Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Convio released their own Fall ‘09 upgrade of Common Ground (to version 2.1). While I was still trying to figure out what we were going to do before switching to Convio Common Ground, I asked staff for their Salesforce wish list: “what do you wish our database could do that it doesn’t already?&# So what’s new?

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 25, 2009

Convio has released a new online fundraising benchmark report that is based on data from 600 of Convio’s nonprofit clients from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. Compared to 2007, results for online fundraising were up 14 percent, email file growth was up 28 percent, and Web site traffic was up 20 percent.

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Care2

MARCH 14, 2011

Today, Convio released the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Index Study. This annual report analyzes the online fundraising performance of approximately 600 nonprofits that used the Convio platform in 2010. The study also provides data for organizations based on size of email file. In 2010, Convio clients raised $1.3

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2013

The 2013 Blackbaud Online Benchmark Report (formerly The Convio Online Benchmark Report ) is in its seventh year started by Convio’s Founder, Vinay Bhaghat. Fundraising continues double digit growth as sustainers and repeat donors grew 27% and 20%, respectively.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Use of Convios multi-lingual tools helped CI reach out to both English and Spanish speakers. 58,000 people voted (12% of total file) and Defenders acquired 9000 new donors, raising $50k using "soft" asks within two emails. This year they did something a little different. 2 Comments | by Share Article in Misc.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

This month's interview with a Convio employee is with Nikhil Kumar, our Vice President of Service Delivery. In a nutshell, his team is the group that builds things for clients using Convio solutions. He has done an amazing job at building a culture of sharing and collaboration between his team members and throughout Convio.

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NetWits

APRIL 2, 2013

In a couple of weeks, the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study will be released (previously the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Study ). The conversation around email performance is wrong: open and click-through rates alone do not show constituent engagement.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Some highlights… Austin noted that Convio now has almost 1,300 clients, after the acquisition of GetActive earlier this year. These nonprofit clients collectively have raised more than $1 billion over the years, using tools provided by Convio and GetActive, he said. Convio has no plan to discontinue the GetActive platform.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

NPT Instant Fundraising: "Convio Going Public By Mark Hrywna Six months after acquiring GetActive Software for $17.9 million, Convio, Inc. today filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to begin the process of becoming a public company.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2008

» Friday Mar 28 2008 Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released Friday, March 28, 2008 at 11:53AM | by James OMalley Convio recently released their second annual nonprofit online marketing benchmarks study. 60) Search « Google AdWords for Nonprofits: 10 Tips About Keywords | Main | Whats an Email Address Worth?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2012

While my favorite thing about doing these audio interviews is getting to know Convio coworkers and let you meet some of our staff that you may not otherwise run into, I think most people familiar with Convio will know how important Vinay Bhagat is to our company and the nonprofit sector.

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2008

» Friday Mar 28 2008 Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released Friday, March 28, 2008 at 11:53AM | by James OMalley Convio recently released their second annual nonprofit online marketing benchmarks study. 60) Search « Google AdWords for Nonprofits: 10 Tips About Keywords | Main | Whats an Email Address Worth?

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2010

Convio just released their latest benchmark report that examined over 500 nonprofit metrics in 15 sectors. “Online fundraising and engagement continues to grow at robust double digit rates despite a challenging economy, where most other vehicles are in decline, said Vinay Bhagat, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Convio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

File Sharing. This article was originally posted on Connection Café at [link] by Jordan Viator: Jordan Viator is the Interactive Communications Manager at Convio, and manages the Connection Cafe blog, all things new and social media related and all the company's corporate Web sites. User Experience.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 31, 2012

You’ll find her active on the Convio Community and throughout the nonprofit technology community. Prior to working at Convio, a Blackbaud company, Judi worked for Fight Colorectal Cancer. Connection Cafe Podcast 8 - Judi Sohn Download audio file. I’m grateful to have her as a coworker and fellow NPTechie.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 31, 2011

Meet Cynthia Balusek, Convio Support Manager and first interviewee for the new Connection Cafe podcast series. Each month you'll get to meet a Convio employee like Cynthia and learn what makes them tick. Download audio file. Author: Corey Pudhorodsky. Sit back, relax and have a listen.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 30, 2009

You can use the icon from the page’s website, or point it towards a PNG file of your own. So far, I’ve created SSBs for my task manager ( RTM ), my 2 main Google email accounts, my timesheet & expense application ( Clicktime ), Salesforce, Convio Admin, Box.net , and my feed reader ( Fever ).

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2012

Today, Friday May 4, 2012, is my last day at Convio. In the end I decided to reflect on my favorite quote by Mahatma Gandhi, “be the change you wish to see in the world,” as I feel it encapsulates the Convio story very well. I believe Convio is emblematic of this model.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2012

It's critical to develop a sound strategy for growing and maturing your house file and to always incorporate best practices in your day-to-day management. Donations and sign-ups are automatically captured into your house file. Keeping your email list alive and kicking is one of the keys to a successful online marketing program.

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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 6, 2010

• Worried about your aging donor file? Join us for Show Me The Money: Reaching Donors Across Generations , a joint webinar by Convio and Care2 on May 25th at 2PM to build on the new report of the same name by Convio, Edge Research and SeaChange Strategies.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

For the first podcast interview of 2012, I'm excited to have a chance to share a conversation I had with Sandy Schmieder, a Senior Project Manager on Convio's Services team. While Sandy has only been at Convio for about a year and a half, she is already one of our most valued project managers and has made huge contributions to our team.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Meg Murphy, Convio. [Ed. Last year, Convio clients raised more than $777 million online and 2009 looks to be even better. In 2008, Convio pioneered a new program called Convio Go!™ 8 percent of file are donors. note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

For the second Connection Cafe podcast series, I had the pleasure of chatting with Chris Simoes, Convio Director of Engineering. Chris has always impressed me with his enthusiastic and friendly approach to challenges and tasks at Convio. Download audio file. Author: Corey Pudhorodsky. Connection Cafe Podcast 2 - Chris Simoes.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

This month for the Connection Café podcast series with Convio employees, I had the pleasure of speaking with Kenneth Kuhler, an Account Executive in Convio’s Sales team. Download audio file. Ken is a dynamic team player who enjoys his coworkers and is appreciated by many. Connection Cafe Podcast 4 - Ken Kuhler.

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Care2

JANUARY 30, 2014

What CRM systems (such as Convio, Democracy in Action and so forth) do their technologies integrate with? Who will own the source files (Photoshop files and such) associated with the project after their work is complete? What changes will you be able to make to the site without their aid, or that of another designer?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2011

The following post is by Esther Pomeleo-Fowler, Convio's Director of Client Care Services. If you are a Convio client, you can utilize the “"Hi, I'm New Here" - Welcome New Administrator” resources in the Convio LearnCenter to get you started. Author: Guest Blogger. And remind your skeleton crew about Tip #1.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2012

As I mentioned in last month's podcast interview with Judi Sohn , following Blackbaud's acquisition of Convio, I'm super excited about the increased pool of talented coworkers that I now have to interview for the Connection Cafe. Connection Cafe Podcast 9 - Watt and Troy Download audio file. Author: Corey Pudhorodsky.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

This year's keynote and opening session at the 2011 Convio Summit I think was one of the best I've seen in the time I've been at Convio. Download audio file. Author: Corey Pudhorodsky. It was full of energy, fast paced, and the keynote speaker was great! Connection Cafe Podcast 3 - Chip Bell.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

Everyone who comes into our file is sourced. (If If you're on Convio, sourcing Facebook recruits is easy. At EDF, we wouldn't disagree with that, but we do think it has the potential to become a competitive source of donors and activists. Whenever you post an action alert, simply add &s_src=facebook to your link.)

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Not only was I not being acknowledged as a donor, but the organization wasn't making any special effort to communicate with me differently than everyone else on the email file. It means hard work, unfortunately (hat tip to Tom at The Agitator and Mike Rogers at Convio ). So what does it mean to be a good steward?

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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. Tags: Geek Posts Salesforce Common Ground Convio database. Yes, it was time consuming, but not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be. Major time saver.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Thanks also to Vinay Bhagat at Convio for letting us use data from the new, soon to be released, 2008 Benchmark Study. Environmental $2.59

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

In Convio, this is the Report Writer TeamRaiser Registration or Cross-Event Registration report. Then run the report and downloaded it to a.csv file and save it in excel. Average amount raised per fundraiser : Sort your file by the “Online Amount Raised” column, largest to smallest. Total Dollars Raised.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2011

This is the number you can use to compare the relative robustness of your messaging program with the results reported by the " eNonprofit Benchmarks Study " (or Convio's " Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study " or MailChimp's " Email Marketing Benchmarks by Industry ", or.). That's where the "Unweighted Open Rate" comes in. Unweighted Open Rate.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Thanks also to Vinay Bhagat at Convio for letting us use data from the new, soon to be released, 2008 Benchmark Study. Environmental $2.59

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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. Author: Guest Blogger. Thanks for contributing Sheetal!

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