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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Author: Blair Naylor. Convio Summit 2011 kicks off today! Keynote : Don't miss this year's keynote speaker Chip Bell, best-selling author and entrepreneur, today from 9:30-11 a.m. Convio Luminate: Have a Convio Luminate question? Look for the Convio Luminate Badges! Convio's personal Geek Squad!

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Author: Jill Ward. Based on the rock solid fundraising performance by Convio clients, I’m hopeful of what’s to come in 2012. Overall, Convio clients raised 17 percent more online in the last three months of 2011 than in 2010. Our campaign begins in August and ends January 1 and is comprised of 3 stages.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. You’ve got 2 weeks until the end of 2011, 1 week before you’re on vacation, and maybe a few hours to address all those miscellaneous tasks fighting for your attention so if you haven’t made your end-of-year fundraising plan before now it’s just too late right? Not if you keep it simple!

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DECEMBER 15, 2011

Author: Emily Goodstein. What could be better than a fabulous organization getting recognized for the important work they do by the entire Convio community during our recent Convio Summit in Baltimore ? EG for CC: Of Convio’s array of online resources, what have you found most useful? BR for POGO: Action alerts!

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Author: Jill Ward. Congratulations to United Way of Lake County (UWLC) for receiving the 2011 Innovator Award in the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising category! Used Convio Personal Fundraising to allow one UWLC employee to raise money from friends and family; the individual collected $2,000 in 24 hours.

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MAY 4, 2012

Author: Vinay Bhagat. 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. In 2011, an estimated $17 billion was raised online.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

Author: Sally Heaven. 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.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Author: Emily Goodstein. 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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AUGUST 4, 2011

Author: Emily Goodstein. They make copying and pasting URLs unnecessary and the Convio team is all about ‘em! Epolitics has a whiole bunch of exciting ideas about ways you can incorporate QR code fun into political campaigns. Check it ! I told you, we’re ALL about ‘em. Just saying…

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Author: Lacey Kruger. Since consolidating their data into Convio Common Ground, All Hands Volunteers has developed more effective communications. They’ve created multiple fundraising and email campaigns that are personalized for specific segments of their housefile. million in 2011.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

Author: Jill Ward. That’s the service area for Philabundance , an amazing Convio client that provides food to approximately 65,000 people per week through direct services and network of 500 member agencies. About the Campaign. In 2011, the results keep getting better!

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Author: Misty McLaughlin. Last week at the Convio Summit, discussions of how to get started with mobile abounded. Despite this, an NTEN survey last year revealed that only 16% of orgs will have invested in a mobile version of their website in 2011, whereas 90% will have an email and social media strategy, and 19% will develop apps.

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MAY 5, 2011

Author: Sally Heaven. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy's Bedsider Project. Convio even has an iPhone app for our Summit! Right now the 2010 version is available, and the 2011 version is coming soon. 36% of U.S. mobile consumers now have smartphones , says The Nielsen Company.

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JULY 7, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. The following post is by Sheetal Persaud at hjc New Media , a Convio partner in Canada. Hjc specializes in integrated fundraising, brand building, and campaigning. Giving Donors give in a multitude of ways and this means that you need to have multiple giving options for your acquisition campaigns.

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MAY 27, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. Guest blog alert: Donna from Charity Dynamics (a Convio Solution Provider ) is sharing an real-life example of how integrated marketing and fundraising helped a nonprofit increase online revenue by more than 100%. Check out the graphic, that's an example of an email we sent as part of an integrated campaign.).

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MARCH 20, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. Mobile strategy : From defining goals, to designing for mobile, to developing and executing campaigns, to measuring results, a growing number of digital strategy consultants can be your partner in effectively using the mobile channel. Watt Hamlett is Lead Solutions Engineer with Convio.

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APRIL 7, 2011

Author: Jill Ward. Reprinted from Feb/Mar 2011 issue of Convio Connection : interview with Dave Hart, Chief Technology Officer, Convio. There is also a need to have robust reporting capabilities that enable a nonprofit to plan and execute integrated campaigns, and create engagement pathways.

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MAY 20, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. Convio recently contacted me to write about my social media successes, particularly within the realms of online engagement. There are plenty of resources out there, all of them pretty much saying the same exact things on how to craft a successful online campaign. Second, it's 2011.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Author: Blair Naylor. We had a lot this year and I wanted to highlight a few throughout 2011 that really stood out ranging from advocacy, social media gone viral, housefile growth to epic multi-channel strategies. Check out the following top 5 client success stories of 2011: RESOLVE. New York Public Library.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Author: Blair Naylor. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has accomplished so much this year – we previously blogged about their amazing success with the New Yorkers for Marriage Equality Campaign in June when New York joined 6 other states in legalizing same-sex marriage.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Author: Sally Heaven. But don't lose sight of an important piece of your 2011 fundraising strategy that you need to make sure is in place before we kick off the new year: sustaining giving. Keep in mind that folks only get their new card a few weeks before their old one is no longer usable).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Author: Jill Ward. So, I was obviously excited to see the 2011 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report from Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com land in my inbox. Email marketing and websites will be the most important communications tools for nonprofits in 2011, followed by direct mail, in-person events, Facebook, and media relations/PR.

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MAY 6, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. Guest blog alert : The following post was contributed by Donna Wilkins of Charity Dynamics , a Convio Solution Provider. However, it’s really interesting how integrated online and offline marketing has evolved into in 2011. Fast forward to 2011, the age of smartphones, social media and 3D television.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

In 2013, she co-authored Social Change Anytime Everywhere: How to implement online multichannel strategies to spark advocacy, raise money, and engage your community with Allyson Kaplin. She is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media , one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits.

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