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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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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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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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

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MARCH 28, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Jordan Viator, of Connection Café Hundreds if not thousands of online tools are available to help nonprofit organizations with online communication. Amid his top picks, David harped on a few tools and sites in particular David's top picks include: Social Networks. File Sharing. User Experience.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

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APRIL 15, 2008

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

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!" Convio has no plan to discontinue the GetActive platform.

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OCTOBER 20, 2007

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!" Other providers, such as Blackbaud may follow their lead.

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Connection Cafe

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. 650, Washington, DC. The fun starts at 6pm.

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DECEMBER 5, 2008

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!" However, a study by Convio provides some hope in the form of online donations.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

Nonprofits Take Note: Donors are what they tweet | Social Citizens Blog – "As with many new technologies and developments, social media is being used in surprising and unintended ways to analyze and reveal unexpected data and trends. " Be sure to watch close for cameos of myself and many others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Some recent studies on social media and social networking use and baby boomers show that more and more are adopting social media. At its core, use of online social networks is still a phenomenon of the young. In the words of Vinay Bhagat, CEO of Convio : “Donors increasingly prefer online channels.

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DECEMBER 16, 2008

How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Media Genius View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: nonprofit socialmedia ). Here are my slides from the Convio " Social Media for Social Good " for tomorrow. Social Media and social networks allow for the quantum effects, paired elements at a distance.

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Connection Cafe

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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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

Farra Trompeter wrote up an amazing article about Foursquare+Nonprofits (and other location-based social network tools). Read the article for Farra's takeaways and tips for nonprofits. nonprofits, and we're happy to see NTEN members. Debra Askanase , Idealware , and Convio included in the list. .

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FEBRUARY 7, 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!" Being able to engage them through social media is the goal!

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APRIL 28, 2009

Yesterday, I checked out the session “Community organizing and online organizing: can they go together?” The session covered interesting points on the debate between community and online organizers and ways to overcome the resistance within an organization. Campaign: win on specific interests.

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JANUARY 21, 2012

Nonprofits receive up to 40% of their online donations at the end of the year since the holidays have people feeling generous, and donors also want to maximize those tax deductions before year’s end. does paid acquisition campaigns for hundreds of nonprofits. So how did you do in 2011? Utilize the Google Adwords grants.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2009

What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". Get the low down on social media platforms and what social and participatory media entails.

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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. How likely is someone in Generation X going to donate to my organization? Author: Jordan Viator. My main takeaway?

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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MARCH 25, 2008

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MARCH 27, 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!" Here are a few of the highlights that I took away for nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2010

Facebook [or any social network] is your garden." I thought this simple statement really drove home the crux of what social media is all about. AFP Presentation 2010: Navigating the Waters in the Sea of Social Media View more presentations from Convio. Do you really want to do this? -

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2010

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Effective data visualization is the future of nonprofit storytelling. Your organization is awash in data, but (while we hate to be the ones to break the news) nobody wants one more boring spreadsheet. Read more posts on our blog.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

Lately, there has been much debate about the value of social media and its so-called "experts". When it comes to nonprofits – and particularly, nonprofits on Facebook – we're all looking for the answer to the question: What's the ROI? If you're on Convio, sourcing Facebook recruits is easy.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The organization is a volunteer-staffed nonprofit that’s dedicated to timely disaster response and relief assistance. Historically, like many nonprofits, All Hands Volunteers had siloed data, with volunteer data and donor data housed in three different systems. million in 2011. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by RedRaspu Convio invited me to share my number one New Year's resolution as part of its "Now is the Time" campaign. The goal is to encourage nonprofits to make New Year's resolutions to that help them more efficiently and effectively move people to support their organizations. Why the number 52?

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 100 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. Convio in booths 107 & 108.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 100 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. Convio in booths 107 & 108.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2007

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!" Ive also added an online submission form for suggesting events.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Lots of members, including Charles Lenchner and Laura Quinn , were talking about the recent Pew research report on the use of social network by US adults over at M+R 's Progressive Exchange online community. Convio and Social Actions worked together to launch the Change the Web Challenge.

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