Nonprofit Trends is a blog by Steve MacLaughlin and covers a wide range of topics around the nonprofit sector.

Steve MacLaughlin is the Director of Internet Solutions at Blackbaud and is responsible for leading how the company provides online solutions for its clients.

Steve has spent more than 15 years building successful online initiatives with a broad range of Fortune 500 firms, government and educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations across the world.

He is a frequent speaker at conferences and events including the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Direct Marketing Fundraisers Association (DMFA), Institute of Fundraising, National Association of Independent School (NAIS), Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), and other nonprofit organizations.

Steve serves on the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) Board of Directors and supports its focus on both the growth and professionalism of the nonprofit technology field as well as building knowledge and information sharing capacity throughout the sector.

He is a frequent blogger and writer whose ideas and opinions have appeared in numerous nonprofit sector publications. Steve authored a chapter in the book People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities, and is a co-editor for Internet Management for Nonprofits: Strategies, Tools & Trade Secrets.

Steve earned both his undergraduate degree and a Master of Science degree in Interactive Media from Indiana University.

IN THE NEWS

• Charitable Giving Goes High Tech, Boston Globe, December 22, 2011
• Unusual Trend in Holiday Giving, NBC4 Los Angeles, December 10, 2011
• Fundraise.com to Streamline Giving, Sign Presidential Campaigns, Bloomberg, July 15, 2011
• Online donations catch on nationwide, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 24, 2011
• Online Giving: A Larger Piece of the Fundraising Pie, FundRaising Success, February 2011
• Three Nonprofit Predictions for 2011, Philanthropy Journal, January 2011
• 25 Most Charitable Cities, The Daily Beast, December 9, 2010
• A Facebook Founder Begins a Social Network Focused on Charities, New York Times, November 30, 2010
• Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes officially launches Jumo, social network for social activism, Los Angeles Times, November 29, 2010
• These gift cards are for charitable giving, Los Angeles Times, November 7, 2010
• Risky December 31 Deadline for Year-End Fund Raising, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, October 27, 2010
• Giving inches up overall, surges online, Philanthropy Journal, October 27, 2010
• The Future (and a Little History) of Network Neutrality, NTEN Blog, October 7, 2010
• Latest Trends in Online Fundraising, NTEN Blog, September 9, 2010
• The Five Pillars of Online, Civil Society IT, August 2010
• Are You Counting or Are You Measuring?, Fundraising Success, May 2010

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