See3

DECEMBER 2, 2009

At the 2009 Convio Summit, Michael Hoffman was joined by Ramya Raghavan of the YouTube Nonprofit Program and David Neff of American Cancer Society for a session about online video. Session description: This session will cover how using videos to tell stories and drive support can be an effective strategy for nonprofit organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits September 19, 2008 Here are a few interesting tidbits that have come my way over the course of the last few days There is a new online fundraising platform, founded by an ex-Convio person.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

It’s likely going to be another long one, so for those of you who just want it short and bittersweet, here it is: I will be leaving Fight Colorectal Cancer at the end of this year to join Convio’s Common Ground team. It has nothing whatsoever to do with my faith in the organization or my satisfaction with where things are heading.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

In case you hadn't heard , Convio is sponsoring 50 NTEN memberships to nonprofits nominated in their NPHero contest. Thanks, Convio! Peter Campbell writes a compelling post on the Idealware blog about the updated metrics that GuideStar, Charity Navigator, and other organizations recently announced. Jordan Viator explains.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

Actually, I didn’t use the Battlestar Galactica expletive , I used the one you’re more familiar with. :-) Convio is launching the new application , built on top of the Force.com platform. Of course, the proof will be in the pudding – we’ll find out over time how this app works, and whether organizations like it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

.&# It takes aim at Convio’s recent benchmarking study. To their credit Convio asks this question on their blog : “Should organizations like Convio, and Giving USA continue to offer these sorts of insights to the nonprofit community, or is this simply self-serving marketing fluff?&# What do you think?

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Care2

MARCH 14, 2011

Today, Convio released the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Index Study. This annual report analyzes the online fundraising performance of approximately 600 nonprofits that used the Convio platform in 2010. The study also provides data for organizations based on size of email file. In 2010, Convio clients raised $1.3

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2009

In early January, Convio asked a group of nonprofit technology bloggers to suggest New Year's resolutions for nonprofits ( TechSoup Blog was one of the participants ). In addition, they asked people to post resolutions on Convio's Connection Café blog. Tags: Running Your Organization.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 20, 2010

Recession, market turmoil, troubled economy — these words got a lot of air time in 2009. We have all felt the impact of the economy over the past year, especially nonprofit organizations that worried about their ability to fundraise in such challenging times. percent in 2009. Author: Jill Ward. And rightfully so!

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Donors hate feeling like cash machines.”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

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. Convio has, seemingly, gotten some serious Web 2.0 apps out there.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Convio has built a Facebook application builder as part of their Open initiative. For organizations on the Convio platform, the Facebook application is a no-brainer and a HUGE improvement from Causes. It will be interesting to see how many organizations roll this out in the coming months and to track the success with it.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". Convio says knowing your audience is key because the online tools you choose to use must align with the technical capabilities of your audience.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

Reading the news in early January, I came across a few “Top 5” and “Top 10” lists for a variety of topics tied to 2009. These individual snapshots of what transpired over the past twelve months along with the Convio Resolutions Guide got my wheels turning. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Social Media.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

Convio is getting into some interesting territory these days. They have released two studies, one on the “wired wealthy&# and another which is a “nonprofit benchmark index&# study – basically providing some benchmarks for organizations to measure themselves against, traffic, email newsletter click through rates, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Are the means that progressive organizations use to reach their ends truly in line with their mission? Consolidation among vendors means that some customers will be dealing with different (and larger, potentially less friendly) entities. But a few more people will have a lot more money in their bank accounts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Are the means that progressive organizations use to reach their ends truly in line with their mission? Consolidation among vendors means that some customers will be dealing with different (and larger, potentially less friendly) entities. But a few more people will have a lot more money in their bank accounts.

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Forum One

APRIL 20, 2010

But have you ever wondered how you compare to other organizations? To help with this, Convio has released their Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study , which shares 2009 data from over 500 of their clients. Seventy percent of organizations raised more than they did the previous year. percent ( sign up for our newsletter here!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Jordan Viator, of Connection Café Hundreds if not thousands of online tools are available to help nonprofit organizations with online communication. What tools do you think will be the best and easiest for nonprofits to use in 2009? File Sharing. User Experience. guest blogging nptech.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

James Young, writing on Convio’s newish blog, Connection Cafe , talks about how to find, and create, influencers. at 4:17 pm We are finding that to stand out there has to be something that provides and opportunity for the organization to be remembered. Their answer: they may well be losing ground. What are “influencers?&#

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2010

Despite these challenges, I became one of the organization’s top fundraisers in Northern California that year. (I Thanks to the Internet and innovative companies like Convio, the world of fundraising has been transformed since then. And who better to push them along than the organization behind the event! The 5/50 rule.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Alan Cooke, Convio. More than $250 million was raised online for Haitian relief efforts in the first 21 days after the quake through Convio powered emails, websites, and other campaigns (up from approximately $120 million in the same period during Katrina). To get your invitation visit [link].).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Finally, Organizer’s Database is open source, but written on top of a proprietary platform (Microsoft Access). CiviCRM was first in satisfaction, SugarCRM, Organizer’s Database, and Democracy in Action were 3rd, 4th, and 5th, respectively. Satisfaction with Convio, Kintera and Blackbaud all trailed these top 4 tools.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2009

Today is Blog for Choice Day 2009 , an event organized by NARAL Pro-Choice America. This is the fourth annual such event and is meant to organize pro-choice bloggers to write about choice, raise the profile of reproductive rights, and educate their readers about the issue. binds the members more tightly to the organization.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2009

" Convio released a report ranking the highest online-donating cities in 2008 and 2009 year-to-date. The good news is that, according to Convio's tracking, this year should still see increased total online donations over last year, despite the down economy. Avencia ranked in the 2009 Inc. 500|5000 list.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

The organization wants to capture the demographic details, as well as make sure that data is synchronized with the data they might already have on that web user, so they can track their constituents over time. at 12:59 am @sudha My organization is getting ready to launch a Drupal site with deep Salesforce.com integration.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2009

With 3-hour workshops this year, attendees were able to not only hear speakers present on useful applications, but were able to work hand-in-hand with other attendees to brainstorm, write plans, fill out personal worksheets to help their organization and walk away with a real source of help when they return to the office.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Meg Murphy, Convio. [Ed. Last year, Convio clients raised more than $777 million online and 2009 looks to be even better. Organizations of all sizes can get into the game, you just need a playbook. In 2008, Convio pioneered a new program called Convio Go!™ You can read all the details here. ].

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2009

Despite the tough economic times, it seems the community is really excited about the 2009 NTC. But not everyone is able to convince their organizations to make the investment in this time of tough choices. Thanks to Convio , we're going to be able to waive the registration fees for up to 57 attendees. Donate Airline Miles.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How do you determine which technology, or set of technologies, will be best suited to your organization? Here are just two examples from organizations that I found to be most successful and effective. It was to serve as the kickoff for Red House 2009 and was hosted by a board member. How do you appropriately implement them?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

First off, a tip o’ the hat to NTEN for organizing this, the participants of the panel for an interesting conversation, and Mark Bolgiano from the Council on Foundations for awesome moderation. Also, basically, what made an API "open" was that it was free to use, and well documented. In fact, they are the future.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

That’s the conclusion of the 2011 Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study, which evaluated the results of nearly 600 nonprofit organizations that use Convio's software. In 2010, Convio’s clients raised more than $1.3 billion online, up 40 percent from 2009.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2009

Coming up from April 26-28, NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference (or NTC) 2009, is the go-to event every year for nonprofit professionals. Tags: Tech Planning Consultants Training Running Your Organization Services. From panels, plenaries, and presentations (oh my!)

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2011

The ranking comes from 273 cities with total population of more than 100,000 based on per capita online giving and total amount donated online through Convio’s online marketing and fundraising suite. The average online gift size increased from $62 in 2009 to $65 in 2010. Ann Arbor, MI. Minneapolis, MN. Could that piece be bigger?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

Despite the tough economic times, it seems the community is really excited about the 2009 NTC. But I know that in trying to recruit some panelists, that not everyone is able to convince their organizations to make the investment in professional development, especially when travel and training can be easily chopped from a budget.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

Back in the day – you know, 2009 – we had to search these things out. If LinkedIn remains as mysterious to you as it does to us, Event360 has compiled some great tips on using LinkedIn to promote your organization. Oh, and: Convio has a new " Online Fundraising Guide ", too. Keep them coming. They make learning fun!

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