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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

Lots of people have already weighed in on Blackbaud’s purchase of Convio (two of my favorites: [link] and [link] ). How) will this affect Blackbaud’s plans for, or ability to build, implement, and support Enterprise CRM? Will Blackbaud continue to develop on both the Salesforce and Infinity platforms? Here my perspective.

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Blackbaud kills off Common Ground

Robert Weiner

Yesterday the news was that Blackbaud had laid off 50 employees it acquired when it bought Convio in May. In what was said to be an unrelated development, they also announced the departure of Gene Austin, the former CEO of Convio. The Blackbaud/Convio staff I spoke with seemed taken aback by this decision.

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Blackbaud – Convio merger expected to close this week

Robert Weiner

The Department of Justice signed off on Blackbaud's acquisition of Convio last week, and it looks like the deal will close this week. Other outside experts I've talked to think Common Ground will get Blackbaud's full support and will be targeted to mid-sized nonprofits. This is just the beginning of the story.

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Blackbaud kills Common Ground: So What?

Robert Weiner

million nonprofits in the U.S. According to the Q&A that Idealware conducted with Blackbaud , approximately 400 nonprofits are using Common Ground. nonprofits. But what about the rest of the nonprofit world? And of course Blackbaud’s competitors are only too happy to capitalize on these fears.).

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GitHub for Good: What Nonprofits Need to Know

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Imagine this scenario: Joe and Alex are both web developers working on a nonprofit’s website who want to may sure they: Do not overwrite each other’s work. The nonprofit has a Github Repository for nonprofitname.org and both developers add their files to the repository. Nonprofits and Nonprofit Technology Companies Using GitHub.

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2012 BBCon – Blackbaud and Convio User Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Blackbaud nonprofit blog. Toward the end of this workshop, we’ll work together to design a co-creation strategy to engage and motivate your online community and evangelists. Related Links : BBCon website.

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Must-Read Reports for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The eight reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. nonprofit research, but I would also like to add similar reports from other countries. 1) 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report :: Download.

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