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Blackbaud Announces Product Roadmap Updates, Key Convio Integration Milestones
CHARLESTON, S.C. --(Business Wire)--
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB),
the leading global provider of software and services to the nonprofit
sector, continues to improve offerings with product roadmap updates,
product enhancements, and key product integrations following the Convio
acquisition.
"The past few months have been exciting as we refine our product plans,
release new product enhancements, and continue to move forward with the
integration of Convio," said Jana Eggers, Blackbaud's senior vice
president, products and marketing. "Our ultimate goal is to be very
deliberate and comprehensive with the products and services we deliver
to nonprofit organizations to ensure they can focus on their missions,
rather than technology."
Eggers continued, "With the recent product enhancements and roadmap
updates shared at the bbcon
conference this past month, we are excited about the expanding
opportunities to help nonprofits succeed."
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Watch
the recording of Jana's Blackbaud product roadmap overview from
bbcon, Blackbaud's conference for nonprofits
Major product/service enhancements and business milestones include:
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Fundraising -
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The Raiser's Edge®: Since its
launch less than two months ago, more than 2000 organizations and
nearly 6000 individuals are using The
Raiser's Edge mobile application.
The mobile application helps users identify frequently visited
constituents as Favorites to access records quickly; access key
constituent information like giving history, notes, actions and
relationships; enter, edit or use voice recognition to record
Actions and Notes following a visit; and check the Giving
dashboard daily for a quick view of all recent gifts and YTD
giving totals.
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eTapestry®: eTapestry
has received a brand new look and feel with user interface
enhancements that include usability and visual design upgrades;
Account Summary Report has been added that lists all interactions
with a given constituent; and the dashboard has been upgraded,
including campaign performance, favorite queries/reports and
support resources.
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Financial - version 7.84 of The Financial Edge™ will
be generally available on November 26 and features negative
distributions in accounts payable, line item descriptions on accounts
payable invoices, and improved bank reconciliation reporting.
Blackbaud Strategic Benchmarking is also now available as a
subscription offering, allowing nonprofit organizations to compare
their financial performance to peers.
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Convio Integration - The roadmap updates covered
at bbcon were the largest milestone reached for the integration in
the last few months. Integration between Blackbaud and Convio products
continues to meet project milestones on schedule: Luminate™
Online and The Raiser's Edge, as well Luminate and Blackbaud Merchant
Services ™ integrations will both be available in
the first quarter of 2013.
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Analytics - Target
Analytics Fundraising Essentials™ was introduced for
The Raiser's Edge, offering easy-to-use database segmentation for key
areas of annual and major giving; NOZAsearch™
was enhnced with a new user interface and new subscription access
plans for $99 a month; and Connection
360™ was released allowing nonprofit organizations to
connect with their specific prospects and donors whenever and wherever
they are online.
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CRM - Recent
updates to Blackbaud CRM™ include enhancements
to help users save time and more efficiently manage constituent
relationships; completely redesigned prospect and research management
capabilities allowing quicker and easier access to key wealth and
modeling data; centralized events management and enhanced data lists
with advanced filtering tools; and other new data management features.
Luminate™ CRM updates include list builder
enhancements, as well as automated pledge recalculation and improved
data merge capabilities.
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Interactive - Since its launch in late September, more than 700
events are using Fundraise with Friends™, a mobile
application powered by Blackbaud
Sphere™ designed to equip individuals with mobile tools
to fundraise for events they are participating in. Additional
Blackbaud Sphere product updates include: a streamlined implementation
process, making it much easier for customers to get up and running on
Friends Asking Friends; a new set of event templates with a new look
for greeting, team and personal pages; and social sign-on and social
share upgrades for Friends Asking Friends, greatly enhancing the way
participants utilize their social networks to fundraise. Blackbaud
NetCommunity™ enhancements include a redesign to the
editor allowing users to easily manage content across all areas, as
well as cut and paste content from Word/HTML.
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Education - Blackbaud
for Small Schools™ now includes a pre-configured best
practice Education Edge database for K-12 schools, making it easier
for customers to get up and running more quickly. Additionally, donorCentrics™
dashboard for higher education institutions provides an in-depth
analysis of constituents' giving behavior through an intuitive visual
interface, making it easier than ever to analyze program performance
and donor behavior.
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Arts and Culture - With the latest release of The
Patron Edge™ and The
Patron Edge Online™, organizations can now take
advantage of new reports to make better business decisions. Plus,
nonprofits can consider a transition to Blackbaud Merchant Services
for managing credit card transactions for both the back office and
online, and take advantage of the single sign-on functionality
associated with Blackbaud NetCommunity and The Patron Edge Online.
For more information about Blackbaud solutions and services, visit www.blackbaud.com.
About Blackbaud
Serving the nonprofit and education sectors for 30 years, Blackbaud
(NASDAQ: BLKB) combines technology and expertise to help organizations
achieve their missions. Blackbaud works with more than 27,000 customers
in over 60 countries that support higher education, healthcare, human
services, arts and culture, faith, the environment, independent K-12
education, animal welfare and other charitable causes. The company
offers a full spectrum of cloud-based and on-premise software solutions
and related services for organizations of all sizes including: fundraising,
eMarketing,
advocacy,
constituent
relationship management (CRM), financial
management, payment
services, analytics
and vertical-specific solutions. Using Blackbaud technology, these
organizations raise more than $100 billion each year. Recognized as a
top company by Forbes, InformationWeek, and Software Magazine and
honored by Best Places to Work, Blackbaud is headquartered in
Charleston, South Carolina and has operations in the United States,
Australia, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For
more information, visit www.blackbaud.com.
Forward-looking Statements
Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations,
and assumptions contained in this news release are forward-looking
statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Although
Blackbaud attempts to be accurate in making these forward-looking
statements, it is possible that future circumstances might differ from
the assumptions on which such statements are based. In addition, other
important factors that could cause results to differ materially include
the following: general economic risks; uncertainty regarding increased
business and renewals from existing customers; continued success in
sales growth; management of integration of acquired companies and other
risks associated with acquisitions; risks associated with successful
implementation of multiple integrated software products; the ability to
attract and retain key personnel; risks related to our dividend policy
and share repurchase program, including potential limitations on our
ability to grow and the possibility that we might discontinue payment of
dividends; risks relating to restrictions imposed by the credit
facility; risks associated with management of growth; lengthy sales and
implementation cycles, particularly in larger organization;
technological changes that make our products and services less
competitive; and the other risk factors set forth from time to time in
the SEC (News - Alert) filings for Blackbaud, copies of which are available free of
charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov
or upon request from Blackbaud's investor relations department. All
Blackbaud product names appearing herein are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Blackbaud, Inc.
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