Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

NARAL won the “Integrated Fundraising Campaign” prize for a multi-channel (email plus direct mail plus telemarketing) campaign that acquired 11,300 new contributing members at a 20% to 30% conversion rate.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 30, 2009

So far, I’ve created SSBs for my task manager ( RTM ), my 2 main Google email accounts, my timesheet & expense application ( Clicktime ), Salesforce, Convio Admin, Box.net , and my feed reader ( Fever ). Convio in particular is tons faster running as a SSB than it is in any browser. Mail, Facebook are built in to Fluid.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Some highlights… Austin noted that Convio now has almost 1,300 clients, after the acquisition of GetActive earlier this year. These nonprofit clients collectively have raised more than $1 billion over the years, using tools provided by Convio and GetActive, he said. Convio has no plan to discontinue the GetActive platform.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Use of Convios multi-lingual tools helped CI reach out to both English and Spanish speakers. One of the most exciting aspects of working for Convio is participating in the community with organizations like Care2 and others. They have multiple, creative opporunities to engage through online quizzes, polls and games.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2011

At the Convio Summit earlier this month, we honored The American Heart Association (AHA) with an Innovator Award for the Best Team Event for their Youth Market Events, Jump Rope For Heart and Hoops For Heart ! Author: Noel Beebe.

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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. " Duh," Tad Druart's daughter.

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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. 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. Repeat after me.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2008

» Friday Mar 28 2008 Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released Friday, March 28, 2008 at 11:53AM | by James OMalley Convio recently released their second annual nonprofit online marketing benchmarks study. 60) Search « Google AdWords for Nonprofits: 10 Tips About Keywords | Main | Whats an Email Address Worth?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Meg Murphy, Convio. [Ed. Last year, Convio clients raised more than $777 million online and 2009 looks to be even better. In 2008, Convio pioneered a new program called Convio Go!™ Tags: E-mail Fundraising. note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

As I learned from attending the just completed Convio Summit in Austin, Texas, a discussion about APIs and databases fortunately doesnt have to be technical. In fact, ASPCA and Conservation International received recognition during Convios Summit, in part for their successful use of widgets on social networks such as MySpace.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

Every dollar is matched by Convio, allowing NTEN to send up to 57 people this year! Sharing auction items with your friends is easy via the handy Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and e-mail integrations built right into each listing. Bidding closes at 5pm Pacific on February 11. We’ll contact winners and arrange for payment then.

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2008

» Friday Mar 28 2008 Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released Friday, March 28, 2008 at 11:53AM | by James OMalley Convio recently released their second annual nonprofit online marketing benchmarks study. 60) Search « Google AdWords for Nonprofits: 10 Tips About Keywords | Main | Whats an Email Address Worth?

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Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2008

However, a study by Convio provides some hope in the form of online donations. This is the key finding of a new Convio study that also found that 42 percent of donors plan to donate up to $100, and that total donations will reach about $3 billion this holiday season.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 1, 2009

It took a while, but I finally have a template that seems to be working well for us: I’ve tested the template in Outlook (2003 and 2007), Gmail, AOL, Yahoo and Apple Mail and it looks just like the screen shot above, or close enough. For starters, it only works in Internet Explorer.

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Care2

JULY 25, 2011

Convio helps jumpstart your brainstorming with their new guide - Crafting Subject Lines That Work: Making Email Appeals More Effective. Many mail platforms, especially mobile ones, don’t support more than 50 or 60 characters. Make sure your subject line accurately reflects the content of the message. Keep it short!

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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 ]. Younger doesn’t have to mean young.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2011

It’s always been important that you were creative and effective with your direct mail efforts but with postage rates going up on Sunday, now it’s more important than ever. Convio and our community are here to help you make your mailings better, smarter and heck, maybe even cheaper. –Andrew Buck, Convio.

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Care2

MARCH 30, 2011

Vinay Bhagat of Convio, Yvonne Garrett, of OMP, Randy Paynter of Care2.com One year later, 31,000 took another action, 700 converted to donors online, and 1,325 converted to donors via mail. What does online advocacy have to do with online fundraising? com and Ryann Miller of Care2.com Recruit: Be thoughtful about form of ask.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2012

Today, Friday May 4, 2012, is my last day at Convio. In the end I decided to reflect on my favorite quote by Mahatma Gandhi, “be the change you wish to see in the world,” as I feel it encapsulates the Convio story very well. I even boldly predicted the demise of direct mail – although I was wrong about that!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2011

They make copying and pasting URLs unnecessary and the Convio team is all about ‘em! Direct Mail: Consider putting a QR code on a direct mail piece! If you’re using Convio CMS, don’t forget to check out the Summer 2011 release goodness all about mobile detection and sites that play well with smartphones.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

You should also check out the article Philip wrote for us this month, " Effective Uses of Social Media for Fundraising " Speaking of ourselves, remember that post back in February from Alan Cooke of Convio ? You know the one, where he talks about Online Engagement and Giving? Oh, you don't?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

And above all else, I learned how to rake in the e-mail addresses so I could follow-up with folks post conference. Consider using an iPad with a form optimized for mobile and encourage conference attendees to share their e-mails that way. Learn more about the way we did this at Convio’s 2010 Summit here.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Stay@Home was conducted as a traditional nonevent fund-raising activity: CC mailed invitations to its prospects and donors asking them to stay at home. CC launched Red House@Your House with a mail and e-mail campaign. The e-mail is updated with a new story each month to keep the content and news fresh. Tell a friend.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2011

Every e-mail marketer worth her salt knows how to calculate an overall messaging open rate: messages opened ÷ messages delivered. That's why I was a little confounded when we first started using our new e-mail system, and it would spit out a report like this: An overall open rate of almost 33%?

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

A handful of donation appeals per year might work for Direct Mail, but if you''re going to develop any significant revenue from a primarily email-based fundraising program, then quarterly email appeals aren''t enough. Use of integrated CRM platforms (such as Salsa, Engaging Networks, Convio/Blackbaud etc.)

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

I follow several nonprofit fundraising blogs, one of which is The Agitator, and this recent post about "ask amounts" on direct mail and fundraising forms caught my eye. This post piqued my interest in part because of a vibrant discussion held at the Convio DC Users Group last week about end-of-year fundraising. Author: Sally Heaven.

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NTEN

JANUARY 18, 2011

Every dollar is matched by Convio, allowing us to send up to 57 people this year. You tell me your hand measurements and favorite color(s) (or pick a specific yarn from their store), and I will knit you your very own pair and deliver them at NTC or mail to you in March. Then the 2011 NTC Scholarship Silent Auction is for you!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Alan Cooke, Convio. More than $250 million was raised online for Haitian relief efforts in the first 21 days after the quake through Convio powered emails, websites, and other campaigns (up from approximately $120 million in the same period during Katrina).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

While online fundraising is still a drop in the bucket compared to snail mail, it grows exponentially each year. Check out The Wired Wealthy: Using the Internet to Connect with Your Middle and Major Donors by Convio, Sea Change Strategies, and Edge Research for more information on how to connect with big dollar donors online.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The following post is by Dennis McCarthy, Convio's VP of Strategy and Organizational Practice. Reduced direct mail quantities by 24.5% Boosted direct mail response rates by 117.1% (from 4.94% to 10.72%). I’d guess that average age of TPL donors is 55+, so they respond well to both email and direct mail.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2012

Tools : Just like direct mail requires paper and postage, good social marketing has its own requirements. For more social media goodness, follow #sm4np on Twitter today, check out Convio's social media resource page or explore our social media related Connection Cafe posts.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Enter to win 2 free seats for Convio's new CRM, Common Ground ($2400 value). And don't forget to enter your e-mail address when you post so we can verify your membership and contact you if you win! You'll also get 10 free consulting hours ($1600 value) to help you get started with your new tools, thanks to Causeway Interactive. >Here's

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Elizabeth Nielsen — Director of Interactive Marketing, Feeding America Liz Nielsen co-leads Feeding America''s national direct marketing program — including digital media, email/web fundraising, direct mail and telemarketing.

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Judi Sohn

JULY 27, 2009

It’s been a little over a month since I signed on the dotted line for Common Ground , Convio’s Force.com application for nonprofit donation and constituent management. Between them and Convio, I feel like we’re in good hands. Last week, Convio updated their managed packages to version 2.0. for donations.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 15, 2011

direct mail. Convio will have more to say about this later this year, but right now I'm interested in hearing from YOU. And all of this happens fairly seamlessly - to the two of us, it's just one big long conversation even though each piece of it happened using eight different communication methods - or "channels.". Such as: email.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Here's a quick snapshot of how their Page It Forward campaign performed: Launched a multi-channel campaign which incorporated email, direct mail, mobile giving and social media to put a contemporary twist on the traditional book drive concept.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

Mailing Services of Pittsburg. Compton Fundraising Consultants. Campaign Management Systems. Havey & Associates. Three Rivers Systems. Church Contribution System. Vian Corporation. Common Grouns. communitEbuilder. Oaktree Systems, Inc. Community Enterprise. community pearl. bromelkamp. Compass CRM. Compass Technologies. ContributorLink.

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