Care2

MARCH 14, 2011

&# It’s a good question and hard to answer, especially if your online fundraising program is new and you have little data. Today, Convio released the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Index Study. In short, Convio has sliced and diced the data to make it easier for online leaders (like you!) Key Findings: 1.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

According to 2010 Holiday Giving: Research and Insights into the Most Charitable Time of the Year by Convio and Edge Research, 74% of adults plan to give this holiday season a total of $48 billion in donations. Here are Convio’s tips for getting ready to capitalize on the generosity of consumers around the holiday season.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2012

Some of the 2011 Winners Were: Best Overall Use of Convio — Project On Government Oversight (POGO) was presented the award for their sophisticated use of Convio Luminate™ Online, Convio Luminate™ CRM, and Convio CMS and complementing it with social media tools and staff creativity to reach more of the general public.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 11, 2012

This month's Fundraising Success cover story, "Healthy Fundraising,” features two organizations in the health field that have both seen some amazing results with recent multi channel, integrated marketing campaigns. This post originally appeared on the IMAB Blog.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2012

Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for fundraisers this year? 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.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2010

Tad Druart, Convio. Like Mark Twain's famous quote, there is good news in the data -- the death of direct mail by some has been exaggerated -- but, when one looks at the data direct mail will not remain the dominate channel for soliciting and collecting gifts that it is today. Multi-channel integration is more important than ever.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Meg Murphy, Convio. [Ed. "I don’t have enough resources to do online fundraising and marketing", and. "I’m not sure I can afford to invest in online fundraising. "I’m not sure I can afford to invest in online fundraising." In 2008, Convio pioneered a new program called Convio Go!™

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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. In 2009, Convio's clients alone used the online channel to raise more than $921 million (up from $777M in '08), send more than 3.8

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2010

Last week at the 47th Annual Association of Fundraising Professionals Conference in Baltimore, online fundraising and outreach was a key issue covered throughout the event and the topic of social media was more popular than ever to this group of fundraising pros. Author: Jordan Viator. Do you really want to do this? -

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Care2

JUNE 10, 2012

tell people how they can connect with you through multiple online channels. If you are looking to start a welcome series or freshen up your existing one, check out these four tips from Convio’s latest report. Don’t send new people who just signed up to your list fundraising appeals. Make an Impression.

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APRIL 6, 2009

See3 Communications Names Shirley Sexton Director, Interactive Marketing and Fundraising. Leading provider of new media services to nonprofit community adds experienced online fundraiser and strategist to manage expanded service offering. She knows how to integrate channels and collaborate with stakeholders to optimize outcomes.”.

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Care2

MARCH 30, 2011

What does online advocacy have to do with online fundraising? Vinay Bhagat of Convio, Yvonne Garrett, of OMP, Randy Paynter of Care2.com com did a great presentation about the importance of understanding the link between activism and fundraising. Multi-channel appeals - em ail, text, social media. Paid online (e.g.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2012

When I joined Convio after 5 years as an event fundraiser, I was first introduced to the Communication Calendar while working with the Events360 and Komen 3-Day Events. Reinforce Important Points - It helps you identify areas where you could repurpose content across different communication channels. Author: Robyn Mendez.

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See3

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Vinay Bhagat, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer over at Convio has a new blog post about why to invest online in the tough economic times we are having. “As direct mail-based fundraising has become less effective, online fundraising has grown significantly.&#. Link [ Convio ].

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Recent research suggests that economic and policy changes over the last five years are continuing to make things difficult for fundraisers. Ready to explore mobile or social fundraising and don’t know where to start? What cohorts are performing well or poorly in which channels? Multi-Channel Marketing. Stewardship.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 16, 2010

And with such impressive growth in the world on online fundraising, nonprofit organizations are realizing the power of the Internet more and more with each passing day and looking for best practices to help leverage the Internet to raise funds. A new nonprofit online fundraising guide from Convio does just that.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 31, 2012

Convio and eleven other organizations recently joined forces to create the first-ever Integrated Marketing Advisory Board (IMAB) for the nonprofit sector. With the advent of social media and mobile technologies, more and more donors, volunteers and advocates are using multiple channels to interact with the nonprofits they support.

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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. New trends in fundraising. And now it's time to work on the sessions. We need your input !

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

Or do: maybe they'll make another video like this one (complete with integrated marketing channels ). You can find tips on just about everything else – from your home page to event marketing to list building – in Network for Good's newly revised " Online Fundraiser's Checklist ". Keep them coming. The story of a street corner in NYC.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2011

If you've read our major donor study The Wired Wealthy: Using the Internet to Connect with Your Major and Middle Donors , published in 2008 by Convio , Sea Change Strategies , and Edge Research , then you already know a few important things about major donors: half of wired major donors say that online giving is their preferred giving method.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2012

In no particular order, here they are, 12 in 2012: books that nonprofit/marketing/fundraising nerds like us should give a gander. The Art & Science of Multi-Channel Fundraising : An e-book with the latest and greatest best practices and case studies. Komen for the cure was born through a promise between two sisters.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2011

When Convio’s Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Vinay Bhagat , recently gave a presentation about trends in constituent engagement, my inner marketing-nonprofit-fundraising nerd came out in full force. The effectiveness of multi-channel donor communication knocked my socks off (slide six). Author: Cheryl Black.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Environmental $2.59 Public Affairs $2.69

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Integrate – as in, integrate social media with other channels such as email, direct mail, web content and offline activity to maximize success. Not all fans are equal – fundraising differs between different channels and demographics so stay in tune with where the opportunities and right audiences are.

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APRIL 28, 2011

CharityVillage Research: Benchmark Study Shows Online’s Strength : "Web-based fundraising is coming of age. That’s the conclusion of the 2011 Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study, which evaluated the results of nearly 600 nonprofit organizations that use Convio's software.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

The recent NTEN 501 Tech Club event in New York presented a panel on the topic of multi-channel fundraising, and Thomas and Beth both pulled nuggets from the presentation to help nonprofits understand the role of new media in storytelling, and the role of storytelling in our donor and constituent relationship building.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2010

If there’s one topic that’s near and dear to my heart in the nonprofit world, it’s participant fundraising. Back then, fundraising was different. Despite these challenges, I became one of the organization’s top fundraisers in Northern California that year. (I First a little background information.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Congratulations to United Way of Lake County (UWLC) for receiving the 2011 Innovator Award in the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising category! Check out what Valerie Petersen, Marketing Communications Associate at UWLC, has to say about their Page It Forward personal fundraising campaign and how they exceeded their goal by more than 50 percent.

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JULY 19, 2012

According to the Convio report, the Next Generation of American Giving , Millennials are engaged in charity. With Millennials, it's all about multi-channel engagement. Specifically think about ways to make peer-to-peer giving, which capitalizes on the importance of relationships, multi-channel. What do you think?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

One of the great pleasures of my job is working with Convio clients who are true innovators in nonprofit marketing and fundraising to define how we can collectively move the state of their art forward. Author: John Stockton. ” Know more than their name. ” Know more than their name.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

How can I integrate social media marketing efforts with other channels? Social media has still not quite yet proven itself to be the best fundraiser. But, think, too about using your social media channels to share your results and thank your donors. P.S. Scan this QR code for a special thank you message from Convio.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Environmental $2.59 Public Affairs $2.69

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2010

When it comes to your fundraising events, if you were starting over, how different would they look? Starting over may not be an option, but in the absence of that, here are ten things event fundraisers and marketers should be considering to reinvent their plans for 2011: Become more data driven. Drive fundraising productivity.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2011

Convio and our community are here to help you make your mailings better, smarter and heck, maybe even cheaper. –Andrew Buck, Convio. Take advantage of your online presence as an acquisition channel. –Watt Hamlett, Convio. – Emily Goodstein , Convio. –Danielle Johnson, Convio.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) 25% percent of their members are aged 50+.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2010

In today's NTEN NTC session "The Generational Divide of American Giving" Andrew Magnuson and Matthew Mielcarek, Nonprofit Consultants, discussed the recent research published by Convio , Edge Research and SeaChange Strategies on the Next Generation of American Giving. My main takeaway? Multichannel, multichannel, mutichannel communications!

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