-overdue seat at the strategy table and plays a crucial role in conversations about growth, investment, and sustaining long-term success.

In this live webinar with Stephanie Skryzowski, CFO and Founder of 100 Degrees Consulting, we’ll dive into essential tools and frameworks for assessing program performance, optimizing resources, and expanding funding sources to scale your organization’s impact. Whether your organization is looking to enhance its current work or unlock new growth opportunities, this session will provide actionable insights to drive smarter decision-making and help you—and your organization—leave a lasting legacy.

Learning Objectives

• Knowing how to assess the ROI of your current programs and initiatives
• Uncovering strategies to diversify and scale your funding streams
• Understanding how to create a roadmap for growth that aligns with your mission, strengthens financial health, and sets your organization up for long-term success.

   

CPE Information

• Format: Group Internet-Based Program
• Program Sponsor: Blackbaud
• Knowledge Level: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Update, or Overview
• Cost: Free
• Credit Provided: One (1)
• Prerequisites: None
• Field of Study: Information Technology
•  Instructor’s Bio and Credentials
• Blackbaud is a registered sponsor of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors—a program offered by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). This registry recognizes that our continuing professional education for accountants meets nationally recognized standards.