Robert Weiner
JANUARY 27, 2012
Lots of people have already weighed in on Blackbaud’s purchase of Convio (two of my favorites: [link] and [link] ). Idealware’s Consumer’s Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems reviewed 30 systems, the majority of which don’t come from Convio or Blackbaud. Here my perspective. I’m more concerned about the top end of the market.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MAY 29, 2008
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Blackbaud buys Kintera May 29, 2008 In retrospect, this probably was inevitable. And I’m sure that the very low stock price of Kintera’s certainly made a buyout of it by Blackbaud easier.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 15, 2007
I received an embargoed press release in my email about Convio's Open Initiative. The most recent announcement is from Convio, which launched Convio Open. Also, I wonder what happens to the smaller and medium size nonprofits that can't afford the hefty cost of Convio's tools? So, what would any geek with a treo do?
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 18, 2007
I looked over Allan Benamer’s post on the Convio and Kintera initiatives, I looked harder at the Convio Open and Kintera Connect docs, and I also had a chat with some Kintera folk. Allan is right – the Kintera API is more comprehensive, and provides for more flexibility than the Convio API.
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
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?
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 26, 2009
I haven’t included any all-in-one systems (like Kintera), mostly because I don’t think they are a good idea - you might get a halfway decent CRM, but you’ll for sure get a crappy CMS, and there is no good reason for that.
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