I’m not joking when I say not a week goes by that I don’t mention Blackbaud. Either online or in conversations, I doubt they know what an evangelist that have in little me – but I’m serious when I say this is the Rolls Royce of donor management and CRM services. Just last week, I left a comment on Fred Wilson’s blog about Blackbaud when he wrote about his need for a service targeting family CRM. Since Blacklabud was the first system I used when I started in development and fundraising, it’s been hard to use other services. I was then thrilled to see that they have a Twitter contest/giveaway going on for their upcoming nonprofit conference happening in Washington DC in October.

I’m hoping to attend, let me know if you’ll be there! In the meantime, enter their contest today. It closes on the 31st so there isn’t much time left.

You can win one of four free registrations to Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits with the Blackbaud INSPIRE Tweetaway! They are giving away free passes to four nonprofit professionals that participate in the Blackbaud INSPIRE Tweetaway.

So, how do you win?

1. Follow Blackbaud on Twitter.

2. Tweet how you inspire supporters with social media by @replying Blackbaud on Twitter and tagging it #BBSocial.

3. Eligible participants who work at a 501c3 organization can enter daily for a chance to win – the contest will run from August 16 at 9 a.m. ET to August 30 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The winners will be announced on August 31.

My tweet from today:
@blackbaud I create conversation online and build microsites to help drive fundraising campaigns around disaster relief. #bbsocial


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Other cool resources from Blackbaud:

• www.blackbaud.com/resources is a great place for nonprofits to get access to free white papers, reports, latest news, statistics, current trends, new tools, and more.
• The Blackbaud Index reports on monthly giving trends – both on-and-offline for the largest sample set in the industry.
• Our Industry experts, whom you may also see on Blackbaud TV, are experienced in their field many also have blogs– which are also great resources to subscribe to.
• ProspectResearch.com is also a new resource Blackbaud just launched in July, with current topics in prospect research.