Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others. The findings mirror many of benchmarks in the Convio report. Organizations with smaller list sizes have better response rates. donating money).

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DECEMBER 15, 2011

Author: Emily Goodstein. 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 ? EG for CC: How do you describe your role at the organization to friends at parties? BR for POGO: Action alerts!

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Author: Noah Cooper. Like all of my colleagues here at Convio, I've been humbled by the many organizations who have rushed to the aid of the Haitian people over the past two weeks, raising record-breaking funds for relief efforts and showing how technology can be used to save lives.

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APRIL 14, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. Convio and our community are here to help you make your mailings better, smarter and heck, maybe even cheaper. That allowed folks to see right away that it was a colorful, image-heavy piece from us, an organization they know and trust. –Andrew Buck, Convio. –Watt Hamlett, Convio.

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MARCH 30, 2011

Author: Emily Goodstein. ” Tabling, as defined by an informal survey of several of my favorite organizing buddies, is the act of standing behind or near a table in a conference setting to distribute branded swag, engage with conference attendees, and gather the names and contact information of constituents.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

Author: Emily Goodstein. The organization was celebrating its 40 year anniversary and several very fabulous accomplishments, too. They make copying and pasting URLs unnecessary and the Convio team is all about ‘em! To the Beltway, and Beyond: Advocacy friends, don’t think QR codes are just about the dollars.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Make a calendar – outline all activities you want to share, plan activity that integrates with overall organization messaging and schedule them in advance (tip: make a calendar). 10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Social Media Success View more presentations from Convio.

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JULY 28, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Guest post by Emily Goodstein, Account Manager at Convio. No, I didn’t welcome a new member to my family, but I made a donation to OMB Watch (a Convio client doing amazing work to promote open government, accountability, and citizen participation) as part of their “ Adopt a Wonk ” campaign.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Author: Alan Cooke. He has argued that Mother Theresa was not primarily interested in eliminating poverty, which would have involved muscular advocacy for things like the empowerment of women. Conventional wisdom has always said that nonprofits should focus on either service or advocacy, but not both.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Author: Sally Heaven. Nonprofit organizations have room for improvement here. Nonprofit organizations have room for improvement here. Online advocacy doesn't work in a vacuum - it works best when it's part of a thoughtful integrated campaign that combines offline and online actions.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. Mobile Commons is a Convio partner and they have just launched Mobile Advocate - A new product integrated with Convio Luminate and designed to drive targeted advocacy phone calls from the web or SMS. Integrate your mobile database with Convio other CRM. Build a mobile list now.

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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. Whatever size of organization you work for, the chances are you could use some branding. This goes to show that people like taking advocacy actions. Thanks for contributing Sheetal! Stewardship.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Author: Sally Heaven. I was talking with my pal Michelle Shefter the other day about online advocacy and fundraising. She mentioned a Convio summit session about raising money from your grassroots activists. I’m looking at YOU, grassroots organizers, and YOU, annual giving directors. And right now.

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MAY 25, 2011

Author: Sally Heaven. Michelle let us know that congressional staffers have software to sort identical messages into buckets - and that the Hill prefers that you identify your organization when facilitating citizen comments. What are some other ways that you get your constituents engaged in advocacy?

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Author: Tad Druart. ” I laughed to myself and thought, “Wow, Vinay was on to something when he founded Convio as a 'cloud computing' company eleven years ago.” ” Organizations do not want to invest in infrastructure when they can using the Internet to give their people to access technology and enabled services.

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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. ” Bottom line: If your organization hasn’t invested in creating a mobile presence, but you’re thinking about campaign strategy for 2012, consider putting a mobile website foray at the top of your list.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. 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. They are the folks who interface with the mobile carriers and ensure that your organization ultimately receives the donations.

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MARCH 9, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. And if your organization isn’t thinking about these things, it might just be time to wake up, put on the ol’ bathrobe, and smell the coffee. Text-to-give : enabling your constituents to text a $5 or $10 donation to your organization, paid via their mobile bill. That’s a lot of eyeballs.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Author: Tad Druart. While the economy is having a negative impact, it is also driving innovation as people look for more efficient and effective ways to operate their organizations, to reach and cultivate donors and spread the word about their causes. Technology has changed all that.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How do you determine which technology, or set of technologies, will be best suited to your organization? Here are just two examples from organizations that I found to be most successful and effective. It also posted a host kit online that gave party volunteers the tools they needed to organize a party. Fundraising Events.

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APRIL 5, 2010

Author: Quinn Donovan. So for the fourth year in a row, Convio is proud to provide you the latest copy of our Online Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study with hopefully enough to satisfy every sweet tooth, or hardened online marketer. 61 percent of all organizations saw their average gift drop in 2009. Registration rates dropped.

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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. And not to mention, they won Organization of the Year by DMANF ! New York Public Library.

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MAY 18, 2011

Author: Michelle Shefter. Over the course of our conversation, Boris shared some easy to understand reasons why some online advocacy tactics should be encouraged over others. So, I bring to you this article on the DOs and DON’Ts of conducting online advocacy campaigns. In fact, nothing about faux constituents is wise.).

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. Andrew is a Senior Consultant on the Convio Strategy Team , who has been working to help make Convio clients successful for the past seven years. I wanted to take a moment to recognize one of the recent winners of Convio’s Innovator Awards – the National Partnership for Women and Families.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Guest post by Noel Beebe, Interactive Consultant at Convio. Wouldn’t it be great if it had originated with an organization like Komen , American Cancer Society , or Avon ? If you’re an avid Facebook junkie like me, you probably noticed a lot of “colorful” updates last week.

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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. She also writes for the Stanford Social Innovation Review and she also has one of the most read personal blogs in NPTech. Nicole Wallace.

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JULY 28, 2011

Author: Michelle Shefter. But, since Convio sponsored the report, I had a chance to participate in a Q&A session with CMF and there are several great takeaways from this report that grassroots advocacy organizations can put to good use as they start (or expand) the way that they engage with elected officials via social networks.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Author: Noah Cooper. I'm admittedly not a hardcore "gamer", so I was a little bit nervous when my good friend Joel Bartlett—Director of Marketing for PETA, winner of the 2009 Convio Innovator Award for Advocacy —asked me to moderate a session here at South by Southwest Interactive on "Games for Good".

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