Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. That’s why we’ve been working on putting together a social media Ask The Experts series with tipsheets on four of the most popular social platforms over at Convio. Send me a tweet @jordanv or into @convio. But quick and easy tips always make getting started or optimizing programs easier.

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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. November 20, 2008 | Jordan Viator Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 2 Comments | by Share Article in Misc.

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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. April 15, 2008 | Jordan V Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

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

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Your gift will be matched by Convio dollar for dollar -- so your $10 donation magically becomes $20! . Jordan Viator. It takes a village to raise a scholarship fund, and you are one AWESOME village. . But we can't slow down now! We still have about $6,000 to go! So if you haven't donated yet, please do! Dan Michel. Rick Morgan.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Jordan Viator ( Convio ) weighs in: Seth Godin took nonprofits to task on their (as he argued) lack of penetration into the social media sphere. Jordan writes a great summary of the debate this kicked off, and her own thoughts about the issue. Deadline ends September 30th !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2008

Hat Tip Jordan V at Convio ) He has dogbook on his profile featuring his yellow lab, Tana. Finally, Beth Finke, a staffer at Easter Seals, writes the Safe and Sound Blog (Congrats on your award !) (Hat

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

Convio keeps drinking the “open&# coolaid (although they have a ways to go.) They released their Convio/Salesforce connector on Salesforce.com AppExchange. at 6:40 pm Thanks Michelle for the Convio props! 3 Jordan Viator 03.21.08 MPower Open , an enterprise CRM, is both open source, and has great open APIs.

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MARCH 2, 2009

With the $10,000 in matching funds from Convio (and the $395 we raised over our goal), we're going to be able to fund 58 scholarships to the 2009 NTC! Jordan Viator. Last Monday, when we were at $6000 and change, I wasn't sure we were going to meet our $10,000 fundraising goal. Michaela Hackner. Tim Briagh. Steve Heye. John Merritt.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Rem Hoffmann, Exponent Partners , and Rob Jordan, Idealist Consulting. Skype, Convio Common Ground, Google Apps, Salesforce.com). Tags: cloud computing Newsletter NPTech NTEN rem hoffmann rob jordan. Everyone has come across the term "cloud computing", but what exactly does it mean?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. 10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Social Media Success View more presentations from Convio. I started off laying the groundwork for developing a social media plan and strategy with the first 5 tips, and then Judy shared the last 5 tips, focusing on nonprofits and raising funds.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. The #Convio09 Summit has come and passed, and one thing was for sure - this year's nonprofit technology conference was bigger and better than ever! And now that the dust has settled and the turkey has had time to digest, I've had time to sit down and reflect on some of my top favorite highlights from this year's event.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. AFP Presentation 2010: Navigating the Waters in the Sea of Social Media View more presentations from Convio. Former President of AFP Golden Gate Nicci Noble and current AFP Golden Gate President and Development Director of Center for Environmental Health Sean Sullivan presented on "How Tweet It Is!

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Guest post by Emily Goodstein, Account Manager at Convio. No, I didn’t welcome a new member to my family, but I made a donation to OMB Watch (a Convio client doing amazing work to promote open government, accountability, and citizen participation) as part of their “ Adopt a Wonk ” campaign.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Thanks to the generosity of Convio , we can add another $10,000 to that total, bringing us to $17,195. Jordan Viator. Once again, the amazing NTEN community rallied to support one another. In the last two weeks, you raised over $7,000 for the 10NTC Scholarship Campaign ! That's 48 scholarships we can offer to staff at small nonprofits.

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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. Members are in bold. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) .

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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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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 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. What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2009

attending Mass Comm week at Texas State University and of course checked out the Social Media for Social Good panel presented by Kerri Qunell, VP of Communications at Capital Area Food Bank , David Neff, Director of Web, Film and Interactive at American Cancer Society , and Jordan Viator, Interactive Communications Manager at Convio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Jordan Viator. writes for the Convio Connection Cafe Blog. Michelle Murrain. is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic. is Vice President of Operations of C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition and was one of the first nonprofit technology bloggers. Deborah Finn.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. Everyone nominated will be entered to win one of 50 free NTEN memberships , compliments of Convio! So starting today, anyone can nominate their personal holiday heroes at www.convio.com/nphero telling why they are deserving of the free membership and what makes them worthy of the recognition.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2009

Here's a nice before the event write up from Jordan over at the Convio Blog based on a conversation with Renee Alexander, Operation Smile's Social Media Stragetist. Chris Pirillo was there and at one point got up and offered to do silly stunts if we donated money to 140 Smiles. I have it on video).

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Connection Cafe

JULY 16, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. A new nonprofit online fundraising guide from Convio does just that. Everybody loves a great best practices guide, especially when it’s one that can help you do your job better and more effectively.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. These individual snapshots of what transpired over the past twelve months along with the Convio Resolutions Guide got my wheels turning. Guest post by: Emma Zolbrod, Marketing Consultant. If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Life is different in the world of social media.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. The New Year has officially begun, and it’s the perfect time to reflect on the year past, or for most people, look forward to see what resolutions and initiatives can be planned to make the new 2010 better than 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Twitter Focus Group: Jordan V from Convio calls Twitter an unofficial focus group! Inspiration and Ideas: Paul Sanchez, like Holly, uses Twitter for quick polls, but also uses it as a source for inspiration. Paul notes, "I find a lot of ideas in the streams of conversation."

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. 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. In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. My good friend Jordan did a write up about it on Convio's blog. Last month I wrote about how the Taking Action for Animals conference essentially created their own socially enabled conference and online community of sorts. Here were the social components of the conference: Community page on the website.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Neff and Jordan Viator -- had the great opportunity to lead a session entitled " The Real Housewives of Social Media " Funny Photoshopped pictures were displayed of us, we sported aprons to hype the theme, and we shared information and case studies on various aspects of social media campaigning. BAM, time to tell the story.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

We're raising $10,000 and Convio is matching that dollar for dollar. . Jordan Viator. Jordan Dossett. But we also know that the economy has made it impossible for some our members to join us, so we've been raising scholarship money to send up to 57 nonprofit staff to the nonprofit technology conference. EcoScribe Communications.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Guest post by Noel Beebe, Interactive Consultant at Convio. If you’re an avid Facebook junkie like me, you probably noticed a lot of “colorful” updates last week.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. 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. The call to "go multichannel" isn't enough, either.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

A few weeks ago we announced a joint effort between NTEN and Convio to raise scholarship funds to help people get to this year's NTC in the rough economy where travel budgets are being cut. We're raising $10,000 and Convio is matching that dollar for dollar. I have to say up front, Holly Ross is a much braver woman than I.

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