Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. In less than a week, nonprofits using Convio systems have raised over $100 million through email appeals, websites and social media outreach and many other organizations are raising record amounts. Author: Jordan Viator. Be Careful Of Email Solicitations.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2011

Convio wants to help you. Unanticipated press coverage and subsequent attention on your cause can be the result of change of law or a court’s ruling. This information was originally posted by Convio's Molly Brooksbank in March of 2010. Rapid response is a top-of-mind topic for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes right now.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

77 percent of respondents were aware of the Haiti text-to-donate efforts. 17 percent of Gen Y respondents and 14 percent of Gen X made a donation to Haiti relief efforts via text message, and 3 percent of both Boomer and Mature respondents made a donation to Haiti relief efforts via text message.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

They can be both time and labor intensive – involving numerous stakeholders (board members, department directors, and key staff) and often you don’t see results for more than a year. Project HOPE is a Convio client I work with who recently re-launched their site after only working with our interactive agency practice for 4 months.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

So I’ve tapped the Casanovas of Convio for a whole array of ideas for sweeping your donors off their collective feet. I think you’ll be amazed at the results- not only the positive reaction from donors, but the enthusiasm from your Board when they see how easy it is and hear from the donors. The same is true for donors.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Late last year Shayna and I spoke to our friends and Convio client US Fund for UNICEF , to talk to them about how they measured social media, in particular their Facebook work. How effective is their work on Facebook in producing bottom line results for US Fund for UNICEF? Take first step and start measuring your results.

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