Careers - Company - Blackbaud When was a last time that a day at the office was accompanied by the satisfaction of knowing that you did something to change the world? For us at Blackbaud Pacific, that’s an average day. We’re developing the solutions that help not for profits focus on what they do best; whether that’s saving the environment, educating children or solving the world’s major health concerns. And while we are working to enable the success of over 330+ customer organisations, we are enabling the success of our company and our people. We are committed to developing the careers of our employees, in all professions, through learning and mentoring programs. And we do it all in an environment that values teamwork, diversity and philanthropy. Is it possible to change the world and grow your career at the same time? Are you looking to find a job at an organisation using Blackbaud products? CRM Consultant CRM Solutions Engineer CRM Technical Consultant Customer Support Analyst Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
Champion the #childrenofsyria The 60 Minute Plan for Increasing Your Fundraising by 100% this Year A number of years ago, while serving as the Executive Director of a non-profit, I faced a crisis. I had come on board 4 months before and could tell the ship was sinking. Most of the staff was gone, the bookkeeping was a mess, reports weren’t filed. Luckily, we had a small reserve of annual funds in the bank, and so I spent those four months getting the organization upright again… focusing on hiring, accounting, legal and other pressing issues. But now that those fires were put out, I faced the real problem. I needed a plan. Shutting Out Distractions I told the staff I was going to be indisposed for the next hour or so. I pulled out a pad of paper and a pen. My 15/15/30 Planning Split I decided that I was going to stay in that office for 60 minutes and walk out with a clear strategy for what needed to be done. For 15 minutes, I wouldn’t write anything down. It was hard. But I did it. The Aftermath The result of this exercise was momentous. Does your non-profit need a big picture plan?
Happiness Increases From Giving When There's A Social Connection, Study Shows Giving makes us feel happy, and giving to someone we actually know makes us even happier, a new study suggests. New research published in the Journal of Happiness and Development shows that social giving -- where you're giving to a person who you know, or your giving leads to a social connection -- seems to foster more emotional benefits than giving without the social aspect. "While additional factors other than social connection likely influence the happiness gained from pro-social spending, our findings suggest that putting the social in pro-social is one way to transform good deeds into good feelings," the team concludes. The study included three different experiments. However, some of the participants were randomly assigned to the "high-social connection" condition, where the research assistant conducting the study told them that they had a friend who was part of ACTS who had just gotten back from Africa, and that the money was being raised on the friend's behalf. Also on HuffPost:
Q&A: Jon Miller and Lucy Parker on Big Business Driving Social Change | TechnoServe - Business Solutions to Poverty Jon Miller and Lucy Parker are the authors of the new book, “Everybody’s Business,” which explores the role that big companies can play in tackling major global challenges. As part of their research for the book, they visited Uganda and met farmers participating in Project Nurture, a partnership between The Coca-Cola Company, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and TechnoServe that aims to help more than 50,000 small-scale mango and passion fruit farmers in Kenya and Uganda double their fruit incomes. Below, Jon and Lucy discuss their experiences in Uganda and why they decided to donate royalties from the book to TechnoServe. Read a sample chapter of the book and buy “Everybody’s Business" on Amazon. Q: How did you decide to write this book? Jon Miller and Lucy Parker: You only need to scan the headlines in an average month to know that the relationship between “big business” and society is pretty dysfunctional. Q: What stood out to you about the farmer groups you visited in Uganda?
UpliftingProj : @EAAG_Africa Happy Saturday! How To Plan & Manage Your Next Project | Crowdvance Blog So your boss comes up to you one day and says “Hey, we need to get students using our awesome fundraising platform. Let’s create a program that lets them do just that.” That kind of seems like a lot, and that’s where we were at Crowdvance just this past summer. Where do you even start? Here are a few things I learned about managing a big project that might apply to your non-profit’s next big thing… Set Measurable Goals What do you want your super awesome initiative to accomplish? When we set out to start the Crowdvance Ambassador Program (#CVAP13) in August, we determined that we wanted students to use the Crowdvance platform. Well, that’s a justification, not a goal. Find out what the conclusion of your initiative is before it’s even a thing. Set a Timeline Once you know what your initiative has to accomplish in measurable terms, you need to set a timeline that works for you, your company, and your clients (donors? Look at the Big Picture Learn and Adapt Now Get Out There And Conquer…
How To Increase Employee Engagement Through Volunteering Employee engagement is lower than ever, and this negative state of mind can do material damage to your business and seriously impact your company’s bottom line – something we’ve covered in-depth in our recent infographic, The High Cost of Unhappy Employees. With statistics like these, employers simply can’t afford to turn a blind eye towards disengaged employees – rather, they need to take steps to actively raise engagement within their workforce. One lesser-known but extremely effective mechanism for boosting employee engagement is through company volunteer initiatives. The big question is – if you spend the time and money to create a volunteer program, will your employees actually participate? 93% of employees who volunteer with their company also report being happy with their employer, and 54% of those who are proud of their company’s contributions to society are engaged at work.
Investors' Circle - Our Funding Process Read the process and criteria below, then click here to apply through our online system. Once you successfully submit your entrepreneur application, your enterprise will be: Posted on IC's secure online deal database for our member investors to search and review Included in the next monthly e-newsletter sent to IC's entire member network Considered to present at an upcoming IC Local meeting if there is a local network in your region Considered to present at the next quarterly Beyond the Pitch event and join our IC Entrepreneur Community (see below) If you are invited to present at a Beyond the Pitch event, you will automatcally become a member of the IC Entrepreneur Community. The application fee is $50.The application fee is non-refundable, so we encourage you to carefully consider our criteria before applying. 1. 2. Helpful Tip: Be sure to tell us what’s unique about your company – your “special sauce”. 3. 4. CRITERIA...Is your company a good fit for ic investors?
Media Cause | 5 Steps to Set Up Google Analytics For Nonprofits - Media Cause In order for nonprofit marketing strategies to be successful, it’s essential to keep an eye on analytics to understand what’s working and what’s not. Is your nonprofit using Google Analytics? Or is all your web data going out the window? Google Analytics is a free analytics platform, which tracks online web traffic. It allows you to see where your traffic is coming from, which pages people have visited and whether they stuck around to learn more. Step 1: Sign up for Google Analytics First things first, create a Google Analytics account. 1. 2. This is the most important step to setting up your Google Analytics account. If you’re experiencing any problem, check out Google web tracking support. Step 2: Familiarize yourself with Google Analytics terms When you log in to Google Analytics, you’ll see terms like CTR and bounce rates. The Basics: Concepts in the reportMetrics: CTR, Conversion Rate, Bounce RateTraffic: Direct vs. Step 3: Learn where your traffic is coming from
Why Saving is Not a Luxury Photo: Hand in Hand. Philomena Nduku Mutuku, shop owner and business woman, Matuu, Kenya When World Savings Day was first launched in 1924 the aim was to encourage people to put their savings in a formal bank account rather than ‘under the mattress’ so that they could manage and save their money efficiently. Today, as we celebrate the 79th World Savings Day, half the world’s population, some 2.5 billion adults, still do not have a bank account. Most of those people live in poor, rural areas in developing countries. For instance, here in my native Kenya, just 42% of the population has a bank account - compared to 97% in the UK. Why should this matter? However, if you are poor, living at the margins of society and excluded from financial institutions, can you really save? We often assume the answer is ‘No’, but I speak from personal experience when I say that the answer to these questions is emphatically ‘Yes’. I was born into a poor farming family in central Kenya. Editor's Note:
5 Ways to Build a Year Round Fundraising Community | StayClassy Blog A year-round peer-to-peer fundraising program is a great option for many nonprofits. By allowing supporters to start fundraising at any time, you empower them to raise money around the events in their lives that matter to them. Birthdays, anniversaries, and other life milestones become opportunities to raise funds for your nonprofit. And by connecting events of personal significance with support for your cause, you naturally deepen the relationship you have with supporters. While all of this sounds great, year-round fundraising programs (like most other things in life) don’t automatically succeed. At the end of the day, building a community of individual fundraisers requires marketing effort. 1. Creating a nonprofit blog is an excellent long term strategy for building traffic to your website. According to Hubspot, organizations that increase their total blog content from 11-20 articles to 21-50 articles will, on average, experience a 45% increase in traffic site-wide! 2. 3. 4. 5.
East Africa attracting more venture capital Venture capitalists are increasingly eyeing East Africa for medium and long term investments, transaction advisers said yesterday. Director of transaction and restructuring services at KPMG Kenya Sheel Gill said the region ranked top on agenda of global financial investors who are increasingly looking to diversify their investments or exit mature markets. Foreign Direct Investments into the EAC, she said, averages Sh4.35 trillion ($50 billion) a year with Kenya getting the lion’s share. The share of private equity is however minimal at about 13 per cent for 2012, she said, projecting it to grow to 50 per cent in five years. “Most of the FDI inflows are usually by strategic investors mainly well established global brands but financial investors are increasingly getting interested,” she said. She said wholesale and retail, financial services and the oil and gas sectors are promising areas for venture capitalists in coming years.