Donor Perspectives on AI, Trust, and Transparency
In this episode of The ENGAGE Podcast, host Kate Averett Anderson and Blackbaud research scientist Dr. Laurene Currie discuss new [...]
Stop Losing Members to Renewal Chaos: A Practical Playbook for Building a Reliable Retention Plan
Membership renewals rarely fail because people stop believing in your mission. More often, they fail because of small administrative gaps. [...]
Personalized Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Communications at Scale
Are you rewriting the same peer-to-peer fundraising emails over and over again? You’ve been there before. Your event launches in [...]
Before the Big Ask: How to Use CRM Data to Find and Prioritize Major Gift Prospects
They say timing is everything, but a major gift rarely happens because a fundraiser simply asks at the right moment. [...]
Creative Ways to Generate More Revenue at Your Events
Here are a few options for generating more revenue at your events. [...]
AI in Fundraising: What Donors Actually Want
Your donors may be more ready for AI than you think. When I talk with nonprofit leaders about AI, the [...]
In Your Own Words: Fundraising Strategies that are Working in 2026
At the Blackbaud Institute, we look at the trends through the rear-view mirror. We can tell you where growth is [...]
Phonathon Best Practices for More Confident Donor Outreach
A phonathon gives fundraisers a way to connect donor outreach and engagement with fundraising calls in one coordinated campaign. Meaning, [...]
How to Turn Annual Reports into Donor Engagement Tools
For many nonprofits, annual reports are often treated as a retrospective exercise: an obligation to summarize the past year’s activities [...]
AI-Assisted, Human-Led: The Future of Higher Education Advancement
AI is rapidly removing friction from the day-to-day work of higher ed advancement—streamlining prospect research, prompting next steps, and keeping [...]
