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Blackbaud Partners to Offer Ticketing for Performing Arts

Blackbaud announced that it is now offering Standing Room Only (SRO), a web-delivered ticketing solution by TopTix, designed to help performing arts organizations enhance the customer experience and optimize ticketing operations. Read more...

CEO Chardon to Leave Blackabaud

BlackbaudThis story is cross posted from our sister site Bob Scott's Insights.

CEO Marc Chardon will leave Blackbaud at the end of 2013 or earlier if the company can find a successor. According to the official statement from the Charleston, S.C.-based nonprofit vendor "Following his departure, Mr. Chardon intends to pursue business interests advising and investing in technology start-ups and devote more time to the philanthropic community."

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UK Charity Gets Closer To Users Through Big Data

Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud company, today announced that it has been selected by Action for Children to help the organization tackle big data challenges and scale up its IT infrastructure on demand.

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Grant Awarded For Program Aimed At Domestic Violence Prevention

The Verizon Foundation presented a $20,000 grant to the One Place Family Justice Center last night to support an initiative aimed at engaging and empowering men to speak out against domestic violence. Read more...

4imprint e-book Showcases 103 Ways to Use Promotional Products

From dog-training videos on promotional USB drives to encouraging the purchase of fresh fruits and veggies with branded wood coins at a farmers market, organizations are continually finding inventive new ways to use promotional products. That's why promotional products retailer 4imprint released a new e-book debuting 103 creative ways of using promotional items.

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LW Robbins President Named Achievement Award Recipient

Lynn S. Edmonds, President of LW Robbins, a direct marketing fundraising industry leader, has been named the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) Nonprofit Federation 2013 Max Hart Nonprofit Achievement Award Recipient.

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Social Sector Ventures Invests in Affinaquest

Affinaquest, the nonprofit donor management system built on the salesforce.com platform, announced today that it has received growth capital from Social Sector Ventures. The new capital will be used to expand its product functionality and support services, as well as sales and marketing activities to meet the rapidly growing interest from the nonprofit community.

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MyFight Fights Poverty in Third World Countries via Microfinance Loans

MyFight, a Montana-based nonprofit, is helping fight poverty in underdeveloped nations by empowering women to sustain and expand their rural community businesses through microfinance loans, so that they can support themselves and their families.

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Charitable Giving Up 1.7% in November and Online Giving Up 13.3%

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving, a broad-based fundraising index that reports overall giving trends of 3,039 US-based nonprofit organizations representing $7.9 billion in yearly giving on a monthly basis, today reported that charitable giving increased 1.7% for the three months ending November 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving, comprised of actual revenue data from 1,984 nonprofits representing $373 million in yearly online giving, reported that online giving rose 13.3% for the three months ending November 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011.

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Shoppers Can Earn Points Towards Charitable Donations

An innovative experience™ application on the battery-powered Dynamics ePlate™ credit card device will be launched nationwide today by Amnesty International USA and Dynamics Inc., allowing users to donate instantly to the life-saving human rights cause with each purchase, while earning reward points toward music, exclusive events, contests and giveaways.
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