Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Lots of people have already weighed in on Blackbaud’s purchase of Convio (two of my favorites: [link] and [link] ). Idealware’s Consumer’s Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems reviewed 30 systems, the majority of which don’t come from Convio or Blackbaud. Here my perspective. I’m more concerned about the top end of the market.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 30, 2012

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. Any BB staff or CG consultants care to chime in?). I'm surprised that things turned out this way.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 15, 2017

Some of the best advice I’ve seen on this came from technology consultant TJ Griffin. I also pointed my client to an old article from Convio called Switching Payment Processors: Assessing the Impact on Your Sustainer Program and suggested the following steps: 1.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 26, 2009

Care2’s Allyson Kapin just published an analysis of Convio’s online fundraising study (which I mentioned earlier this week ). But in particular, check out the advice from online marketing consultant Katy O’Neal about how nonprofits should focus their marketing and engagement efforts.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2009

My friend and fellow consultant John Kenyon is fond of saying that, after people, data is an organization’s most important asset. NOTE: This post is part of a collaborative effort organized by Convio. Yet many organizations don’t pay enough attention to the care and feeding of their databases. And run backups religiously.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

Compton Fundraising Consultants. Willow Mountain Consulting. Lieberman Consulting Group. Clif Graves Consulting. SunGard Higher Education. BasicFunder. Benefactor. Campaign Management Systems. Havey & Associates. Three Rivers Systems. Church Contribution System. Vian Corporation. Common Grouns. communitEbuilder.

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