Care2

JANUARY 21, 2012

Here are some online marketing strategies Convio recently outlined in their whitepaper “Utilize Your Year-End Momentum” that you can start working on right now, so that when “that time” rolls around again, you’ll be better positioned to reach your online fundraising goals. Build Your List.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

While I'm definitely looking ahead to longer days, azaleas, and tulips, from a fundraising perspective, I'm still trying to wrap my head around what happened last fall. billion in total fundraising. of total fundraising now comes from online giving. 88% of nonprofits had at least one online gift of $1,000 or more.

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

After working on over 400 nonprofit email recruitment campaigns, and helping clients plan successful recruitment strategies, I’ve realized that most nonprofits don''t send nearly enough standalone fundraising appeals. It’s based on net cost per email address, average projected email response rate, and average projected gift.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2010

We are pouring over hundreds of mail pieces and gift catalogs we’ve stored up over the past few months. The result of our research and discussion will be 2 – 3 major gifts and some smaller gifts in honor of friends and families. Ask for big gifts online. “Online is not just for small-dollar gifts.&#

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2011

Even though it’s summer and you are probably are heading to beach this weekend, planning for your year-end fundraising campaign should start right about now. Convio has just released a new tip-sheet, “Kick-Start Your Holiday Campaign Planning,&# to help you start work on your online fundraising for year-end, or even.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 23, 2009

Whether I decided to install the Salesforce Foundation’s Nonprofit Starter Pack , Convio Common Ground or something in between (or nothing at all), I would have some concessions to make. After weighing all the options, and with a little help from some friends , we’ve decided to purchase Convio’s Common Ground.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 23, 2009

Whether I decided to install the Salesforce Foundation’s Nonprofit Starter Pack , Convio Common Ground or something in between (or nothing at all), I would have some concessions to make. After weighing all the options, and with a little help from some friends , we’ve decided to purchase Convio’s Common Ground.

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Convio Database Tutorial Attitude 100

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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Benchmark Convio Social Media Online 28

NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We're going to raise another $10,000 (matched dollar for dollar by Convio) for the NTC scholarship campaign this year -- and send another 57 people down to Hot-lanta. . Thanks to Convio , we're going to be able to waive the registration fees for up to 57 attendees. Every dollar of your gift will be matched by Convio, up to $10,000.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

You’re in luck because Convio recently released their report on the 273 most generous cities across the United States. Convio analyzed cities with total population of more than 100,000 based on per capita online giving and the total amount donated through the Convio platform. Ever wonder how charitable your city is?

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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

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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Care2

APRIL 6, 2010

If your nonprofit is not developing yearly benchmarks for its fundraising program, website visits, email and e-newsletter open and click-through rates, start now. Convio just released their latest benchmark report that examined over 500 nonprofit metrics in 15 sectors. Online Fundraising. Don’t know where to look?

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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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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2010

Convio released their 2010 Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study in March, based on results from nearly 500 clients. The average gift size was $80.80. The average gift size was $80.80. Most organizations saw declines in average gift size. As Convio found, average gift size declined.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Much has changed with regard to fundraising and “friendraising” during the 12 years I have been a professional fundraiser, the most obvious being the use of technology. The fundraising piece does often come – just at a later date.). Fundraising Events. Adrienne D. And how do you check results? www.karma411.com.

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Care2

JULY 29, 2011

With fundraising season just over the horizon, it might be time for you to take a look at your donation page with conversion rates in mind. Convio and Donordigital recently helped seven large US nonprofits test different versions of their donation pages, and shared some of t heir results in a new whitepaper. But what is the recipe?

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Donation Tips Convio Test 73

Connection Cafe

MARCH 31, 2010

And after I started to get sleep in blocks longer than 4 hours, I realized the same applies to metrics tied to fundraising events. This realization about event fundraising analytics was reinforced during recent conversations with Alan Cooke at Convio and Jeff Shuck at Event 360. Amount per gift.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We're going to raise another $10,000 (matched dollar for dollar by Convio) for the NTC scholarship campaign this year -- and send another 57 people down to Hot-lanta. Thanks to Convio , we're going to be able to waive the registration fees for up to 57 attendees. Every dollar of your gift will be matched by Convio, up to $10,000.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Amy VanWyngarden, Convio. Peer-to-peer fundraising events are growing in popularity - and rightfully so! UNICEF’s Trick-or-Treat campaign at Halloween did this successfully and brought in $110,000 through 1,315 gifts. This strong affinity motivates these individuals to fundraise. million was donated online.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

In the world of fundraising, donor cultivation is king. People get sweaty palms over doing the ask, but if you’ve done cultivation right, the gift is like ripe fruit falling from the tree. On top of higher gift values and increased donor loyalty, cultivation done right reveals: . How can cultivation result in a big gift?

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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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Care2

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

As any facility with visitors should, it has a gift shop which sells intangible support items ( Adopt-a-Seal ) as well as very tangible ones, like warm socks with various marine mammals on them. It also has a basic e-retail store (housed and managed within their Convio website). The Marine Mammal Center has a strong retail component.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

In general, the consensus seems to be that Facebook is not the place to pin all your fundraising hopes. If you're on Convio, sourcing Facebook recruits is easy. At our last analysis, our Facebook recruits had donated a total of $3,793 in the last 12 months, with an average gift of $79.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Today, we exceeded our scholarship campaign fundraising goal for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference! With the matching $10,000 gift from Convio , that's enough for a record 62 scholarships to the NTC. If you have any confetti lying around, now's the time to break it out. To date, we've raised a grand total of: $12,287!

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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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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

Compton Fundraising Consultants. FundRaiser Basic. FundRaiser Software. FundRaiser Professional. FundRaiser Software. FundRaiser Select. FundRaiser Software. MatchMaker FundRaising Software. Qbase Fundraising Manager. Sage Fundraising 100 (aka GT Pro). SunGard Higher Education.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2009

So, inspired by a little tweet from Beth Kanter , we're excited to announce a special fundraising drive to bring more folks to the NTC: we're going to raise $10,000 for an NTC Scholarship fund by February 28. Thanks to Convio , we're going to be able to waive the registration fees for up to 57 attendees.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 19, 2012

Today’s "Behind the Convio Admin Curtain" installment is full of juicy Convio best practices, and even a restaurant recommendation for stellar chocolate chip pancakes right outside Boston. PS—We call ourselves Convions, but I’ll take Convio-ers too!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Flicker photo: Express Monorail We're through the first week of our fundraising campaign for the #10NTC scholarship campaign , and we're getting close to halfway to our goal. . Your gift will be matched by Convio dollar for dollar -- so your $10 donation magically becomes $20! . Tags: 10NTC Fundraising. Kari Peterson.

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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

AUGUST 10, 2011

You probably already know, but it bears some discussion of terminology since there are many gifts that fall under the broad designation of "recurring giving.". Their gift has no end date, and it could be monthly, quarterly, or annual. Different organizations may call these gifts by different names, and that's okay.

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Pledge Baltimore Gift Convio 48

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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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Want to know how non-profit organizations are using geographic analysis and the power of maps to support their missions, report to stakeholders and funders, apply for grants more effectively, or conduct fundraising and marketing gap analyzes? Convio in booths 107 & 108. We can help you with that. Democracy In Action in booth 11.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The best source for your next gift is the person who gave you your last gift. But according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP), in 2008 for every $6 raised by charities, they lost $5 through attrition and the 2009 numbers didn’t look any better – with $6 lost through attrition for ever $4.50

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Only the first $10 donation was processed and then the next month my additional gifts immediately started failing. So, rather than donating the intended $120 a year to this organization (until I told them I was no longer interested), my gift that year totaled $10. More data on which gifts are failing, and why.

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