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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] ). 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. I’m also concerned about the confusion this will cause in the industry.

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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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2012 BBCon – Blackbaud and Convio User Conference

Amy Sample Ward

In this session, we will discuss how co-creation unleashes online evangelists and strengthens cause-centric communities, and we’ll help you to do that as well.

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2012 Convio Benchmark Study

Connection Cafe

The sixth annual Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Index Study is now officially released. As monthly giving typically increases a donor’s lifetime value, this positive trend is very good news for the nonprofit sector and the causes being served. Author: Vinay Bhagat.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Convio Open – Why the Convio Facebook Application blows away Causes

See3

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. For organizations on the Convio platform, the Facebook application is a no-brainer and a HUGE improvement from Causes.

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Convio Go! List-Building Strategies

Connection Cafe

To help the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (a nonprofit medical research organization) find the answers, the Convio Go! It also helped evolve participants’ interest beyond the level of a fun diversion to an actively supported cause. To read more about OMRF’s success story or learn how Convio Go! pass it on.

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Moving on to my next adventure

Judi Sohn

It’s likely going to be another long one, so for those of you who just want it short and bittersweet, here it is: I will be leaving Fight Colorectal Cancer at the end of this year to join Convio’s Common Ground team. Why Convio? In the end, accepting an offer from Convio was the best and most logical choice for me.

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