# Blackbaud Europe's new MD introduces new functions

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/05/23/blackbaud-europe039s-new-md-introduces-new-functions/
- Published: 2004-05-23T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Blackbaud Europe, under its new Managing Director Paul Steadman, has introduced
a number of new facilities in its The Raiser’s Edge® fundraising database.**

After taking over from Walter Miller Paul Steadman has led an extensive review of
the organisation and its activities, resulting in changes to strengthen personnel
in key areas and the introduction of enhancements to the services on offer.

One of the major new services is Blackbaud’s Opportunity Assessment which invites
organisations to take advantage of a “free of charge, without-obligation procedure”
which should enable them to identify areas where they could be increasing income
or reducing costs and how The Raiser’s Edge can help them to do this.

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In addition several enhancements have been made to The Raiser’s Edge around its 
regular giving functionality. The new features are designed to make the processing
of regular gifts even easier and make regular giving programmes much more effective.
New tools on offer include specialised import facilities, automated processing of
regular transactions, missed payment monitoring, targeting reports and upgrade tracking.

To coincide with these new features, Blackbaud’s next seminar on 25 June 2004 in
London will focus on the subject of regular giving. Guest speaker David Dixon of
David Dixon Associates will share his experiences of implementing and enhancing 
many regular giving programmes, and attendees will be given the opportunity to see
the new features in The Raiser’s Edge.

For more details on this seminar, or to register, visit Blackbaud Europe’s Web site.

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