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JANUARY 17, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. Join the conversation by attending Convio’s panel discussion at Social Media Week in NYC or checking out our recap here on Connection Café the week of February 7. Consider how your organization can optimize your website and emails for the best mobile experience. New year, new trends.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Author: Blair Naylor. Convio Summit 2011 kicks off today! Keynote : Don't miss this year's keynote speaker Chip Bell, best-selling author and entrepreneur, today from 9:30-11 a.m. Registration : Have your badge email printed out? Registration : Have your badge email printed out? Convio's personal Geek Squad!

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Author: Jill Ward. 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. ” Example email appeals: 10 days out - thank you message | 1 day left.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Author: Cheryl Black. At Convio Summit last year (that’s right, 2011 is already “last year”) I was asked for tips on managing a blog team. Since we’re a very email heavy culture at Convio (what office isn’t?) Just like we’re email heavy, we’re meeting heavy.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Author: Jill Ward. Congratulations to United Way of Lake County (UWLC) for receiving the 2011 Innovator Award in the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising category! Used Convio Personal Fundraising to allow one UWLC employee to raise money from friends and family; the individual collected $2,000 in 24 hours.

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MAY 4, 2012

Author: Vinay Bhagat. Today, Friday May 4, 2012, is my last day at Convio. In the end I decided to reflect on my favorite quote by Mahatma Gandhi, “be the change you wish to see in the world,” as I feel it encapsulates the Convio story very well. In 2011, an estimated $17 billion was raised online.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Author: Emily Goodstein. Today’s "Behind the Convio Admin Curtain" installment is full of juicy Convio best practices, and even a restaurant recommendation for stellar chocolate chip pancakes right outside Boston. PS—We call ourselves Convions, but I’ll take Convio-ers too!

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

Author: Sally Heaven. What do you get when you cross a bunch of activist Convio employees with some other techie Convio employees and a product manager who is really excited about the new Convio Advocacy API ? A grassroots campaign targeting the CEO of Convio, Gene Austin , of course. Let me explain. versus "Huh?".

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Author: Lacey Kruger. Since consolidating their data into Convio Common Ground, All Hands Volunteers has developed more effective communications. They’ve created multiple fundraising and email campaigns that are personalized for specific segments of their housefile. million in 2011.

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JANUARY 26, 2012

Author: Jill Ward. Surveys, specifically online, get lost in the deluge of work and personal email, texts, Facebook updates, RSS feeds etc. You want to know how other organizations fundraising programs performed in 2011. Getting people to respond to surveys is a hard nut to crack.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Author: Misty McLaughlin. Last week at the Convio Summit, discussions of how to get started with mobile abounded. Despite this, an NTEN survey last year revealed that only 16% of orgs will have invested in a mobile version of their website in 2011, whereas 90% will have an email and social media strategy, and 19% will develop apps.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Author: Sally Heaven. If you follow the news about smartphones, then you might have noticed that in 2011, shipments of smartphones outpaced shipments of PCs. I carried an old-fashioned flip phone for so long that some of my friends at the Convio Summit 2010 made fun of me. Mobile is a growing trend that just won't quit.

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JULY 20, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. I once went through the whole thing to find the email addresses of the aforementioned boyfriend’s friends to invite to them to a surprise birthday party. Fast forward to 2011. Even though I’m the social media “expert” here at Convio , I don’t think I totally get G+ yet.

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JULY 7, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. The following post is by Sheetal Persaud at hjc New Media , a Convio partner in Canada. They may have attended your event, or signed a petition on your behalf, or perhaps just signed up for email from you. Hjc specializes in integrated fundraising, brand building, and campaigning.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. Mobile messaging platform : You will need a technology platform for sending mass text messages to your constituents, in the same way you likely already have a platform for sending mass email messages. This will enable you to do targeted outreach (via email, etc.) to obtain mobile opt-in.

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MAY 27, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. 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%. Check out the graphic, that's an example of an email we sent as part of an integrated campaign.).

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Author: Blair Naylor. We had a lot this year and I wanted to highlight a few throughout 2011 that really stood out ranging from advocacy, social media gone viral, housefile growth to epic multi-channel strategies. Check out the following top 5 client success stories of 2011: RESOLVE. New York Public Library.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Author: Sally Heaven. But don't lose sight of an important piece of your 2011 fundraising strategy that you need to make sure is in place before we kick off the new year: sustaining giving. Keep in mind that folks only get their new card a few weeks before their old one is no longer usable).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Author: Jill Ward. So, I was obviously excited to see the 2011 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report from Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com land in my inbox. Email marketing and websites will be the most important communications tools for nonprofits in 2011, followed by direct mail, in-person events, Facebook, and media relations/PR.

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MAY 6, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. Guest blog alert : The following post was contributed by Donna Wilkins of Charity Dynamics , a Convio Solution Provider. However, it’s really interesting how integrated online and offline marketing has evolved into in 2011. Fast forward to 2011, the age of smartphones, social media and 3D television.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

In 2013, she co-authored Social Change Anytime Everywhere: How to implement online multichannel strategies to spark advocacy, raise money, and engage your community with Allyson Kaplin. She is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media , one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits.

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