Webinars

During this session, we will describe Regions Hospital Foundation’s utilization of various Blackbaud analytics solutions and ResearchPoint™, along with how each data set flows in order to realize fundraising ROI.

Whether you have the Grateful Patient Solution, ProspectPoint® predictive modeling, Affluence Insight™ predictive analytics and/or a ResearchPoint software subscription, we will go over how your organization can develop a process for managing all the data outside of and within Raiser’s Edge® and Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®.

We’ll discuss specific workflows the foundation has developed, and cover the data you can measure to calculate ROI as well as how to tweak the process over time as opportunities and challenges arise.

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.

From application to award – and all of the steps in between, the industry’s leading scholarship management platform designed for higher education institutions and foundations will propel your award season forward. Blackbaud Award Management is purpose built to help you drive awarding success, ensuring you are connecting students with valuable scholarship dollars allowing you to maximize available funds while saving valuable time on administrative tasks.

During this product tour, you’ll discover:

• Efficiencies in the Review process
• Functionality to identify best-fit candidates to award
• Dynamic scoring capabilities
• Flexible awarding capabilities tailored to fit your needs
• Transparency into funds to monitor utilization and spending commitments

Changes are happening quickly and reverberating throughout philanthropy. While grantmakers may not be able to be anticipate every need in a changing landscape, funders do have an obligation to their mission, especially in times of uncertainty.

Join us for a timely webinar, designed specifically for leaders in grantmaking organizations, to explore the critical role of funders during periods of significant policy change. This panel discussion will highlight the current state of the changes and provide strategic guidance on how to navigate these shifts effectively.

Featuring Kristina Wertz, Vice President of External Affairs at GEO, and Daniel Alberttis, Social Impact Strategist and Managing Director for Advisory Services at Quantum Impact, the webinar will delve into the urgent need for grantmakers to stay rooted in their communities while moving swiftly to address the emerging challenges affecting the philanthropic sector.

Don’t miss this chance to equip yourself with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate policy shifts and drive meaningful change. Register now to secure your spot!

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.

• The Heart of Fundraising- Building Genuine Relationships February 27, 2025 Rediscover the age-old secret to successful fundraising: authentic relationships! In this engaging session, we’ll dive into the emotional triggers that inspire giving, explore smart strategies for deepening donor connections, and show how the right technology can amplify your efforts. Join us to learn how empathy and trust can transform your fundraising in 2025.

Join us for a free webinar with Andrew J. Troup, Head of Giving & Engagement at Blackbaud, and Devon Ayer, Vice President, Programs, Strategy & Business Development at Imagine Canada, where we will delve into the key findings of a recent Imagine Canada research report that surveyed over 900 professionals from Canadian charities and nonprofits regarding their perspectives on corporate social impact.

This session will help you better understand and support nonprofit needs, cultivate trust-based partnerships, and align corporate actions with community impact goals.

Key takeaways include:

• Understanding nonprofit perceptions of the corporate sector (including how these vary by sub-sector) and how to build trust.
• Exploring aspirations and expectations nonprofits have from corporate partners.
• Effective strategies for fostering high levels of community understanding.
• The importance of long-term commitments and unrestricted funding.
• Promoting equitable practices and learning from community leaders.

Whether you are a corporate social impact professional, nonprofit partner, or community leader, this webinar offers valuable insights and practical methods for enhancing collaborative efforts towards driving social good. Register to hear more about how we can bridge perspectives and create lasting, impactful partnerships.

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

Tomorrow looks different. And we need to look different too. Generative AI is transforming the technical landscape. It is estimated that 30% of hours worked today will be automated by 2030 and that the number of occupational transitions will accelerate by an additional 12 million in that time frame. High-performing organizations are not only focusing on the technology, but also on reskilling and upskilling their workforce to evolve as Generative AI evolves. In this webinar, we will explore ways to engage in Generative AI innovation, from ideating and experimenting to implementing and enabling. Empowering your employees to view your innovation approach as Generative AI by employees rather than for employees helps you future-proof your talent while driving impact to business value.

In this session, you will:

• Learn the pillars of responsible AI
• Take away a rapid experimentation framework
• Discover the value in opening AI experimentation opportunities to your entire organization

Explore the entire Skills UP 2025 series and register for all sessions

This webinar will identify key text messaging trends from the Q4 giving season and 2024 to help you maximize your 2025 texting campaigns.

We’ll cover recent industry data, highlight high-performing nonprofit texting campaigns and give you ideas to raise more money and retain more donors in 2025.

Do you want to strengthen your annual giving program’s results, but aren’t sure where to start? Evaluating how you segment your current and prospective donors may be the first step.

Join Steph McCluskey as she reveals how to utilize Blackbaud’s Data Intelligence products to effectively segment your direct communication efforts to maximize your fundraising results and donor engagement. Learn how you can use Blackbaud solutions to create a stronger approach to segmenting and messaging.

Learning Outcomes:

• Discover how to use data insights—through Blackbaud solutions—to build a fundraising program focused on meeting your annual giving goals
• Hear how to design an annual giving program that effectively utilizes predictive modeling resources
• Determine how you can take a planful approach to segmentation that works for your organization’s goals

Join us for a live tour of Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT and Blackbaud Grantmaking. Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT is made to drive your fundraising efforts, connect your organization, and help you reach, retain and empower your supporters. 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.

Accurate financial reporting is critical for maintaining compliance, ensuring transparency, and making informed decisions for your organization. In this webinar, you’ll get an introduction to Blackbaud Advisory+ and how our dedicated team of product experts can help you streamline your financial reporting process and ensure accuracy, so that you get the most out of Financial Edge NXT.

Our experts will cover:

• Best practices for leveraging the latest Financial Edge NXT features

• Strategies to improve data integrity and reduce errors

• How to align your reporting process with organizational goals

• Tips for simplifying audits and maintaining compliance

• Tools and workflows to optimize your reporting efficiency

Join us to gain actionable insights that will empower your organization to achieve accurate and reliable financial reporting this year and beyond.

Who should attend? This webinar is intended for customers currently using Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT.