Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

The eight reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. Published by Convio. View: All Convio Reports. Published by Convio. View: All Convio Reports. Thank you. Published by NTEN.

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Report Convio Blackbaud Benchmark 100

Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

It’s likely going to be another long one, so for those of you who just want it short and bittersweet, here it is: I will be leaving Fight Colorectal Cancer at the end of this year to join Convio’s Common Ground team. Why Convio? In the end, accepting an offer from Convio was the best and most logical choice for me.

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Convio Cancer Org Data 164

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The HSUS newest campaign is geared towards helping the 1,300 chimps still condemned to life in research labs across the country. 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?

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Convio API Nptech Summary 50

AFP Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2007

American Cancer Society moves to Convio: "The American Cancer Society has enlisted Convio’s online fundraising platform to support Relay for Life efforts. Convio’s integrated program will power Relay for Life Web sites, which participants use to solicit donations.

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Cancer Convio Life Integration 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

The Life Time Achievement award went to Rob Stuart, the godfather of the NpTech movement , who sadly passed away in October. Vinay Bhagat of Convio was given the 2012 Care2 Impact Prize for his outstanding impact in online advocacy and fundraising. Several individuals in the nonprofit technology community were recognized.

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Conference Technology NTC Minneapolis 96

Connection Cafe

MARCH 31, 2010

And so it began: A new life surrounded by numbers. And after I started to get sleep in blocks longer than 4 hours, I realized the same applies to metrics tied to fundraising events. This realization about event fundraising analytics was reinforced during recent conversations with Alan Cooke at Convio and Jeff Shuck at Event 360.

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Analytics Fundraising Metrics Convio 31

Care2

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Since 1975, they have rescued nearly 18,000 seals, sea lions, dolphins, otters and other marine mammals from along 600 miles of California coast, with the aim of giving those in need a second chance at life in the wild. It also has a basic e-retail store (housed and managed within their Convio website). The original and the variant.

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Case Study Test Action Studies 72

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. We contributed to making online fundraising and constituent engagement a real phenomenon.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Current Shifts and Tips in Online Marketing & Fundraising Thursday, 6/27 at 2pm ET. Elizabeth Nielsen — Director of Interactive Marketing, Feeding America Liz Nielsen co-leads Feeding America''s national direct marketing program — including digital media, email/web fundraising, direct mail and telemarketing.

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Benchmark Measure America Blackbaud 56

Care2

APRIL 7, 2010

With so many informative panels to choose from (such as Diversifying Your Tech and Online Communications Teams by Frogloop bloggers Jocelyn Harmon and myself as well as Ivan Booth and Shireen Mitchell) on topics ranging from online fundraising, recruitment, and social media - it was a real challenge to come up with my top 12 picks.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2012

It included books like The Life of Pi , The Deep End of the Ocean , Tuesdays with Morrie (all read, way to go me) and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (not read, in fact I forgot that one until just now). The Art & Science of Multi-Channel Fundraising : An e-book with the latest and greatest best practices and case studies.

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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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Convio Boston Skype Raise 29

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Shana has been working in event fundraising for national health nonprofits for the past ten years. She is currently the National Associate Director for Interactive Fundraising and Engagement with the American Diabetes Association. Take a look at this complete event fundraising communications calendar. Author: Guest Blogger.

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Tools Badge Convio Instruction 32

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2011

If you've read our major donor study The Wired Wealthy: Using the Internet to Connect with Your Major and Middle Donors , published in 2008 by Convio , Sea Change Strategies , and Edge Research , then you already know a few important things about major donors: half of wired major donors say that online giving is their preferred giving method.

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Donor Convio Gift Channel 34

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

In the world of fundraising, donor cultivation is king. I provide custom training for nonprofits to help them fundraise better, and I see too many fundraisers wasting time trying to mindread. Tell me about your life. Too often organizations skimp on donor cultivation. Why spend time on donor cultivation?

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

According to the Convio report, the Next Generation of American Giving , Millennials are engaged in charity. Holly draws the connection via the Pew Internet & American Life Report that online access is moving away from the laptop experience. Holly's first point on Millennials is that they are a very social generation.

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Relationship Generation Build Mobile 61

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2011

The funds raised from these programs go towards life-saving research and fighting heart disease and stroke. AHA was struggling with how they could reach this new tech-savvy generation, so by combining forces with Convio, AHA met the youth market on their play ground - the Internet.

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Blackboard Wikipedia Convio Classroom 29

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Reflecting back on my own experience, I’d take away the following to anyone who’s thinking of planning or for that matter improving a fundraising event: Give your fundraisers as much practical support as you possibly can so that they can concentrate on what they’re doing and remain excited about making a difference.

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Support Charity Cancer Volunteer 34

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts. writes for the Convio Connection Cafe Blog. Katrin Verclas is the visionary founder of MobleActive and the nonprofit expert on mobile technology for activism, fundraising, and program delivery. Holly Ross. Rachel Weidinger. Jordan Viator.

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Technology Companies Netsquared Social Media 75

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2011

Now you know: people like personal/social fundraising and you need to help them do it for your cause. ” At Convio , we hope fundraising and marketing tips make you look cool to your boss and peers. ” Great news! ” As if you needed another reason to become really good at engaging your constituents.

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Wichita Report Social Media News 48

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Source: Pew and American Life Internet Project, Adults and Social Networking Use. The share of adult internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more than quadrupled in the past four years -- from 8% in 2005 to 35% now, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project's December 2008 tracking survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

How does/that leverage into fundraising? short code fundraising??? ??? Way of life. Smart organizations balance good content and communication with what the organization is doing with fundraising request. re raising money out-of-state, international fundraising has even more regulations. Mobile phones stay on.

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Boston NTC Strategy Spam 50

Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

Don’t tell anyone, but there was a time in my life when I didn’t know what “tabling” was. I pressed all these tabling skills into service over the last two weeks when I attended both the Non-Profit Technology Conference in DC and the Association for Fundraising Professionals Conference in Chicago.

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Mail Conference Convio PowerPoint 44

Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2010

In today's NTEN NTC session "The Generational Divide of American Giving" Andrew Magnuson and Matthew Mielcarek, Nonprofit Consultants, discussed the recent research published by Convio , Edge Research and SeaChange Strategies on the Next Generation of American Giving. Gen X: - First generation having the internet entire adult life.

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Generation Research Relationship Donor 50

Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2011

Guest blog alert: Donna from Charity Dynamics (a Convio Solution Provider ) is sharing an real-life example of how integrated marketing and fundraising helped a nonprofit increase online revenue by more than 100%. Author: Cheryl Black. If ever there was a doubt in your mind about the multichannel approach, this will dispel it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

By Christy Noel , Vice President of Digital Marketing Services at MobileCause – a company that pioneered text-to-donate and also offers an extensive suite of online, mobile and event fundraising solutions. 5% of 2018’s overall fundraising revenue was raised online, a record high 1. Online and Mobile-Friendly is Giving-Friendly.

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Conversation Online Giving NPO 259

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2009

The agenda covered a range of business topics. (I was supposed to attend, but real life got in the way, so I followed the Twitter Stream and picked up a few interesting tidbits like the study of Twitter and Gen Y illustrated above). The tweets were from a business conference focused on Twitter. I have it on video).

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Twitter Spam Stream Jordan 50

Care2

JULY 10, 2008

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) Do you see opportunity in the middle ground?

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Social Media Trend Advocacy Online 34

Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2009

I like to think I’m a pretty smart gal, but I can’t for the life of me figure out why my esteemed colleagues at Blackbaud are so resistant to Open architecture. Convio has embraced this thinking by committing to integrating with other technologies. I’m hoping that somebody out there can help me solve a mystery.

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Blackbaud Open Classes Convio 27

Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2011

Some words in life just seem more useful and practical, while others are just plain obscure. 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. Author: Jennifer Atkins.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2009

Real-life training Job descriptions Testing Management procedures. Segment list by those taking the most online actions Conference calls/webinars Organizing real-life training. Petitions, Letter to the Editors (LTEs), Emails Organizing house parties New media/social networking. Power analysis Protest Lobby Recruit allies Phone bank.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

You have to put in the work all year round if you and your honey are going to live the good life. So I’ve tapped the Casanovas of Convio for a whole array of ideas for sweeping your donors off their collective feet. Now get out there and fundraise, Romeo! The same is true for donors.

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Donor Hunger Haiti Script 35

NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

Tad Druart, Convio. While online fundraising continues to be a growth engine for many nonprofit organizations, the data -- real and anecdotal -- shows that engaging constituents through an integrated, multi-channel approach provides the greatest return over the life of most supporters.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2009

The average cost of a surgery is $240 setting our fundraising goal at $33,600. Hyper Media, working with Common Knowledge branded the campaign with a perfect little Twitter bird to bring the campaign to life. We devised the 140 Smiles campaign with a mission to provide 140 surgeries to children through the power of Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Fun and humor, used in the right way and in the appropriate context, can help boost your social fundraising campaign. Before taking the plunge, he setup a group fundraising page at FirstGiving. While a modest amount raised, Erin surpassed his fundraising goal by 50%. Can this work for larger campaign goals? And I will film it.

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Fun Public History Vermont 87

Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

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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Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Called “Web 2.0 – New Outreach and Fundraising Techniques,” the topic of this workshop is something every nonprofit marketing manager and online communications professional wants to talk about. On Second Life : Tim and Carie both say stay away. Funny, another negative note on Second Life.

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America Social Media Myspace Second Life 40