Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology News from NTC ‘08 March 20, 2008 I’ve been having a great time here at NTC – running into lots of folks I’m happy to see again, and meet, learning about new things, being involved.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

> Apply for a scholarship to the 2012 NTC. That's why the NTC Scholarship campaign is one of my favorite programs each year. That's why the NTC Scholarship campaign is one of my favorite programs each year. Each year, you help us raise $10,000 , generously matched dollar for dollar by Convio.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Flickr Photo: feastoffun The rumor on the street is Miss Piggy registered for the NTC. So would Convio and NTEN! . Convio is matching donations dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $10,000. > Apply for a 2010 NTC Scholarship! Tags: 10NTC Community convio muppets scholarships Program.

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APRIL 5, 2012

Kudos to Vinay Bhagat of Convio for winning the 2012 Care2 Impact Prize for his outstanding impact in online advocacy and fundraising. Care2 Vice President of Nonprofit Services Clint O'Brien announced the prize winner today during the awards luncheon at the annual NTEN (NTC) conference. billion in 2011 alone.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Every year, the NTEN community comes together to raise enough money to send staff from small nonprofits to the NTC. For the fourth year running, Convio will match your contribution, dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000 – but only until February 29th. The NTC is a huge part of that. We've raised nearly $5,000 so far.

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MAY 2, 2012

After catching up on our email and our sleep post-2012 NTC, we started reading blog posts from attendees and speakers, and we've been amazed by the insights and ideas you all took away from the conference this year! Reflections from NTC Plenary Panel on Innovation , Beth Kanter. Socialbrite strategists' sessions at NTC , JD Lasica.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Of course, we want everyone to get a piece of the #10NTC action, so we're back with an all new NTC Scholarship Campaign! 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. . How will we top Putting a Ring on It ?

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Then the 2011 NTC Scholarship Silent Auction is for you! Every year, we raise up to $10,000 to send staffers from small nonprofits to the NTC. Every dollar is matched by Convio, allowing us to send up to 57 people this year. You don't have to be an NTEN member or attend the NTC make a bid and support our campaign!

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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. The report covers 17 self reported NTEE verticals plus Canada, Teams, and National Non Profits.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2009

Despite the tough economic times, it seems the community is really excited about the 2009 NTC. 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. Donate Airline Miles.

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Care2

APRIL 7, 2010

What an incredible line up of panels the folks at NTEN programmed for the 10th annual NTC - scheduled for April 8th - 10th in Atlanta. For those of you in DC who can't make it to NTC this year, Care2 is hosting a remote viewing party on Friday, April 9th. Panelists: Andrew Magnuson, Convio and Matthew Mielcarek, Convio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

I've been a proud member of the Nonprofit Technology community since, yikes, 1993 and a part of NTEN/NTC community since the early days. If you are involved with the nonprofit technology field, then you probably already know about the NTC the most attend event for nonprofit techies. Well, that alone was enough for me.

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NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2012

What does this have to do with the NTC? We want to make this as easy for you as possible, so if you missed one of the final Early Bird tickets and your nonprofit budget is too small to cover the regular registration costs, here are a couple of other ways you can still come to the NTC: Apply for a scholarship. Volunteer at the NTC.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Donations were matched by Convio and with over $10,000 raised by the community, we had fun at the largest-attended NTC yet! NTEN is hoping to raise $10,000 from the nonprofit technology community again this year, and Convio is going to match those dollars to help get as many folks to #10NTC in Atlanta this April 8-10.

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Tech Soup Blog

MARCH 17, 2009

Coming up from April 26-28, NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference (or NTC) 2009, is the go-to event every year for nonprofit professionals. We've written here before about why NTC is a great event if you can swing it. From panels, plenaries, and presentations (oh my!)

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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! And you don’t have to be an NTEN member or attend the NTC to make a bid and support our campaign! You can also support the 2011 NTC Scholarship Campaign by donating an item to the auction. It’s not too late!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Of course, we want everyone to get a piece of the #10NTC action, so we're back with an all new NTC Scholarship Campaign! 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. How will we top Putting a Ring on It ?

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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. Author: Jill Ward.

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NTEN

APRIL 9, 2009

Flickr Photo: amanky It makes me really happy when folks set up their own events inside the NTC. If you're planning anything for the NTC, let us know so we can highlight it here on the blog. If you're planning anything for the NTC, let us know so we can highlight it here on the blog. Tags: 09NTC convio NPTech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was the 12th conference that I have attended (it had earlier reiterations). Every year it is like attending a family reunion. I have some many friends and colleagues that I only get to see once a year at the NTC. For example, my colleague Shai [.]

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 24, 2011

March has been a busy month for us: with SXSW Interactive and NTC happening back to back, it felt like all conference, all the time. Rob, Marketing Consultant: Convio hosted a session on personalization of emails, and a presenter from the American Cancer Society discussed the impact of personalizing emails. Were you at SXSW or NTC?

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

MARCH 17, 2008

Pipes (1) Convio Convio rumors? 03.17.08 | 3348 18 Comments [link] Convio+rumors%3F 2008-03-17+20%3A35%3A15 Allan+Benamer A smart reader just told me about some news I somehow overlooked — it seems that David Crooke, Convio’s CTO, was replaced by David Hart on the 27th of February.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

With the matching $10,000 gift from Convio , that's enough for a record 62 scholarships to the NTC. -- so we owe everyone who took it upon themselves to give, in any way possible. To date, we've raised a grand total of: $12,287! There are still two more days to place your bid in our silent auction as well!

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 25, 2008

06/28/2010: User Expectations and Interface Response Times 06/16/2010: Making the most of conference hashtags: A tool for presenters 06/08/2010: Beaconfire Survey: Seductive Interactions 06/08/2010: Emailing with Convio – Testing Conditional Content 06/07/2010: Goin’ Barefoot? Long Live IE6! Related Posts Identity or Affinity?

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 29, 2008

06/28/2010: User Expectations and Interface Response Times 06/16/2010: Making the most of conference hashtags: A tool for presenters 06/08/2010: Beaconfire Survey: Seductive Interactions 06/08/2010: Emailing with Convio – Testing Conditional Content 06/07/2010: Goin’ Barefoot? Long Live IE6! Is Twitter actually useful?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. Convio or Causes? More from the Convio Summit this week. NTEN's Call for NTC Sessions - Deadline October 24th.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits September 19, 2008 Here are a few interesting tidbits that have come my way over the course of the last few days There is a new online fundraising platform, founded by an ex-Convio person.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 22, 2007

06/28/2010: User Expectations and Interface Response Times 06/16/2010: Making the most of conference hashtags: A tool for presenters 06/08/2010: Beaconfire Survey: Seductive Interactions 06/08/2010: Emailing with Convio – Testing Conditional Content 06/07/2010: Goin’ Barefoot? Convio is REST based and Kintera is SOAP based.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2011

That's the reason behind our annual NTC Scholarship Campaign: it's important that we make the NTC as accessible as possible, regardless of our attendees' budget sizes. Convio is matching donations dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $10,000. Scholarships cover only the cost of registration for the NTC. >

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Your organization may already use a traditional CRM like Convio, Blackbaud, or Salesforce to track and maintain information about your members. Come to our panel at the 2011 NTC ! So, what is Social CRM? At a very high level, the "CRM" in "Social CRM" stands for "Customer Relationship Management." How Can I Learn More?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2012

Be on the lookout for the Convio 2012 Benchmark Study (coming soon!) Our good friend and business partner in Canada, Michael Johnston of HJC, also shared some interesting stats about the differences in the nonprofit landscape that I thought I’d pass along.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

For the past eight years, I've attended NTC , NTEN's premiere conference for nonprofit techies.* Despite the tough economic times, it seems the community is really excited about the 2009 NTC. Convio is offering to match the dollars raised up to $10,000. If you're coming to NTC, I hope you'll volunteer for this event.).

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The best part of the NTC ? This year, as they have for the last few years, Convio is matching those funds dollar for dollar, so that we can send 50 folks who would not otherwise be able to attend. And when you donate you'll get a vote - a vote on which pop song the NTEN staff will rewrite and perform at the NTC. THE PEOPLE!

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2012

The prize will be awarded on April 5th at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco, during the awards luncheon hosted by our partners at NTEN. • Vinay Bhagat - Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Convio. . • Vinay Bhagat - Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Convio.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 17, 2012

I’m considering going to NTC next month without schlepping the heavy-ish Lenovo ThinkPad Convio gave me. No reason to hitch to a computer. Yes, if I have to restore it will take much longer, but I can live with that. I’m looking forward to going to a conference and not living power outlet to power outlet.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2011

Today at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference I attended the Convio affinity user meeting. My first impression was that both NTC and Convio have come a long way as the room was packed. In the groups it was “all things Convio” ranging from best practices, product pain points and tech support challenges.

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 12, 2008

06/28/2010: User Expectations and Interface Response Times 06/16/2010: Making the most of conference hashtags: A tool for presenters 06/08/2010: Beaconfire Survey: Seductive Interactions 06/08/2010: Emailing with Convio – Testing Conditional Content 06/07/2010: Goin’ Barefoot? Long Live IE6!

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