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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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 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!" Use of Convios multi-lingual tools helped CI reach out to both English and Spanish speakers.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2010

If you're attending the Convio Summit (hashtag #convio10 ) and: you like advocacy. Then you should attend the workshop entited "Advocacy: Anytime, Anywhere with APIs." Author: Sally Heaven. you like APIs. AND you like cool campaigns. At the workshop, we're also going to unveil a cool campaign.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 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!" Check out the full study here.

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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

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!" The awards committee praised Lambda Legal for using conditional content very well.

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Care2

APRIL 15, 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!" Check out the full study here.

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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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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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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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AFP Blog

JANUARY 18, 2012

Any Color You Want … As Long As It’s Black | The Agitator - Fundraising, Direct Marketing and Advocacy Strategies for Nonprofits : Twitterland, the nonprofit newswires, and my email lit up early Tuesday morning with news that Blackbaud, the largest provider of fundraising software to nonprofit organizations, had announced its plans to acquire Convio, (..)

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2012

There's a special brotherhood (and sisterhood) that prevails in the nonprofit sector, and great respect for our heroes. The prize will be awarded on April 5th at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco, during the awards luncheon hosted by our partners at NTEN. And much more. Only one vote per person will be counted.

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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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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2011

Care2 is a Redwood City, CA based B Corp social enterprise that organizes a large social action network, which in turn helps run nonprofit advocacy campaigns. They also have a great nonprofit technology and marketing blog called Frogloop. That's where I found their list of Best Cloud Tools for Your Nonprofit by Avi Kaplan.

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Care2

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!" Its great to see the proliferation of APIs in the for-profit world, but what about nonprofits?

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Care2

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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Judi Sohn

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Our database is set up based on the old nonprofit best practice of putting individual constituents/donors in a bucket “Individual&# account. At this point, there are two very different paths we can take: the new Nonprofit Starter pack from Salesforce, or Convio Common Ground. Salesforce Nonprofit Starter Pack.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 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!" The same goes for advocacy. And we should. Benchmark average value of an email address All areas $7.86

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Care2

MARCH 25, 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!" The same goes for advocacy. And we should. Benchmark average value of an email address All areas $7.86

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others. The findings mirror many of benchmarks in the Convio report. percent and email advocacy rates at 4 percent.

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Care2

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!" Need ideas to turn your resolutions into reality?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2009

The third annual Convio Benchmark Study was released earlier this week, and I had the opportunity to sit down with Vinay to discuss the high-level results. This report marked the largest to date with data from nearly 600 nonprofits that evaluate fundraising, email, advocacy, and marketing success online.

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Care2

MAY 25, 2011

Nonprofits are often among the earliest adopters when it comes to technology and cloud computing is no exception. I'm not going to go into detail about the steps to setting up your nonprofit website quickly in the cloud. Nonprofit CRM. The savings can be dramatic too. Others have covered that which you can check out here.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 9, 2011

Conferences are a great way to meet other Convio users, gain best practices, and think creatively about online marketing. some of us from Convio in the coming months (including yours truly!). Before we jump into the laundry list, Convio's Facebook page is your one-stop shop for upcoming Convio events - bookmark it for future reference!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 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!" Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2010

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. Not much of an example, that's what.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

The Wikimedia Foundation, which finances and oversees the nonprofit site, received a $1.2 These are some of the common refrains I hear from nonprofits. It seems that everyone is trying to bring younger donors into the fold. And, how do you do it? Please add any experiences or thoughts of your own."

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

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. For us, it's also a critical source for advocacy. By Heather Shelby, Online Membership Associate, Environmental Defense Fund.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Last week I had the opportunity to speak with Judy Chang of PayPal and Debbie Swider of the ASPCA on “ 10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Nonprofit Social Media Plan ” with examples of some of the amazing success the ASPCA has seen through growing its social media plan. Have a favorite tip for getting started that you don't see above?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 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!" Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2009

, we've planned a networking lunch so that you can interact with your peers, and we're excited about the Expert Lab that will enable attendees to get answers to their questions about Convio products and nonprofit services. Advocacy campaigning and best practices. Nonprofit event strategy and management. User experience.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Because I come from the nonprofit world, where women and men are both valued and seen as rock stars in their roles spearheading online communications programs in online advocacy, online fundraising and social media. In the nonprofit-driven circuit, panels are often gender balanced. The response to my Act.ly

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 28, 2011

One a general welcome, one highlighting our research work, one highlighting our advocacy work. I'm surprised how many nonprofits I talk to using Salesforce don't realize how easy this is. Our strategy: We want to send new non-donor contacts a series of 3 short emails. Spaced a week apart. Just click and go.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

RESOLVE , the National Infertility Association, is a nonprofit organization established in 1974 that improves the lives of women and men living with infertility. RESOLVE created Advocacy Day that occurs every year and helps bring the voices of their constituents to congress. Notable Results.

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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 wanted to get this out for quite some time, but couldnt get passed a small HTML code glitch.

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Care2

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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Alan Cooke, Convio. There is little debate that online communication, fundraising, and advocacy have become important parts of the modern nonprofit's fundraising and marketing mix. 3) Technology that equalizes the playing field for all nonprofits. Nonprofits, Donors and Consumers Adopting Online Lifestyle.

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