Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Not all fans are equal – fundraising differs between different channels and demographics so stay in tune with where the opportunities and right audiences are. Set realistic fundraising goals – social media fundraising is still in its infancy so don’t expect huge gains right away.

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Connection Cafe

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is an online engagement strategist for World Resources Institutes and in her spare time writes a blog about using metrics for nonprofit web advocacy. writes for the Convio Connection Cafe Blog. is the author of the popular Museum 2.0 Laura Lee Dooley. Michelle Murrain. Jordan Viator. Deborah Finn. Christine Eggers. Wendy Harman.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. Convio and our community are here to help you make your mailings better, smarter and heck, maybe even cheaper. –Andrew Buck, Convio. –Watt Hamlett, Convio. – Emily Goodstein , Convio. –Danielle Johnson, Convio. –Me (Cheryl), Convio. Have no fear!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

Author: Emily Goodstein. I pressed all these tabling skills into service over the last two weeks when I attended both the Non-Profit Technology Conference in DC and the Association for Fundraising Professionals Conference in Chicago. Learn more about the way we did this at Convio’s 2010 Summit here.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Author: Kent Gilliam. Are you attending Convio's 2011 Summit? We hope you'll at least come by and say "hi" and meet the faces behind those Convio voices and emails that you know. ” After grabbing a bite to eat, swing by and learn about Convio's DIY online workshop and how we can help you achieve great results in less time.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Guest post by Emily Goodstein, Account Manager at Convio. No, I didn’t welcome a new member to my family, but I made a donation to OMB Watch (a Convio client doing amazing work to promote open government, accountability, and citizen participation) as part of their “ Adopt a Wonk ” campaign.

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Connection Cafe

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. And yes we know that BEGS is funny – us being fundraisers and all!) This goes to show that people like taking advocacy actions.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2010

Author: Sally Heaven. I was talking with my pal Michelle Shefter the other day about online advocacy and fundraising. She mentioned a Convio summit session about raising money from your grassroots activists. I said: “That’s so old school. Does anyone really keep their lists separate anymore?”

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

Author: Tad Druart. As an event fundraiser, I remember fighting for walkie-talkies during fundraising events, just to stay in touch with my co-workers and volunteers. Much like mobile fundraising – donation expected immediately.oh Technology has changed all that. What does REI stand for? how the world has changed.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Author: Alan Cooke. He has argued that Mother Theresa was not primarily interested in eliminating poverty, which would have involved muscular advocacy for things like the empowerment of women. Conventional wisdom has always said that nonprofits should focus on either service or advocacy, but not both.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. Mobile Commons is a Convio partner and they have just launched Mobile Advocate - A new product integrated with Convio Luminate and designed to drive targeted advocacy phone calls from the web or SMS. Integrate your mobile database with Convio other CRM.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2011

Author: Tad Druart. ” I laughed to myself and thought, “Wow, Vinay was on to something when he founded Convio as a 'cloud computing' company eleven years ago.” That is what cloud computing and Convio’s software delivery system is all about. It’s cool. So cloud computing is cool.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2010

Author: Quinn Donovan. So for the fourth year in a row, Convio is proud to provide you the latest copy of our Online Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study with hopefully enough to satisfy every sweet tooth, or hardened online marketer. Donors were still giving, but giving smaller amounts. Small organizations grew fastest. .

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Connection Cafe

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. This campaign won them the Gold Award for On the Edge Campaign of the Year from Fundraising Success !

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2011

Author: Michelle Shefter. Over the course of our conversation, Boris shared some easy to understand reasons why some online advocacy tactics should be encouraged over others. So, I bring to you this article on the DOs and DON’Ts of conducting online advocacy campaigns. In fact, nothing about faux constituents is wise.).

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Tech Soup

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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