Judi Sohn

MARCH 4, 2011

If you've been following my site for a while, you know I blog a lot (when I blog at all) about Salesforce and Convio Common Ground. Friday, March 11, 2011 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Eastern Time). Most nonprofits know they need an information system, but may not know how to find a good system or what to look for in a system.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

FarmingFirst has also done a nice job packing a lot of information into a small space with some dynamic code. Oh, and: Convio has a new " Online Fundraising Guide ", too. Want to make your email templates bullet proof (like Neo at the end of The Matrix , since we're getting all metaphorical about code)? They make learning fun!

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2011

So for the the third year, thanks to the generous support of Convio, we're going to provide up to 57 scholarships to this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington DC, March 17-19. Convio is matching donations dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $10,000. > Apply for a scholarship to the 2011 NTC.

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2012

That takes staying in touch with your donors all year, cultivating and deepening your relationships with them, and making sure your supporters have the information that inspires them to donate. So how did you do in 2011? Use that information to deliver the content most relevant to them. Segment Your List.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

What could be better than a fabulous organization getting recognized for the important work they do by the entire Convio community during our recent Convio Summit in Baltimore ? They’re frequent consumers of Convio’s Community resources and they're are stars of the DC Convio User's Group, too.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2012

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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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

At Blackbaud, Dennis has managed the Strategic Services Practice, comprised of consultants in Business Analytics, Design & Information Architecture, Deployment Services and Agency Services. Since joining Care2 in 2011, Ashley has strategized with many nonprofits on the most effective way to engage with Care2''s members.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2011

It feels good to be back in Texas after an action-packed Convio Summit in Baltimore last week! In case you missed it, we also unveiled our brand new 2011 Peer-to-Peer Event Benchmarking paper, and talked through how to use data to inform your event strategy. Author: Noel Beebe. Howdy folks!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 19, 2012

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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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2011

They make copying and pasting URLs unnecessary and the Convio team is all about ‘em! So when folks are out and about, they can quickly and easily access that information. In fact, my colleague Jonathan just posted something yesterday on this here blog about this fancy pants topic. Check it !

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 26, 2012

You want to know how other organizations fundraising programs performed in 2011. The report that will come out in early April will give you statistically significant and comprehensive findings that you can leverage to make informed decisions for your organization.

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Care2

JULY 22, 2011

Email reading on mobile devices rose 81% from October, 2010, to April, 2011. Chances are good that you don’t have clear information on which email clients your subscribers are using to read your messages. They may be able to dig it up and if this information isn’t available then push for them to add this reporting.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2011

There is also some nice information in the article about app usage and how it varies by type of phone/operating system (OS). Convio even has an iPhone app for our Summit! Right now the 2010 version is available, and the 2011 version is coming soon. Author: Sally Heaven. 36% of U.S. The smartphone revolution is already here.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2011

Last week, Gartner “the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company” issued a press release around the results of a worldwide survey of CIO’s in the commercial sector. The survey identified cloud computing as the top technology priority for CIOs in 2011. It’s cool.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Reprinted from Feb/Mar 2011 issue of Convio Connection : interview with Dave Hart, Chief Technology Officer, Convio. At the highest level, it means the individual wants to see as much information as possible about the organization’s constituents – either individually, by segments, or as a whole.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2012

Mobile Web platform : In some cases, your current Content Management System (CMS) may be able to detect what type of device your site visitors are using and render your content accordingly (as is the case with Convio CMS). For example, Humane Society saw that number grow from 7 percent to 16 percent during 2011.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2011

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. And not to mention, they won Organization of the Year by DMANF !

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

I’m back from Dreamforce 2011 , trying to process everything I saw and learned. That means that approximately 60% are using other applications such as Convio Common Ground or Luminate, the old template, Affinaquest , Outreach Suite or any number of combinations. On a personal level, this was the best Dreamforce yet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

If you choose to hard-code your own mobile website, the standard width for a mobile website (as of 2011) is 320 pixels. They’re looking for news and campaign updates, not detailed information about your nonprofit’s history, programs, mission, and values. Limit the Use of Images. Make sure that it links to your mobile website home page.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

The Revolutions Were Tweeted: Visualizing Prominent Information Flows during the Tunisia and Egypt Revolutions – This is a very cool visualization from danah boyd pulling together twitter accounts and displaying tweets, reactions, and much more. Well, non-profit consultancy Convio begs to differ. Any others you'd add?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Whether for a campaign, an appeal, or an organization's main web presence, I think 2014 will see organizations focus their online content on specific actions or messages, pulling back from the clutter or information overload." As online tools and information become increasing available to non-statisticians. " Beth Kanter.

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