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Migrating recurring donors to a new system

Robert Weiner

Some of the best advice I’ve seen on this came from technology consultant TJ Griffin. Generally speaking, I wouldn’t look to migrate in this fashion unless you have a significant amount of revenue as it will cost you in both money and staff time as it requires a great degree of oversight and testing.

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Salesforce crossroads

Judi Sohn

At this point, there are two very different paths we can take: the new Nonprofit Starter pack from Salesforce, or Convio Common Ground. The more I think about it, the more I think I need to work with a consultant for the conversion. Convio is currently considering options, with no timeline on a decision. Convio Common Ground.

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Convio Releases Nonprofit Online Marketing Benchmarks Study - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

60) Search « SXSW Panels Offer Key Advice to Nonprofits | Main | GuideStar Study Says Nonprofits Need to be Transparent » Wednesday Mar 25 2009 Convio Releases Nonprofit Online Marketing Benchmarks Study Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 10:02PM | by Allyson Kapin Allyson Kapin, Editor-In-Chief ‘Tis the season for benchmark studies.

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Platforms break open, part II

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I looked over Allan Benamer’s post on the Convio and Kintera initiatives, I looked harder at the Convio Open and Kintera Connect docs, and I also had a chat with some Kintera folk. Allan is right – the Kintera API is more comprehensive, and provides for more flexibility than the Convio API. I have a few comments.

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Innovator Spotlight: TPL

Connection Cafe

The following post is by Dennis McCarthy, Convio's VP of Strategy and Organizational Practice. They had to pull this off in record time with new staff and with a consultant who had just been engaged! Had their supporters been much older I would have split tested telemarketing after the last direct mail effort.

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Mobilize Those Mobile Eyes Again

Connection Cafe

Mobile strategy : From defining goals, to designing for mobile, to developing and executing campaigns, to measuring results, a growing number of digital strategy consultants can be your partner in effectively using the mobile channel. So at the very least, be ready to do some testing to figure out what works for you.

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Convio Common Ground launched!

Judi Sohn

If I knew that I could make the switch from the old Salesforce nonprofit Starter Pack to Convio Common Ground in less than 6 weeks, I would have made this move months ago. I ended up using just under 7 billable hours of consulting support time. Tags: Geek Posts Salesforce Common Ground Convio database.

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