News and Resources
Multi-Vendor Partnerships
Points of Practice - Multi-Vendor Partnerships In the October 2016 issue of Bentz Whaley Flessner's Points of Practice, author Jason Boley describes how organizations are turning to multi-vendor partnerships to address how fundraising operations have grown...
From "Science Project" to Real Value
Forbes contributor Jason Bloomberg recently wrote about big data themes emerging from the Strata+Hadoop World conference, held at the end of September in New York. The conference bills itself as a deep dive into emerging techniques and technologies between cutting...
NFL Data Visualization
Love football and the NFL? What about data visualization? Check out a map that shows NFL fans across the country. There are a couple interesting teams that span huge, different sections of the country (Dallas, Pittsburgh) and also teams that dominate particular...
5 Tips for Successful Campaign Launch Events
Strategic and well-planned faculty/staff campaign launch events can be an incredible way to engage your campus community and spread campaign core messages.
What Can a $23M Drug Bust Teach Us About Predictive Modeling?
At the end of August, news broke about a record-setting drug bust in Australia that caught world-wide attention. Three Canadians were allegedly caught trying to smuggle $23M worth of cocaine (about 200lbs!) into Australia via a cruise ship they had been traveling on....
Maximizing Volunteer Impact
Ask any development office what they’d like more of, and the answer is probably time and money. Maximizing volunteer impact can help create more of both. Not only are volunteers key to helping your organization with outreach and impact, but they can also be some of...
New Tricks Used to Follow Digital Footprint in Browsers
Chances are you know you’re being tracked online. Most of us are at the point where we’re not surprised when an ad for something we searched for on one site appears on the next site we visit. We know that many pages (yes, this one you’re reading, too) drop cookies and...
Preparing Your Program for the Growing Chinese Prospect Base
Bentz Whaley Flessner offers strategies on building development programs to strengthen relationships and increase giving from Chinese constituencies.
The Evolving Role of Analytics and the Analyst
In its 7th annual fundraising analytics survey, BWF reveals the evolving role of analytics and the analyst.
Analytics: Not Just for Prospecting
A great evolution in the application of data science to development that is taking place. Analytics is a catalyst of a broader transformation in the core business model of fundraising, providing insight into the operating methodology, practical applications for increasing return on investment, and perspective on the relative benefits of organizational modification.
Introducing BWF Insight
Bentz Whaley Flessner is pleased to announce a new consolidated division providing services in prospect development and analytics—BWF Insight. After ten years of success, BWF is retiring the name of its analytics practice, Donorcast, and combining forces with its...
2016 Fundraising Analytics Survey Infographic
Check out the 2016 Fundraising Analytics Survey Infographic!
Metrics That Really Work
After many years of analyzing nonprofits going into campaigns, we’ve seen three primary drivers for achieving substantial increases in production. Simply put these are who we see, how we see them, and who sees them. In other words portfolio composition for the...
Happy “Independents” Day
Moving from Great to Exceptional
Prospect development teams have grown in complexity and scope over the years. BWF outlines challenges for development teams and opportunities to address them in this article.