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Steve MacLaughlin (born 1975) is an American online fundraising expert, speaker, and contributing author to several books dealing with the nonprofit sector.

Early Life
Steve graduated from Indiana University in 1997 with a BA in political science and English. During his undergraduate days he had early experiments on the Web that garnered mentions in Yahoo! Internet Life magazine and Rolling Stone. Steve later earned a Master of Science degree in Interactive Media from Indiana University.

Career
Steve was a co-founder of Expidant, an interactive agency that produced successful online initiatives for Procter & Gamble, NCAA, Eli Lilly, Finish Line, Dow AgroSciences, Masco Corporation, and Thomson Multimedia. Several of these online sites went on to win industry acclaim and awards.

In 2001, Steve worked at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis on the development of the self-assessment for the re-accreditation of a university based entirely on the Web. He also taught a course on "Fundamentals of Managing Internet Development Projects" at Indiana University. After joining Blackbaud in 2004, Steve spent time growing Blackbaud's interactive services group and later had product management responsibilities for the company's Internet product lines. Steve serves on the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise 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.

In 2010, Steve became a winner of Charleston SC's Forty Under 40 award.

Speaking
Steve is a frequent speaker at events including the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), American Marketing Association (AMA) , Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation (DMA) , Giving Institute Summer Symposium, Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN) , Institute of Fundraising National Convention, Civil Society Congres , Resource Alliance’s Fundraising Online , and a keynote speaker at such events as the Crescendo Practical Planned Giving Conference.

Featured Expert
Steve has been featured as a fundraising and nonprofit expert in many mainstream publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post , The Los Angeles Times , The Boston Globe , The Chronicle of Philanthropy , USA Today , and Bloomberg.

Original Articles
Steve has had original articles featured in many publications, including Philanthropy Journal, Fundraising Success Magazine , and Civil Society , and has appeared on NPR.

Published Reports
MacLaughlin has been an author and contributor to several reports including the 2011 Online Giving Report. Several media outlets used this report as the basis for stories about online giving trends, including slowing growth. The 2012 Charitable Giving Report examined overall giving trends in the United States. The report noted that charitable giving was up only 1.7% in 2012 and there was speculation that tax increases influenced giving.

Published Books
In 2010, Wiley published a book Steve co-authored called Internet Management for Nonprofits: Strategies, Tools and Trade Secrets. In 2007, Steve served as a contributing author in Wiley's book People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0.