Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. Yesterday, James Young and myself had the opportunity to present to packed house of nonprofit organizations on social media at Convio Summit. Over 100 nonprofit professionals packed in (literally) to learn, discuss and brainstorm on how nonprofits can set up a full-fledged social media strategies - from setting objectives and measuring success to deciding on what tactics to use and of course, selling the use of social media to management.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Author: Lacey Kruger. Just coming out of the Homepage Design Slam session at the Summit, I wanted to provide a brief recap for those who couldn’t make it. Don Roach, our Art Director, and I led the session and got some great (and brave) volunteers to project their homepages and subject them to constructive critiques from their peers. Each volunteer got a party favor in the form of a large Post-It tablet sheet listing some quick fixes they can consider to optimize their homepages.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Author: Sally Heaven. Several organizations who use Convio's Advocacy product had a stimulating discussion yesterday here at the Convio Summit about online advocacy and what the future of the field is going to look like. Oversimplifying, I'd say that people fell into two camps: Traditional Online Advocacy - where a constituent sends an electronic communication to the decision maker, who is often a legislator.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Author: Gene Austin. My “batteries” are almost back to 100 percent after the Convio Summit. What a fantastic week with our clients and partners. I mentioned in my “chat” with the crowd at the opening session that the innovation in the Convio client base is 10x what it was just a few years ago. Our clients are truly setting the pace for how the NP sector is engaging supporters and constituents in new ways.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Author: Tad Druart. I'm honored to share this space today with Stephen Hafner of HEP Development Services. Stephen shares some insight and ideas - and an offer - around matching gifts. "Every year as we approach the end of the year and holiday giving season, millions of Americans give to charities hoping to have a positive impact on the communities where they live and work.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Author: Lacey Kruger. What a great start to the Summit! Gilbert’s speech this morning was so inspiring – what an amazing person he is. You can read about Gilbert on his web site. The first session I attended this morning after the keynote was “No Really, Show me the money!” about merchandised giving. Molly Brooksbank from Convio showed some awesome examples of virtual gift stores and products to begin brainstorming sessions for clients who may be thinking about starting a

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Author: Tad Druart. With the Holiday Giving season ramping and the recession having a negative impact on donations, charities are expanding their eCommerce offerings to better meet consumer’s needs. We are finalizing research into the holiday giving plans of consumers, but preliminary data show that 61% of online consumers plan to give online this year, up from 51% last year – that’s more than 106 million Americans giving online in the last 4 weeks of the year.

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