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DECEMBER 3, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. If you didn't have the chance to hear Gilbert Tuhabonye speak firsthand, here's a short interview with him on Nonprofit Live TV , as well as a link to his organization's site - Gilbert's Gazelles. Nonprofit Live TV. A heart-felt and truly amazing keynote speaker.

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JULY 16, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. And with such impressive growth in the world on online fundraising, nonprofit organizations are realizing the power of the Internet more and more with each passing day and looking for best practices to help leverage the Internet to raise funds.

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APRIL 9, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. If you currently work in a nonprofit organization, or the corporate world for that matter, you've no doubt had a conversation in the past year about "generational differences" today. How likely is someone in Generation X going to donate to my organization? My main takeaway?

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. Working with the folks over at NTEN , we decided the nonprofit community itself should be empowered to recognize the people of their choice to win none other than a membership to the best nonprofit technology organization around, The Nonprofit Technology Network!

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JANUARY 8, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. And what about you – do you see your organization’s resolutions listed above or do you have another New Year focus area we should add to the list? Share any feedback you can with the community to make sure we all help each other stay committed, focused and successful in 2010.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. These individual snapshots of what transpired over the past twelve months along with the Convio Resolutions Guide got my wheels turning. In most cases, there’s little point trying to start from scratch if somebody else is out there doing something for your organization already.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. In less than a week, nonprofits using Convio systems have raised over $100 million through email appeals, websites and social media outreach and many other organizations are raising record amounts. In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing.

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AUGUST 28, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. My good friend Jordan did a write up about it on Convio's blog. Here are my tips for organizing a successful tweetup: 1. Use TWTvite to organize RSVPs and help spread the word on Twitter. Mashable also has some great suggestions on how to organize a successful tweetup.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. It's no secret by now that social media is hot topic with nonprofit organizations, and quickly the topic of social media measurement is becoming a common conversation thread across the community. Guest Post: Measuring Social Media with Multichannel Integration and Meaningful Metrics.

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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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