Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2010

You may have heard that back in April, Convio released our 2010 report on nonprofit fundraising. Following up on Amber’s post yesterday , you’ll want to start by monitoring your web site traffic and fundraising statistics. Author: Lacey Kruger. Watch an interview with Vinay about the report here.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

While I'm definitely looking ahead to longer days, azaleas, and tulips, from a fundraising perspective, I'm still trying to wrap my head around what happened last fall. Luckily, Blackbaud issued the 2010 Online Giving Report last week. billion in total fundraising. of total fundraising now comes from online giving.

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Fundraising Disaster Haiti DC 68

Care2

MARCH 14, 2011

&# It’s a good question and hard to answer, especially if your online fundraising program is new and you have little data. Today, Convio released the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Index Study. In short, Convio has sliced and diced the data to make it easier for online leaders (like you!) Key Findings: 1.

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Raise Money Online Convio 75

Care2

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

You’re in luck because Convio recently released their report on the 273 most generous cities across the United States. Convio analyzed cities with total population of more than 100,000 based on per capita online giving and the total amount donated through the Convio platform. Ever wonder how charitable your city is?

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St. Louis San Francisco Arlington Seattle 77

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

In preparation for your end-of-year campaigns, NTEN has devoted September to talking about fundraising. I thought I'd do my part with a few of 2010's best resources (so far). You can find a more recent update that focuses on the Facebook fundraising efforts of the Red Cross since Haiti on Inside Facebook. Oh, you don't?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2012

Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for fundraisers this year? Based on the rock solid fundraising performance by Convio clients, I’m hopeful of what’s to come in 2012. Overall, Convio clients raised 17 percent more online in the last three months of 2011 than in 2010.

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Fundraising Phase Conservancy Convio 36

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

Is this a bad thing? Myspace is going with OpenID ! That’s a great step. There are some other interesting moves outlined in that great post by Marshall Kirpatrick, my currently favorite ReadWriteWeb blogger Android for the masses, iPhone for the rich? More on that in a later post. {

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Care2

DECEMBER 1, 2010

According to 2010 Holiday Giving: Research and Insights into the Most Charitable Time of the Year by Convio and Edge Research, 74% of adults plan to give this holiday season a total of $48 billion in donations. Here are Convio’s tips for getting ready to capitalize on the generosity of consumers around the holiday season.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 It doesn’t really change anything.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 It doesn’t really change anything.

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Open Source Convio Nonprofit Hype 100

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

" The Next Generation of American Giving – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – Here is a great guest post from Jocelyn Harmon on the Care2 Frogloop blog: "“Our donors are aging-out.&# “We need to attract younger donors.&# “We need to be on Facebook.&# And, how do you do it?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

" 'Online fundraising will change everything' – Third Sector – "Azadi Sheridan, the chair of the Institute of Fundraising's Technology Special Interest Group, tells David Ainsworth why donor 'churn and burn' won't work in the future.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Meg Murphy, Convio. [Ed. "I don’t have enough resources to do online fundraising and marketing", and. "I’m not sure I can afford to invest in online fundraising. "I’m not sure I can afford to invest in online fundraising." In 2008, Convio pioneered a new program called Convio Go!™

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2011

At the Convio Summit earlier this month, we honored The American Heart Association (AHA) with an Innovator Award for the Best Team Event for their Youth Market Events, Jump Rope For Heart and Hoops For Heart ! 84% of students gave the online fundraising tools favorable ratings (“liked it” or “liked it a lot”).

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Associations Convio Student Registration 48

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Amy VanWyngarden, Convio. Peer-to-peer fundraising events are growing in popularity - and rightfully so! Although registration is typically limited due to capacity constraints, these events can prove to be lucrative fundraisers for nonprofits. This strong affinity motivates these individuals to fundraise.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2010

Last week at the 47th Annual Association of Fundraising Professionals Conference in Baltimore, online fundraising and outreach was a key issue covered throughout the event and the topic of social media was more popular than ever to this group of fundraising pros. Author: Jordan Viator. Do you really want to do this? -

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Much has changed with regard to fundraising and “friendraising” during the 12 years I have been a professional fundraiser, the most obvious being the use of technology. The fundraising piece does often come – just at a later date.). Fundraising Events. Adrienne D. And how do you check results? www.karma411.com.

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Campaign New York City Community Build 65

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. Marketing and Fundraising Ideas tells us about how not to ask for a major gift. Next week, the Carnival is being hosted at A Small Change – Fundraising Blog. { What are “influencers?&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

Vinay Bhagat of Convio was given the 2012 Care2 Impact Prize for his outstanding impact in online advocacy and fundraising. Annie Leonard, the Story of Stuff, was the recipient. Several individuals in the nonprofit technology community were recognized.

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Conference Technology NTC Minneapolis 96

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2010

The New Year has officially begun, and it’s the perfect time to reflect on the year past, or for most people, look forward to see what resolutions and initiatives can be planned to make the new 2010 better than 2009. Increase fundraising for participant-led events. Use social media to reach the next generation of supporters.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2010

Convio released their 2010 Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study in March, based on results from nearly 500 clients. As Convio found, average gift size declined. Tags: Donors Fundraising News Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Running Your Organization.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2010

If there’s one topic that’s near and dear to my heart in the nonprofit world, it’s participant fundraising. Back then, fundraising was different. Despite these challenges, I became one of the organization’s top fundraisers in Northern California that year. (I First a little background information.

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Care2

MAY 6, 2010

• Wondering how to best segment donors by age to achieve greater fundraising success? Join us for Show Me The Money: Reaching Donors Across Generations , a joint webinar by Convio and Care2 on May 25th at 2PM to build on the new report of the same name by Convio, Edge Research and SeaChange Strategies.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? The Science Fair doors will open at 3 pm on April 8, 2010 at the OMNI Hotel in Atlanta. Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. Convio in booths 107 & 108.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? The Science Fair doors will open at 3 pm on April 8, 2010 at the OMNI Hotel in Atlanta. Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. Convio in booths 107 & 108.

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Free Ipod NTC Atlanta 90

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. Minneapolis, MN. Could that piece be bigger?

St. Louis 34

St. Louis America San Francisco Arlington 34

AFP Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

CharityVillage Research: Benchmark Study Shows Online’s Strength : "Web-based fundraising is coming of age. 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.

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Benchmark Studies Research Convio 24

Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2011

Convio wants to help you. Download and put our " Be Prepared When Your Mission Calls " rapid response fundraising guide to work for you. This information was originally posted by Convio's Molly Brooksbank in March of 2010. Author: Kent Gilliam. Read Molly's post.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

The CRM is Salesforce, the CMS and Web Publish System is Drupal and then we have to determine the Donation Managment System (Convio, Blacbkaud) or do we create custom donation forms and use a 3rd party? But so far Convio on top of Salesforce is the only publicly visible player in that space. What’s involved in this?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Kintera uses something proprietary, as well as Convio. I believe eTapestry runs on a database package called Versant. Constant Contact (a SaaS provider of email delivery) uses IBM DB2. I absolutely agree with your call for more openness. Non Profits should never feel that their data is being held hostage.

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Open Source Open API Software 100

Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2011

Guest blog alert: Donna from Charity Dynamics (a Convio Solution Provider ) is sharing an real-life example of how integrated marketing and fundraising helped a nonprofit increase online revenue by more than 100%. A couple of weeks ago I shared some insights on integrating online and offline fundraising channels for strong results.

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America Results Volunteer Offline 24

Connection Cafe

JULY 20, 2010

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. With a brighter outlook ahead , nonprofits - especially those with organized fundraising programs - can hope to bring in even more dollars in 2010.

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Benchmark Convio Report Foundation 30

Care2

JULY 22, 2011

Email goes direct to the inbox, our online strategy metrics are led by terms like open rate and clickthroughs, and online fundraising campaigns depend on email marketing. Email reading on mobile devices rose 81% from October, 2010, to April, 2011. 2000 - 2010. Today, “mobile&# is receiving lots of attention. iPhone/iPad.

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Mobile email Strategy gMail 77

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 10, 2011

Offering sustainers the ability to be excluded from all but the most urgent fundraising asks can be attractive. And speaking of sustainers, mark your calendar now for the Convio Summit - October 3-5 in Baltimore - because David Glass from World Wildlife Fund is going to be presenting a session again this year on sustainers.

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Pledge Baltimore Gift Convio 48

See3

JANUARY 23, 2008

They have used the web to fundraise for these spots. The page is their standard fundraising page (the kind you get with services such as Convio or Kintera). Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! They are no strangers to using video either.

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Video Action Kintera Contest 40

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2011

Third-party fundraising sites : The next generation of social media for social good has arrived. Consider the benefits and challenges of third-party and social giving sites before integrating them into your fundraising plan. Here’s what to keep your eye on for the coming year.

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Integration Convio Trend Mobile 29

Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

I pressed all these tabling skills into service over the last two weeks when I attended both the Non-Profit Technology Conference in DC and the Association for Fundraising Professionals Conference in Chicago. Learn more about the way we did this at Convio’s 2010 Summit here.

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