Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2011

Downtime may be hard to come by with SXSWi , NTC and AFP International activity this week, but just in case you have a few minutes to burn waiting for a flight, train or a panel to start, I’m arming you with some exhilarating reading material — the Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index Study.

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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.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2009

Allyson Kapin, Editor-In-Chief ‘Tis the season for benchmark studies. In that spirit, Convio released their comprehensive online marketing study today that looked at close to 600 nonprofit organizations’ online marketing results and compiled benchmarks for evaluating fundraising, email, advocacy, and marketing success online.

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Care2

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.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Overall, the nonprofit online landscape looks good.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Check out the full study here.

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Care2

MARCH 14, 2011

One of the key questions I get from nonprofits is, “How much money should we be raising online?&# Today, Convio released the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Index Study. This annual report analyzes the online fundraising performance of approximately 600 nonprofits that used the Convio platform in 2010.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 5, 2010

Convio released their 2010 Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study in March, based on results from nearly 500 clients. 69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less. 69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less.

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Check out the full study here.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2010

You may have heard that back in April, Convio released our 2010 report on nonprofit fundraising. We publish these reports annually and they are powerful tools to help you evaluate how your nonprofit stacks up against other, similar organizations. Author: Lacey Kruger. Watch an interview with Vinay about the report here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits May 19, 2008 There are some really interesting tidbits of stuff out there. It’s titled “ Benchmarking With a Warped Stick.&# What do you think? Time will tell. {

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AFP Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

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

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Convio debuts online marketing benchmark report for nonprofits: "Convio, a provider of online constituent relationship management solutions for nonprofits, has created an online marketing benchmark report to assist nonprofit organizations in creating online marketing programs that aim to maximize results.The online report includes a discussion of key (..)

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Yesterday, James Young and myself had the opportunity to present to packed house of nonprofit organizations on social media at Convio Summit. The attendees had fun reaching under their chairs to see what they had "won" -aka - their new, fake nonprofit they had to brainstorm a social media strategy for during the workshop.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Use of Convios multi-lingual tools helped CI reach out to both English and Spanish speakers.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ” Care2 congratulates these four organizations, too.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits April 17, 2008 I guess because I’m a blogger, I get these interesting tidbits in my mailbox. Convio is getting into some interesting territory these days. It looks very promising.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Convio has no plan to discontinue the GetActive platform.

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Forum One

APRIL 20, 2010

But have you ever wondered how you compare to other organizations? To help with this, Convio has released their Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study , which shares 2009 data from over 500 of their clients. Seventy percent of organizations raised more than they did the previous year. percent clicked on a link.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Its great to see the proliferation of APIs in the for-profit world, but what about nonprofits?

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Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" However, a study by Convio provides some hope in the form of online donations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2010

Convio released their 2010 Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study in March, based on results from nearly 500 clients. 69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less. 69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less.

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

After working on over 400 nonprofit email recruitment campaigns, and helping clients plan successful recruitment strategies, I’ve realized that most nonprofits don''t send nearly enough standalone fundraising appeals. In short, more good emails = more revenue. If you break that down, it''s two per month, on average.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Benchmarks let us know how we perform compared to our event fundraising peers. Metrics and benchmarks can be our guides to whether your efforts at creating a great experience for participants are paying off. Many of these metrics describe participant behavior and organization. Retain as many people as you can. Related Posts.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" To use this calculator simply enter the data from your organization. And we should.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" To use this calculator simply enter the data from your organization. And we should.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2011

It's probably the easiest calculation you can make that still produces valuable information for your organization. Every e-mail marketer worth her salt knows how to calculate an overall messaging open rate: messages opened ÷ messages delivered. Just bear in mind that almost every industry survey will report slightly different numbers.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2013

Get ready for some great insights from a marketer that has a passion for engaging the nonprofit community and Blackbaud customers. — —. So what’s an organization to do? According to the 2012 Convio Benchmark report, an email address is worth the $12.92 in annual donations for your organization. Create a spark!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Need ideas to turn your resolutions into reality?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Any nonprofit seeking to recruit online supporters should rightly be concerned with the ultimate value derived from such supporters. The second calculator shows benchmark values from a recent study so that you can compare the performance of your names with those of other organizations working in the same field. And we should.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Media Genius View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: nonprofit socialmedia ). Here are my slides from the Convio " Social Media for Social Good " for tomorrow. The webinar is sold out, but the folks at Convio are making the recording available if you sign up.

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NTEN

MARCH 27, 2009

Flickr: bensheldon Allyson Kapin summarizes some key findings from Convio 's 2009 Online Marketing Benchmark Inex Study , and cites some analysis by Superstar NTEN member Robert Weiner. Ramya Raghavan announced the new call-to-action video overlay for YouTube nonprofit partners. What can an over-lay do, you ask?

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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. Since 1992, they have expertly worked with nonprofits to bring online and other channels together. Whatever size of organization you work for, the chances are you could use some branding. Author: Guest Blogger. Stewardship.

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Care2

MARCH 27, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Here are a few of the highlights that I took away for nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 20, 2010

We have all felt the impact of the economy over the past year, especially nonprofit organizations that worried about their ability to fundraise in such challenging times. Nonprofits in several verticals experienced increases in giving. So, how did your nonprofit stack up to your peers in 2009? And rightfully so!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The culling, organizing, and assessment of your event data is where the real work happens, and where the real insights emerge. Convio & Event 360 have written about how organizations are making the transition to analytics, and others are beginning to follow this example. Analytics has been a recurring theme this year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by RedRaspu Convio invited me to share my number one New Year's resolution as part of its "Now is the Time" campaign. The goal is to encourage nonprofits to make New Year's resolutions to that help them more efficiently and effectively move people to support their organizations. Why the number 52? Take Breaks.

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