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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Yesterday, James Young and myself had the opportunity to present to packed house of nonprofit organizations on social media at Convio Summit. The attendees had fun reaching under their chairs to see what they had "won" -aka - their new, fake nonprofit they had to brainstorm a social media strategy for during the workshop.

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MAY 24, 2010

If you contact employees at Convio on a regular basis, last week you may have gotten several out of the office notices stating that they were out for the day but would return your email or phone call as soon as possible. Check out pictures from several of the projects at our Convio Flickr photo set for Convio Cares Week 2010.

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MARCH 5, 2009

You might have already heard by now that the Change the Web Challenge has officially launched and that Joe Soloman and Peter Dietz have also been hosting a Conversation Series on new, relevant topics and tools for nonprofits to inspire innovation and development in the sector.

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JULY 19, 2010

Why, a Tweetup bringing together the tech and nonprofit communities to discuss and live-tweet ways to leverage the power of the social web to do good, of course! Register to attend the event live , this Thursday July 22 at the Convio office at 1255 23rd Street, NW, Ste. What’s better than a local, happy hour Tweetup?

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AUGUST 3, 2010

You and your nonprofit organization probably already “get” that social media can help you drive programs and online results. 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. Author: Jordan Viator.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

While Convio is not affiliated with or a partner of Evernote in anyway, both of us are passionate about nonprofits and technology and thought we’d share a few ideas about how this application can help nonprofit professionals. Magazine and with more than 20 million users, it’s pretty main stream.

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APRIL 26, 2012

While enjoying the spring conference circuit, Convio put our (very patient) camerapeople and me to work. We asked 70 nonprofit pros what they think the biggest challenge facing the sector is. But nonprofits have also become hypersensitive to successfully engaging with their supporters and creating awareness for their mission.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

This morning I have the good fortune to be presenting to a sold-out crowd at the Social Media for Nonprofits Conference in NYC. Social Media for Nonprofits Excerpt on Prezi. Author: Cheryl Black. While I know we’d all love to be hanging out in NYC together, unfortunately it’s just not feasible. Not so my friends!

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Convio and eleven other organizations recently joined forces to create the first-ever Integrated Marketing Advisory Board (IMAB) for the nonprofit sector. As IMAB Chairman Michael Johnston of hjc says, “Integrated marketing is quickly emerging as an essential approach to constituent engagement for nonprofits.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

In no particular order, here they are, 12 in 2012: books that nonprofit/marketing/fundraising nerds like us should give a gander. Includes a chapter by Dennis McCarthy, Convio’s Vice President of Strategy and Organizational Practice. What other books would you recommend to your nonprofit brethren?

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MARCH 26, 2009

The third annual Convio Benchmark Study was released earlier this week, and I had the opportunity to sit down with Vinay to discuss the high-level results. This report marked the largest to date with data from nearly 600 nonprofits that evaluate fundraising, email, advocacy, and marketing success online.

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MARCH 12, 2011

Randy Moss , co-author of The Future of Nonprofits: Innovate and Thrive in the Digital Age , gave Convio the two-minute summary of his SxSW session on innovation in nonprofits. PS For more live SXSW news you can use, follow @Convio and the #sxsw hashtag on Twitter.

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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. I travelled the country speaking at every nonprofit conference that would have me.

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MARCH 26, 2012

While my favorite thing about doing these audio interviews is getting to know Convio coworkers and let you meet some of our staff that you may not otherwise run into, I think most people familiar with Convio will know how important Vinay Bhagat is to our company and the nonprofit sector.

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MARCH 9, 2011

Conferences are a great way to meet other Convio users, gain best practices, and think creatively about online marketing. some of us from Convio in the coming months (including yours truly!). Before we jump into the laundry list, Convio's Facebook page is your one-stop shop for upcoming Convio events - bookmark it for future reference!

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Nonprofit organizations, their staffs and supporters play an increasingly important role in shaping our world through culture, politics, science and more. Your efforts and those of your fellow nonprofit professionals make our global community a more diverse, healthy and opportunity-rich place to call home. Author: Gene Austin.

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APRIL 30, 2012

Soon Convio will be acquired by Blackbaud and as a result the last few weeks have been filled with reflection. With the completion of our sale to Blackbaud Vinay will depart Convio. Frankly, many of the practices and strategies be deployed today by leading nonprofits in our sector were first conceptualized by Vinay several years back.

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JULY 1, 2011

The following blog post is by Kristin Sharpe at ACF Solutions , a Convio Solution Provider. With over 1,000 apps and counting, many of which are free or discounted for nonprofits, the AppExchange is a great place to look for enhanced functionality, productivity tools and more. Why We Love It First, it’s free to nonprofits!

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MAY 6, 2009

, we've planned a networking lunch so that you can interact with your peers, and we're excited about the Expert Lab that will enable attendees to get answers to their questions about Convio products and nonprofit services. Nonprofit event strategy and management. And now it's time to work on the sessions. We need your input !

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

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! Nonprofit Live TV. While many questions remain around social media by nonprofits, the personal use of these tools at the conference was leaps and bounds ahead of where it was last year.

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DECEMBER 29, 2011

But it occurs to me that the common thread is how varied and diverse the world of nonprofit success really is — to do it well you have to do a whole lot of things right, a whole lot of the time. Happy New Year from all of us at Convio!! This post originally appeared in the Convio Connection newsletter.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

So last week I was hanging out at the Purple Couch at Convio's Austin headquarters with Emily Goodstein and Betsy Gressler and some other colleagues*. Convio's booth at NTEN was on Foursquare, and Marc Cannon at Convio ended up being the mayor of the Convio booth. Author: Sally Heaven.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Today at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference I attended the Convio affinity user meeting. My first impression was that both NTC and Convio have come a long way as the room was packed. In the groups it was “all things Convio” ranging from best practices, product pain points and tech support challenges.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Last week I had the opportunity to speak with Judy Chang of PayPal and Debbie Swider of the ASPCA on “ 10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Nonprofit Social Media Plan ” with examples of some of the amazing success the ASPCA has seen through growing its social media plan. Have a favorite tip for getting started that you don't see above?

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Convio Summit 2011 kicks off today! Convio Luminate: Have a Convio Luminate question? Look for the Convio Luminate Badges! Convio's personal Geek Squad! Community : Stop by the Convio Booth #13 on the 4th floor to learn about the new Convio Client Community, Monthly Webinars, Service Modules and much more!

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JULY 13, 2010

You may have heard that back in April, Convio released our 2010 report on nonprofit fundraising. We publish these reports annually and they are powerful tools to help you evaluate how your nonprofit stacks up against other, similar organizations. Author: Lacey Kruger. Watch an interview with Vinay about the report here.

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MAY 31, 2012

As some of you may know, my podcasting history extends back before I started posting on the Connection Café For several years I published a podcast called the 501c3Cast which gave me some amazing opportunities to meet entergetic, smart, community-focused people in the nonprofit sector.

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APRIL 19, 2016

They don’t last very long compared to those of nonprofit organizations, but they raise and spend a tremendous amount of money—growing quickly from scratch into an immense, people-powered machine. It should come as no surprise then that the political campaigns often influence nonprofit best practices as well.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

So last week I was hanging out at the Purple Couch at Convio's Austin headquarters with Emily Goodstein and Betsy Gressler and some other colleagues*. Convio's booth at NTEN was on Foursquare, and Marc Cannon at Convio ended up being the mayor of the Convio booth. Author: Sally Heaven.

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MAY 3, 2012

Editor’s Note: This week the Convio team has reflected upon our journey: funny times, client successes, company progress and our future. And now a little more as we continue to share, in our own words, our Convio. So as I say “Goodbye” to Convio I say “How’s it going, Blackbaud? How can I help?”

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JANUARY 23, 2012

For many nonprofits sustained giving is an untapped resource, at most it's available on your donation form and a check box on a remit slip. View more presentations from Convio. Author: Danielle Johnson-Vermenton. As 2012 gets rolling, now is the time to plan for and launch an online sustained giving campaign.

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APRIL 9, 2010

If you currently work in a nonprofit organization, or the corporate world for that matter, you've no doubt had a conversation in the past year about "generational differences" today. Many nonprofit staffs are led by Boomers and Matures so the focus is often put on these groups overall for fundraising. Author: Jordan Viator.

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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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MAY 2, 2012

Within one week of my five year anniversary at Convio, we will say goodbye to an incredible company as we prepare for an even brighter future ahead. Sara summed it up so well her post yesterday of what an exceptional executive TEAM Gene has put together here at Convio. Working at Convio feels like being part of a family.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

What do you get when you cross a bunch of activist Convio employees with some other techie Convio employees and a product manager who is really excited about the new Convio Advocacy API ? A grassroots campaign targeting the CEO of Convio, Gene Austin , of course. Let me explain. Not much of an example, that's what.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

If we take a moment to gaze into our crystal ball, we can get a sense of what to expect in 2012 in the nonprofit sector. I won’t spoil my video with Convio CMO Sara Spivey , but in a nutshell: There are new rules of engagement for nonprofits.

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

Hi, I’m Judy Chang and I run PayPal’s nonprofit line of business. Last year over 100,000 nonprofits used PayPal to raise over $1B. Did you know that your charity can now collect PayPal donations through the Convio platform? Your charity just needs to have PayPal implemented through the Convio platform.

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