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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

Lots of people have already weighed in on Blackbaud’s purchase of Convio (two of my favorites: [link] and [link] ). There are tons of choices out there for small and mid-sized organizations. 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.

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Convio Opens the Kimono

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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?

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Platforms break open!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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

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Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

.&# 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?

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How Many Donor Databases Are There?

Robert Weiner

Kintera Sphere. Organizers Database (ODB). Organizers’ Collaborative. Compton Fundraising Consultants. Campaign Management Systems. Havey & Associates. Three Rivers Systems. Church Contribution System. Vian Corporation. Common Grouns. communitEbuilder. Oaktree Systems, Inc. Community Enterprise. community pearl.

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Convio Open: How APIs May Change the Way You Work - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

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) Well, thats exactly where APIs can be helpful.

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Open Source CRMs – people like them?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Finally, Organizer’s Database is open source, but written on top of a proprietary platform (Microsoft Access). CiviCRM was first in satisfaction, SugarCRM, Organizer’s Database, and Democracy in Action were 3rd, 4th, and 5th, respectively. Satisfaction with Convio, Kintera and Blackbaud all trailed these top 4 tools.