Judi Sohn

APRIL 28, 2011

Now that our rebranding is off the ground, we've finally implemented something in Salesforce I've wanted to do for a long time…a welcome series of emails to new contacts. Our strategy: We want to send new non-donor contacts a series of 3 short emails. Add contact fields for monitoring. Spaced a week apart.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Use of Convios multi-lingual tools helped CI reach out to both English and Spanish speakers. One of the most exciting aspects of working for Convio is participating in the community with organizations like Care2 and others. They have multiple, creative opporunities to engage through online quizzes, polls and games.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

As I learned from attending the just completed Convio Summit in Austin, Texas, a discussion about APIs and databases fortunately doesnt have to be technical. In fact, ASPCA and Conservation International received recognition during Convios Summit, in part for their successful use of widgets on social networks such as MySpace.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

Every dollar is matched by Convio, allowing NTEN to send up to 57 people this year! Which means, many of us in the community offered up ourselves or our favorite things to help the cause! We’ll contact winners and arrange for payment then. Bidding closes at 5pm Pacific on February 11.

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Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2008

However, a study by Convio provides some hope in the form of online donations. This is the key finding of a new Convio study that also found that 42 percent of donors plan to donate up to $100, and that total donations will reach about $3 billion this holiday season.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Convio has, seemingly, gotten some serious Web 2.0 The API is SOAP.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2011

Care2 is a Redwood City, CA based B Corp social enterprise that organizes a large social action network, which in turn helps run nonprofit advocacy campaigns. He also recommends Convio's Common Ground CRM , which is built on the Salesforce platform. They also have a great nonprofit technology and marketing blog called Frogloop.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

What could be better than a fabulous organization getting recognized for the important work they do by the entire Convio community during our recent Convio Summit in Baltimore ? They’re frequent consumers of Convio’s Community resources and they're are stars of the DC Convio User's Group, too.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . In case you hadn't heard , Convio is sponsoring 50 NTEN memberships to nonprofits nominated in their NPHero contest. Thanks, Convio! Jordan Viator explains. Thanks, Peter!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). " Convio released a report ranking the highest online-donating cities in 2008 and 2009 year-to-date. Members are in bold.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . It's a helpful compilation about online tools for. Debra Askanase , Idealware , and Convio included in the list. . Members are in bold. Who's your Mayor?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 19, 2012

Today’s "Behind the Convio Admin Curtain" installment is full of juicy Convio best practices, and even a restaurant recommendation for stellar chocolate chip pancakes right outside Boston. PS—We call ourselves Convions, but I’ll take Convio-ers too!

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NTEN

JANUARY 18, 2011

Every dollar is matched by Convio, allowing us to send up to 57 people this year. We'll contact winners and arrange for payment then. You can also help the cause by sharing the auction items with your friends via the handy Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and email integrations built right into each listing.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2011

The simple answer is that in order to make the vast numbers of interactions on social media valuable, organizations must embrace technology in the form of Social CRMs to help manage this new landscape. and add notes and tags about the people in your community to help you keep track of more than just their addresses.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). And I can't resist thanking all the NTEN folks who are helping us and Convio send over 50 nonprofit staff to the 10NTC who wouldn't be able to be there otherwise!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). And I can't resist thanking all the NTEN folks who are helping us and Convio send over 50 nonprofit staff to the 10NTC who wouldn't be able to be there otherwise!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2011

We’re still in contact with those veterans today! CC: Of Convio’s online tools, what have you found most useful? CC: What are you most proud of regarding your use of Convio with your organization? CC: What are you most proud of regarding your use of Convio with your organization?

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Judi Sohn

JULY 27, 2009

It’s been a little over a month since I signed on the dotted line for Common Ground , Convio’s Force.com application for nonprofit donation and constituent management. Between them and Convio, I feel like we’re in good hands. Last week, Convio updated their managed packages to version 2.0. Batch entry.

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NTEN

MAY 14, 2010

Tag your own news with "ntenmember" or "nptech" to help us find your awesomeonline, or contact Annaliesewith your updates.) Thank you Convio and Sea Change Strategies for helping conduct and produce this report. A new study, " The Next Generation of American Giving ", came out this past week.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Enter to win 2 free seats for Convio's new CRM, Common Ground ($2400 value). You'll also get 10 free consulting hours ($1600 value) to help you get started with your new tools, thanks to Causeway Interactive. >Here's >Here's how to play: 1. If you're not a member, learn more and join today.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

” Tabling, as defined by an informal survey of several of my favorite organizing buddies, is the act of standing behind or near a table in a conference setting to distribute branded swag, engage with conference attendees, and gather the names and contact information of constituents.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

One of the great pleasures of my job is working with Convio clients who are true innovators in nonprofit marketing and fundraising to define how we can collectively move the state of their art forward. Author: John Stockton. ” Know more than their name. But why, exactly, is achieving constituent engagement so important?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

We use Convio, Raiser’s Edge and Excel to manage our data and make it useful. There are also a variety of content management systems (some that are free) that can help you vary your online copy and emails depending on segmentation and conditionals. If you don’t have a system that does this yet, get help and find one - it’s the now.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Norman Reiss writes up some notes on two nptech events that happened in November: the NTEN 501 Tech NYC event (as already mentioned) and some highlights from the Convio. Members are in bold.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

It's been a little over a year since I fully deployed Convio Common Ground at the Colorectal Cancer Coalition. Afterwards, thanks to new upgrades from Salesforce aimed at developers like Convio, there was minimal configuration. View household data and add/edit contacts in a household. Create and edit donation contact roles.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We can help you with that. Convio in booths 107 & 108. Convio will be giving away an Apple iPad and also coffee in our booth during the Science Fair. For the duration of the conference, attendees can swing by the Convio booth for a coffee anytime as well. Better The World in booth 46. Democracy In Action in booth 11.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2011

And actually one inspired by Convio's Social Media Week presentation, "Is Three a Crowd?" Make sure your address and other contact information on Guidestar is accurate so your money doesn’t get lost. And from Causes, a few helpful web pages. from back in February.). You’ll want an updated Guidestar profile.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 19, 2009

The Earth Hour microsite is not a Convio-powered site, but the signup form is using Convio's API to post the signups directly into Convio, thus allowing World Wildlife Fund to immediately engage these folks through contacting them with Earth Hour updates which are sent via Convio's Email Marketing tool.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We can help you with that. Convio in booths 107 & 108. Convio will be giving away an Apple iPad and also coffee in our booth during the Science Fair. For the duration of the conference, attendees can swing by the Convio booth for a coffee anytime as well. Better The World in booth 46. Democracy In Action in booth 11.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 16, 2009

09 NTENnies At Large (Blackbaud's Chad Norman, and Convio's Jordan Viator) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Members are in bold.

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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. Use of integrated CRM platforms (such as Salsa, Engaging Networks, Convio/Blackbaud etc.) Use it - or lose it.

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Forum One

JULY 29, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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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. The 2011 Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Study shows that online advocacy files are an area of rapid growth, with almost 20% average list growth from last year. Like direct contact with others (they simply like people!).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". Convio says knowing your audience is key because the online tools you choose to use must align with the technical capabilities of your audience. Need ideas to turn your resolutions into reality?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2011

Because we’re immersed in “CRM” every day here at Convio , it occurred to me that we probably tend to get caught up in a vocabulary of terms that are foreign to most people. Constituents can be donors, funders, volunteers, clients and anyone else who benefits from or helps you achieve your mission.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2012

Think about ways you can reward your social media contacts throughout all possible touch-points. This gets your current social constituents to get their social contacts to participate! Offer Exclusive Discounts, Coupons and Content: Offer registration discounts exclusively to your social media contacts. Don't be timid!

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Forum One

MARCH 24, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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