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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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GitHub for Good: What Nonprofits Need to Know

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To qualify, your organization must meet a set of requirements: GitHub nonprofit accounts are designed for official nonprofit organizations and charities that are nongovernment, nonacademic, noncommercial, nonpolitical in nature, and have no religious affiliation. Blackbaud/Convio: github.com/convio.

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Blackbaud Buys their Rival Convio: Now What?

Care2

The nonprofit community was stunned yesterday when Blackbaud purchased long time rival Convio. According to Blackbaud President Marc Chardon, “Combining Convio and Blackbaud is expected to help create one of the largest SaaS vendors with over $440 million in trailing twelve months pro forma revenue.”

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My top 5 Salesforce/Common Ground administrator tips (as presented at the Convio Summit)

Judi Sohn

I just got back from 3 fabulous days in Baltimore at the Convio Summit user conference. This year, there were enough nonprofit organizations already on Common Ground to warrant a session or two aimed at users, rather than just to sell existing Convio clients to the application as was found at previous Summits.

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Infographic: Convio Reports on Person-to-Person Event Fundraising Benchmarks

NTEN

Earlier this fall, Convio released its " Peer-to-Peer Event Fundraising Benchmark Study ," based on a look at 48 organizations using Convio's TeamRaiser to manage fundraising events. You can find the complete study online here. They recently released an infographic to illustrate some of the key benchmarks.

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Convio puts the money where their mouth is for 09NTC

Amy Sample Ward

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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2012 BBCon – Blackbaud and Convio User Conference

Amy Sample Ward

A true evangelist is moved to create, is a seamless co-creator with your organization, and is motivated to spread content. Successful organizations intentionally design and construct multiple online channels that enable access for all fans and develop paths for relationship reciprocity and trust, fostering true evangelists.

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