Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2007

I received an embargoed press release in my email about Convio's Open Initiative. As Michael Hoffman describes the practical benefits: Imagine you run one program for your main donor database and another program for your email and online data. The most recent announcement is from Convio, which launched Convio Open.

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Care2

JULY 9, 2012

If you are looking to improve your online communications and content, Convio recently shared a great list of suggestions about different types of content you can send to your supporters, and how often should you send it in order to maximize open rates, click-thru rates and, ultimately, fundraising. Enewsletters. When to Send: Monthly.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

I thought it might be useful to compile a list of all of the commercial donor databases I’m aware of. This list came from my head, my bookmarks, and lists compiled by NTEN and Idealware for their donor management software surveys (and I’m not certain all of these are actually donor databases). Donor Quest.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2011

Downtime may be hard to come by with SXSWi , NTC and AFP International activity this week, but just in case you have a few minutes to burn waiting for a flight, train or a panel to start, I’m arming you with some exhilarating reading material — the Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index Study. percent in 2009.

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2010

Establishing benchmarks helps organizations better leverage supporters, engage activists and keep websites dynamic with compelling content that drives people to take action. Convio just released their latest benchmark report that examined over 500 nonprofit metrics in 15 sectors. Don’t know where to look?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Each year, at the annual Convio Summit, Convio honors a few of their clients who have pushed the envelope with their online campaigns. Use of Convio's multi-lingual tools helped CI reach out to both English and Spanish speakers. Offer $100k grant to organization with the most votes in their "Peace Primary". Winner: KQED.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2011

Organizations use this tool to track donors, send out newsletters, track the success of campaigns, track who is engaged with the organization in what ways, etc. Two of them (Convio and Blackbaud) are even publicly traded companies, which says a lot about the profit potential of this vertical. Net/MS SQL Server.)

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Robert Weiner

MAY 5, 2010

Convio released their 2010 Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study in March, based on results from nearly 500 clients. 69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less. Donors were still giving, but in smaller amounts. Donors were still giving, but in smaller amounts.

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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

AUGUST 1, 2013

Are you struggling to find ways to meet potential new donors? So what’s an organization to do? So, how can this help you acquire more donors? Here are five steps to take to ensure ticketing will have real impact on your organization’s new donor acquisition strategy. in annual donations for your organization.

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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. While donors continued to donate money, the average gift was smaller.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 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) Donors hate feeling like cash machines.”

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2010

Tad Druart, Convio. Anecdotally and intuitively, you know that changing demographics and technology are driving a shift in your engagement with donors, volunteers, event participants and other people your organization relies on to fulfill your mission. Yeah, more people to do fundraising solicitations!

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Care2

MAY 6, 2010

• Worried about your aging donor file? • Interested in attracting new and younger donors to your organization? • Wondering how to best segment donors by age to achieve greater fundraising success? Before joining Trilogy, he was a consultant at Bain & Company in London, Hong Kong and Kiev.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

In the world of fundraising, donor cultivation is king. Too often organizations skimp on donor cultivation. Why spend time on donor cultivation? Not only can you cultivate affordably, it’s also infinitely cheaper to keep a donor than to acquire a new one. The same is true for your donors. It’s an exchange.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 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) This year they did something a little different.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

Actually, I didn’t use the Battlestar Galactica expletive , I used the one you’re more familiar with. :-) Convio is launching the new application , built on top of the Force.com platform. It has the kind of functionality you’d expect from a donor database. It seems in a business sense, to be a brilliant move.

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2013

The 2013 Blackbaud Online Benchmark Report (formerly The Convio Online Benchmark Report ) is in its seventh year started by Convio’s Founder, Vinay Bhaghat. What’s new this year are email tiers, revenue tiers, and the years your organization has been engaged online. Response rates for appeals also declined 18.7%.

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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. Convio Common Ground. No staff training.

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Care2

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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Care2

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) They are all recent or current Care2 clients.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The same is true for donors. So I’ve tapped the Casanovas of Convio for a whole array of ideas for sweeping your donors off their collective feet. The greatest gift we can give our donor is the gift of being known by us. Recognize your donors while engaging your board with a pressure free activity.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Think of your event like a party: you invite all your friends (event participants) and they invite all their friends (event donors). Just like you would (over) think how you contact a new romantic interest, you need to carefully plan how you will engage a new donor. Thank your donors for their original gift.

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Care2

JUNE 10, 2012

When a potential new donor or activist signs up for your organization’s email list, do you have a welcome series in place to properly cultivate them? A welcome series spread out of over 2-4 week period is one of the most effective and quickest ways to: educate people about your organization and the key issues you work on.

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Care2

MARCH 14, 2011

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. The study also provides data for organizations based on size of email file. In 2010, Convio clients raised $1.3

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 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) Well, thats exactly where APIs can be helpful.

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2012

Nonprofits receive up to 40% of their online donations at the end of the year since the holidays have people feeling generous, and donors also want to maximize those tax deductions before year’s end. They believe in what you do. So how did you do in 2011? Is it time to make some resolutions for 2012, so you can raise more money in 2012?

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Care2

DECEMBER 5, 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)

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Care2

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. Year-end is no joke for charitable organizations. Instead of being channel-centric , be donor-centric.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Here are a few: The blog at the Nonprofit Times, called “Don’t Tell the Donor&# has a very interesting entry on the flurry of benchmarking studies that came out recently. It takes aim at Convio’s recent benchmarking study. Commenters on Allan’s post wonder about the fate of Convio’s IPO.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 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)

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 28, 2011

Our strategy: We want to send new non-donor contacts a series of 3 short emails. Donor Status: Lifetime Hard Credit Count (a Convio Common Ground field) = null covers that since the communication wasn't aimed at donors. We have a lot of information on our website that may be harder for a new visitor to find.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2009

My friend and fellow consultant John Kenyon is fond of saying that, after people, data is an organization’s most important asset. An organization’s databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2010

Convio released their 2010 Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study in March, based on results from nearly 500 clients. 69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less. Donors were still giving, but in smaller amounts. Donors were still giving, but in smaller amounts.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

HOW TO: Turn Slacktivists into Activists with Social Media – "Throughout the non-profit world, organizations struggle with social media’s impact on the volunteer and donor cycle. It seems that everyone is trying to bring younger donors into the fold. These are some of the common refrains I hear from nonprofits.

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Care2

APRIL 15, 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)

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2010

If you currently work in a nonprofit organization, or the corporate world for that matter, you've no doubt had a conversation in the past year about "generational differences" today. How likely is someone in Generation X going to donate to my organization? Author: Jordan Viator. My main takeaway? Newsletters, newsletter, newsletters!

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