Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

In the nonprofit technology community, I’ve heard stories of cut backs on “nice to have&# items and expenses such as travel and training so that organizations can focus on their most critical goals first and cut back on what they deem not to be completely necessary. Give to the Scholarship Fund. Donate Airline Miles.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2011

CRM (which I am defining rather loosely, rather than tightly, for the purpose of this post – as the tool or set of tools used to track constituents, donations, perhaps even events and volunteers) are arguably the most important technology tools that nonprofits use.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 30, 2012

Yesterday the news was that Blackbaud had laid off 50 employees it acquired when it bought Convio in May. In what was said to be an unrelated development, they also announced the departure of Gene Austin, the former CEO of Convio. The Blackbaud/Convio staff I spoke with seemed taken aback by this decision.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

The eight reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. nonprofit research, but I would also like to add similar reports from other countries. As the reports come in, I’ll organize them by continent.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2012

On January 17th, the nonprofit, technology, and financial communities learned that Blackbaud was beginning the steps to acquire Convio , whose board had approved the purchase. This news came as a surprise to most people in those communities, and triggered much discussion in both traditional media and social media channels.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 1, 2012

Dust off your Tom’s, iPads, and lanyards- SXSW is finally upon us and no one is more excited than we are here at Convio. ” Falling in line with the theme, each day we will be accepting donations during lunch to go to a local nonprofit, and at the end of the day we will match up to $500 dollars. Author: Guest Blogger.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The 2011 Convio Summit is 14 days away. General Session and Keynote Heard the buzz about constituent engagement and want your organization to embrace this new way of thinking? There will be tons of resources and support being provided from Convio Community, Free ‘Do It Yourself’ campaign kits to getting support on Twitter.

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2010

If your nonprofit is not developing yearly benchmarks for its fundraising program, website visits, email and e-newsletter open and click-through rates, start now. Establishing benchmarks helps organizations better leverage supporters, engage activists and keep websites dynamic with compelling content that drives people to take action.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 23, 2011

OMRF Shows New Supporters that “Geek is Chic” Working with small, resource-strapped nonprofits, we often find that many have the same questions about engaging new supporters: How often should we communicate? What’s the best way to approach someone who’s never been in contact with our organization? Too little?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2011

Downtime may be hard to come by with SXSWi , NTC and AFP International activity this week, but just in case you have a few minutes to burn waiting for a flight, train or a panel to start, I’m arming you with some exhilarating reading material — the Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index Study.

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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 nonprofit sector could benefit from these innovations that this openness has the potential inspiring. The most recent announcement is from Convio, which launched Convio Open. So, what would any geek with a treo do? Check twitter.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

It’s likely going to be another long one, so for those of you who just want it short and bittersweet, here it is: I will be leaving Fight Colorectal Cancer at the end of this year to join Convio’s Common Ground team. It has nothing whatsoever to do with my faith in the organization or my satisfaction with where things are heading.

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See3

DECEMBER 2, 2009

At the 2009 Convio Summit, Michael Hoffman was joined by Ramya Raghavan of the YouTube Nonprofit Program and David Neff of American Cancer Society for a session about online video. Session description: This session will cover how using videos to tell stories and drive support can be an effective strategy for nonprofit organizations.

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

million nonprofits in the U.S. According to the Q&A that Idealware conducted with Blackbaud , approximately 400 nonprofits are using Common Ground. nonprofits. But what about the rest of the nonprofit world? I’ve been hearing from many large organizations that are wondering whether they should be looking elsewhere.

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Care2

OCTOBER 26, 2010

26th) at the Convio Summit in Baltimore I joined Chris Burley of Defenders of Wildlife in a session to unveil a new online tool that Care2 built to greatly benefit our nonprofit clients. It’s called the “Convio Connector,&# and we built it using Convio’s API. Why is this valuable to nonprofits?

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 1, 2012

When I accepted the job at Convio, I negotiated that it would be okay for me to blog. It was difficult to roll out in a cookie-cutter fashion to many organizations at once…which when you're a large company dealing with smaller organizations I suppose is probably key to a product's financial success.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2009

Convio has released a new online fundraising benchmark report that is based on data from 600 of Convio's nonprofit clients from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. The average gift amount was unchanged at many organizations, with the average gift hovering around $67.50 in 2007 and 2008.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 9, 2012

Attention Data Nerds: Nonprofits Miss Out on the Power of LinkedIn: Learn How to Tap It | Beth’s Blog – Geri Stengel has a great guest post on Beth's blog. "Whether " Would love to hear what you're doing on LinkedIn and how your organization has or has not found LinkedIn valuable! and Canada. .

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Care2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

There’s a broad spectrum of savvy among nonprofits in social media – organizations of all sizes, some just starting out, some with programs under way but still making the case to stakeholders, and many with years of planning and successful execution under their belts.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 29, 2012

Back in September, as I posted that I was leaving Fight Colorectal Cancer to join Convio , I had a picture in my head of what my new job would be like. Convio has put all its attention into the kitchen and bathrooms and added a heavily customized bedroom or two on to the garage. I love my job. Folks can live quite comfortably that way.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 4, 2011

If you've been following my site for a while, you know I blog a lot (when I blog at all) about Salesforce and Convio Common Ground. This session uses real examples of how other nonprofits in the New York area are using Information Systems to manage their organizations. What do nonprofits use Salesforce for? •

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AFP Blog

MAY 10, 2012

What will the Blackbaud-Convio Merger Mean? - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy. : One of the most significant mergers in the realm of nonprofit technology in recent years is now in the books.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

And while I’m enjoying those every day miracles, I’m proud not only to have served my country as a soldier but to continue serving my community through you – the many nonprofit organizations and causes that do so much important work at home and abroad. On behalf of everyone at Convio I want to say “THANK YOU!”

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NTEN

DECEMBER 14, 2009

You know that organization. The fine folks at Convio recognize the problem and want to give these great orgs a leg up this holiday season. The fine folks at Convio recognize the problem and want to give these great orgs a leg up this holiday season. Tags: convio hero member. So what are you waiting for?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was the 12th conference that I have attended (it had earlier reiterations). Every year it is like attending a family reunion. I have some many friends and colleagues that I only get to see once a year at the NTC. Several individuals in the nonprofit technology community were recognized.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2009

In that spirit, Convio released their comprehensive online marketing study today that looked at close to 600 nonprofit organizations’ online marketing results and compiled benchmarks for evaluating fundraising, email, advocacy, and marketing success online. Overall, the nonprofit online landscape looks good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

I've been a proud member of the Nonprofit Technology community since, yikes, 1993 and a part of NTEN/NTC community since the early days. This year's Nonprofit Technology Conference will be my 11th one. . The NTC also provides scholarship assistance to those nonprofit techies whose organizations are facing budget hardships.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Overall, the nonprofit online landscape looks good.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Convio has built a Facebook application builder as part of their Open initiative. Convio has built a Facebook application builder as part of their Open initiative. For organizations on the Convio platform, the Facebook application is a no-brainer and a HUGE improvement from Causes. They have also made it easy to build.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

Last Monday, November 19, TechSoup learned that it was one of the organizations affected by the Convio/GetActive break-in, in which hackers stole email addresses and passwords of subscribers to various nonprofit newsletters.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 4, 2011

If you've been following my site for a while, you know I blog a lot (when I blog at all) about Salesforce and Convio Common Ground. Support Center for Nonprofit Management. Most nonprofits know they need an information system, but may not know how to find a good system or what to look for in a system. United States .

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Care2

MARCH 14, 2011

One of the key questions I get from nonprofits is, “How much money should we be raising online?&# Today, Convio released the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Index Study. This annual report analyzes the online fundraising performance of approximately 600 nonprofits that used the Convio platform in 2010.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 23, 2009

We started using Salesforce as our main database in 2006, following the nonprofit best practices of the time. Over the last few months I’ve talked to many folks I trust and respect in the Salesforce nonprofit community. That carried over when Convio bought GetActive a couple of years later. I feel good about our decision.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. Convio or Causes? More from the Convio Summit this week. The NTC is the nonprofit technology's field largest gathering. I wholeheartedly agree !

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Robert Weiner

MAY 5, 2010

Convio released their 2010 Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study in March, based on results from nearly 500 clients. 69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less. 69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Although social media gets much of the buzz these days, websites are still central to your nonprofit’s online communications strategy. I am very curious how nonprofits are managing their websites these days: Are you using a content management system offered by companies such as Convio , Blackbaud or eTapestry ?

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 23, 2009

We started using Salesforce as our main database in 2006, following the nonprofit best practices of the time. Over the last few months I’ve talked to many folks I trust and respect in the Salesforce nonprofit community. That carried over when Convio bought GetActive a couple of years later. I feel good about our decision.

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