Care2

OCTOBER 26, 2010

26th) at the Convio Summit in Baltimore I joined Chris Burley of Defenders of Wildlife in a session to unveil a new online tool that Care2 built to greatly benefit our nonprofit clients. It’s called the “Convio Connector,&# and we built it using Convio’s API. It's free for any of our clients using Convio.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 1, 2012

When I accepted the job at Convio, I negotiated that it would be okay for me to blog. It was difficult to roll out in a cookie-cutter fashion to many organizations at once…which when you're a large company dealing with smaller organizations I suppose is probably key to a product's financial success.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 9, 2012

It’s a no- to low-cost database that is a rich source of information about potential major donors, board members, employees, and strategic allies." " Would love to hear what you're doing on LinkedIn and how your organization has or has not found LinkedIn valuable! and Canada. .”" and Canada.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 23, 2009

We started using Salesforce as our main database in 2006, following the nonprofit best practices of the time. Whether I decided to install the Salesforce Foundation’s Nonprofit Starter Pack , Convio Common Ground or something in between (or nothing at all), I would have some concessions to make. I feel good about our decision.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 23, 2009

We started using Salesforce as our main database in 2006, following the nonprofit best practices of the time. Whether I decided to install the Salesforce Foundation’s Nonprofit Starter Pack , Convio Common Ground or something in between (or nothing at all), I would have some concessions to make. I feel good about our decision.

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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. An organization’s databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

Actually, I didn’t use the Battlestar Galactica expletive , I used the one you’re more familiar with. :-) Convio is launching the new application , built on top of the Force.com platform. It has the kind of functionality you’d expect from a donor database. It seems in a business sense, to be a brilliant move.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Convio has built a Facebook application builder as part of their Open initiative. For organizations on the Convio platform, the Facebook application is a no-brainer and a HUGE improvement from Causes. It will be interesting to see how many organizations roll this out in the coming months and to track the success with it.

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Judi Sohn

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

We’ve been using Salesforce as our primary everything database since mid 2006. Our database is set up based on the old nonprofit best practice of putting individual constituents/donors in a bucket “Individual&# account. Convio is currently considering options, with no timeline on a decision. Convio Common Ground.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. Convio or Causes? More from the Convio Summit this week. As bloggers and others give it closer scrutiny, we're hearing a debate about which Facebook App is better?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits September 19, 2008 Here are a few interesting tidbits that have come my way over the course of the last few days There is a new online fundraising platform, founded by an ex-Convio person.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) If youve ever used My Yahoo!

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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 apps out there.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

.&# It takes aim at Convio’s recent benchmarking study. To their credit Convio asks this question on their blog : “Should organizations like Convio, and Giving USA continue to offer these sorts of insights to the nonprofit community, or is this simply self-serving marketing fluff?&# What do you think?

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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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Care2

MAY 25, 2011

If your priority is to get a web presence up quickly for your new organization, you can always revisit design again. Managing your nonprofit's database is key so you'll need a good CRM to help you manage all your donor relationships. It's not obvious, but it's not rocket science either. Nonprofit CRM.

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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. This one by Care2 makes recommendations on webhosts, CRM database services, collaboration and messaging, and backup services. Nonprofit CRM Recommendations.

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Care2

AUGUST 26, 2011

Using the Internet to Raise Funds and Build Donor Relationships: Tools, Tips and Techniques for Boosting Donations , a new handbook from Convio, will help your organization see the big picture and create effective strategies for long-term success.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

Convio is getting into some interesting territory these days. They have released two studies, one on the “wired wealthy&# and another which is a “nonprofit benchmark index&# study – basically providing some benchmarks for organizations to measure themselves against, traffic, email newsletter click through rates, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Finally, Organizer’s Database is open source, but written on top of a proprietary platform (Microsoft Access). CiviCRM was first in satisfaction, SugarCRM, Organizer’s Database, and Democracy in Action were 3rd, 4th, and 5th, respectively. 201 out of 665 users used these 6 open source tools.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2010

Tad Druart, Convio. Anecdotally and intuitively, you know that changing demographics and technology are driving a shift in your engagement with donors, volunteers, event participants and other people your organization relies on to fulfill your mission. The study suggests that peers will play a bigger role in influencing donations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Are the means that progressive organizations use to reach their ends truly in line with their mission? Consolidation among vendors means that some customers will be dealing with different (and larger, potentially less friendly) entities. But a few more people will have a lot more money in their bank accounts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Are the means that progressive organizations use to reach their ends truly in line with their mission? Consolidation among vendors means that some customers will be dealing with different (and larger, potentially less friendly) entities. But a few more people will have a lot more money in their bank accounts.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Enter to win 2 free seats for Convio's new CRM, Common Ground ($2400 value). Leave a comment on this post telling us the one thing you wish your database did for you and your organization but doesn't. . >Here's how to play: 1. Attend the free webinar on Wednesday to learn more about what you could be doing with a CRM.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

But the free stuff and give-aways don't stop there: Don't forget to enter the blog contest to win yourself and your nonprofit organization 2 free seats for Common Ground , the new CRM from Convio -- which also comes with 10 free consulting hours courtesy of Causeway Interactive (for a total value of $4000). I think we can all relate!).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2011

Shouldn’t we all strive to bring our donors this kind of personal experience with our organizations? A good CRM system should do just that; provide a complete 360 degree view of each and every name in the database. Your database administrator should be running regular data hygiene queries to ensure data remains clean.

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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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Connection Cafe

MARCH 29, 2012

CHOICES - the Center Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully - is a grassroots organization whose mission is to fight against the deadly epidemic of childhood obesity. That's when CHOICES turned to Convio Common Ground. Author: Blair Naylor. Another great success story! Donors have given over $13,000 online. "We

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Mobile Commons is a Convio partner and they have just launched Mobile Advocate - A new product integrated with Convio Luminate and designed to drive targeted advocacy phone calls from the web or SMS. Today I'm going to share the first 5 steps recommended for organizations getting started with mobile. Build a mobile list now.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

James Young, writing on Convio’s newish blog, Connection Cafe , talks about how to find, and create, influencers. at 4:17 pm We are finding that to stand out there has to be something that provides and opportunity for the organization to be remembered. Their answer: they may well be losing ground. What are “influencers?&#

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Tom Krackeler, Convio. Tom is currently at Convio as Vice President of the Common Ground product line, a nonprofit constituent relationship management solution that Convio built on the Force.com platform from Salesforce.com. He is a frequent speaker and highly regarded presenter at several nonprofit conferences and events.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The organization is a volunteer-staffed nonprofit that’s dedicated to timely disaster response and relief assistance. As the organization grew, the need for consolidation and proper segmenting became more imperative… enter Common Ground. Author: Lacey Kruger. million in 2011. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn).

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Reprinted from Feb/Mar 2011 issue of Convio Connection : interview with Dave Hart, Chief Technology Officer, Convio. It doesn’t matter if I’m talking to an executive director, a CIO, or a director of development – they all want more insight into how their organization interacts with its constituents.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

First off, a tip o’ the hat to NTEN for organizing this, the participants of the panel for an interesting conversation, and Mark Bolgiano from the Council on Foundations for awesome moderation. Also, basically, what made an API "open" was that it was free to use, and well documented. In fact, they are the future.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". This section has great tips on peer-to-peer applications and discusses its benefits such as the ability to grow your database, build community and constituent loyalty and expand fundraising.

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Judi Sohn

AUGUST 9, 2009

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. It was always a struggle before differentiating when a gift was from an organization or entity, and when it was from a single person. Now it’s much easier.

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