Predictive Analytics in Nonprofit Fundraising
Channel: The DRIVE/conference
Date: 2014-03-19

We've seen an explosion of data science in recent years.  Across every sector, the top companies and organizations pull ever forward by incorporating predictive analytics and business intelligence.  Although analytics is hardly new to the nonprofit sector, the many innovations have opened many new possibilities.  In this session, Josh Birkholz, Author of Fundraising Analytics will present the many proven and experimental applications of data science for today's nonprofit.

Joshua M. Birkholz the author of the sought-after book, Fundraising Analytics: Using Data to Guide Strategy, is a principal at Bentz Whaley Flessner and founder of the analytics service, DonorCast. He has built predictive analytics programs, streamlined fundraising infrastructure, and ushered organizational change for leading non-profits in higher education, healthcare, and human services throughout the world. He is widely regarded as a leading innovator in 21st-century development strategies.