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Platforms break open!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Here’s a quick overview of both initiatives. apps out there.

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Integration of CRM and CMS

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The user doesn’t seem to notice or care as long as they are comforted by a familiar template. The challenge is to design a template that travels well and can be easily and consistently updated (when our organization moved, I had 5 different footers to update).