Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2011

Where should they be prioritized in your nonprofit’s integrated marketing strategy? 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. Consistency through a variety of channels will be your key to success.

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JULY 21, 2011

Today, every constituent can and should be engaged through multiple channels so that both the organization and the individual get the most out of the relationship,” said Vinay Bhagat, founder and chief strategy officer of Convio. “In Determining how to manage this within an organization is non-trivial but has significant payoffs."

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 9, 2011

the online marketers are conferencing. Conferences are a great way to meet other Convio users, gain best practices, and think creatively about online marketing. some of us from Convio in the coming months (including yours truly!). This conference is NEXT WEEK in Austin, Texas (corporate home of the Convio mothership ).

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JANUARY 21, 2012

But this doesn’t happen by magic – people donate money to your organization because they feel a connection to your organization and the issues you work on. So how did you do in 2011? They believe in what you do. Is it time to make some resolutions for 2012, so you can raise more money in 2012?

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JUNE 21, 2013

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success. How Do You Measure Up?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2012

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. What made CWF’s 2011 year-end campaign so special and why do you think it performed so well?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2012

Today, the NRC, Nonprofit Research Collaborative , of which Convio is a member, announced the results of our spring survey. In 2011, over half of all the nonprofit organizations surveyed in both the U.S. and Canada saw increases in contributions. In fact, the results indicate that this is the first increase seen in the U.S.

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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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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2012

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. Promise Me : The story of how Susan G.

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

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2012

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. Since we’re a very email heavy culture at Convio (what office isn’t?)

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MARCH 16, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference kicks off tomorrow and one of the key elements to Community Day is the Science Fair. Demo participants are eligible to receive up to 4 free iPads® if their organization purchases ClientTrack by July 31, 2011. The Science Fair isn't like a typical conference exhibit hall.

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JULY 22, 2011

For most organizations, the heart and soul of communications is the email list. 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.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2011

Does your organization have a strategy? 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!

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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. It doesn’t matter if I’m talking to an executive director, a CIO, or a director of development – they all want more insight into how their organization interacts with its constituents.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2011

The following post is by Sheetal Persaud at hjc New Media , a Convio partner in Canada. Whatever size of organization you work for, the chances are you could use some branding. Too many organizations spend a lot of money renting prospect lists. Author: Guest Blogger. Thanks for contributing Sheetal! Stewardship.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2012

In part 1 of Mobilize Those Mobile Eyes , I wrote about the different facets of the mobile channel that your organization can use to engage your constituents. 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).

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2011

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. Author: Misty McLaughlin.

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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%. The initial test doubled the number of text gifts to the organization. Author: Cheryl Black. What were the results?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2011

Now he's sharing the story, strategy and why he thinks some organizations aren't having the social media success they want. 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.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2011

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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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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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 25, 2012

Almost every day I see some sort of “These cities made the top 10 because … they are the greatest places to live, they have the most active lifestyles for singles, they raise the most organic chickens,” and so on. Not surprisingly, the top 10 cities didn’t change much year over year from 2010 to 2011.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2013

Our analytics team looked at Convio Luminate Online email performance data from 2009-2011 to identify trends for organizations to enhance their existing year-end fundraising efforts. But given the magnitude of year-end, and necessary planning, how can organizations replicate this success throughout the year?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

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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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2011

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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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2013

So Chas Offut told us back in April when he and Dennis McCarthy presented a sneak peek of the Blackbaud 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. Website traffic is down and website conversion rates are stagnant – yet online fundraising continues double-digit growth.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We lead off with Amy Sample Ward who is the executive director of NTEN , the big membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals. She is one of our great online community organizers. He got the NTEN Award IN 2011. He is known in NPTechland as one of the great ones who has helped many organizations.

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