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JANUARY 17, 2012

Author: Cheryl Black. In no particular order, here they are, 12 in 2012: books that nonprofit/marketing/fundraising nerds like us should give a gander. Includes a chapter by Dennis McCarthy, Convio’s Vice President of Strategy and Organizational Practice. ” By Chip Bell, Summit 2011 keynote speaker.

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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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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. In fact, sometimes the marketing team not so secretly refers to blog team management as “herding cats. Image from wodongatafe.wordpress.com. Good question!

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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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MAY 5, 2011

Author: Sally Heaven. But consider this: when developing an app, iPhone and Android operating systems have the majority of market share, so in order to reach as wide an audience as possible, you'll really be developing two apps, one for each OS. Convio even has an iPhone app for our Summit! 36% of U.S.

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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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JULY 7, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. The following post is by Sheetal Persaud at hjc New Media , a Convio partner in Canada. The 2011 Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Study shows that online advocacy files are an area of rapid growth, with almost 20% average list growth from last year. Thanks for contributing Sheetal!

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APRIL 7, 2011

Author: Jill Ward. Reprinted from Feb/Mar 2011 issue of Convio Connection : interview with Dave Hart, Chief Technology Officer, Convio. For simplicity sake, let’s group the needs into three main categories: online marketing, constituent relationship management, and integrated marketing.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. In part 2, I will wrap-up my takeaways from the Nonprofit Mobile Day event I recently attended, presented by the Direct Marketing Association’s Nonprofit Federation (DMANF). For example, Humane Society saw that number grow from 7 percent to 16 percent during 2011.

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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%. If ever there was a doubt in your mind about the multichannel approach, this will dispel it.

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MAY 20, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. Three months into my gig, I created, launched, and marketed GSSEM's first Facebook Page. Convio recently contacted me to write about my social media successes, particularly within the realms of online engagement. Second, it's 2011. GSSEM was not one of them. We had no Facebook presence whatsoever.

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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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AUGUST 23, 2011

Author: Blair Naylor. Now along with this emotive accomplishment and many others throughout 2011, the DMA Nonprofit Federation is naming HRC the 2011 recipient of its prestigious Nonprofit Organization of the Year Award. Has demonstrated innovative direct marketing techniques.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Author: Karoline McLaughlin. Not surprisingly, the top 10 cities didn’t change much year over year from 2010 to 2011. Our report ranks the 273 cities with total population of more than 100,000 based on per capita online giving and total amount donated through Convio’s online marketing and fundraising suites.

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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. I love surveys. Writing them, participating (if they’re not too long), reading the final reports, discussing the findings, analyzing the trends, etc. client results.

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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. When Cheryl and I first started talking about topics for this post we discussed that there’s a lot of interest in integrated marketing. Thanks for contributing Donna!

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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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