Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

Published by Convio. 13) 2012 Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey :: Download. Published by Waggener Edstrom. 3) 2013 Charitable Giving Report :: Download. Published by Blackbaud. View: All Blackbaud Reports. 4) 2013 Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study :: Download. View: All Blackbaud Reports.

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Social Media Mobile Report Communication 223

Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Convio released their own Fall ‘09 upgrade of Common Ground (to version 2.1). While I was still trying to figure out what we were going to do before switching to Convio Common Ground, I asked staff for their Salesforce wish list: “what do you wish our database could do that it doesn’t already?&# So what’s new?

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Convio Integration Database Files 124

Connection Cafe

MARCH 23, 2011

This is a plea to get as many people as possible to take the NTEN CMS Survey. This survey will feed into the most exciting piece or industry research to come along since the Wired Wealthy Report. This is a long way of saying, “ I think you should take a few minutes to take the NTEN CMS Survey.”

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Survey NTEN Web Help 24

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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Convio Austin Social Media Advocacy 28

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

This year they decided to take a look at how all those systems work together in what they are calling their first Data Ecosystem Survey. When you have a spare 10-15 minutes, please take the survey. Take me to the survey! ” So, if you didn’t already quit reading it’s now time to go Take the Survey.

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Survey NTEN Data Convio 26

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

December 12, 2007 I had a good look at NTEN’s CRM Satisfaction Survey (yippee for data!), and although the sample sizes were small, and not representative of the nonprofit sector as a whole, the people surveyed seemed to like the open source tools available. That’s pretty impressive.

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Open Source Open People Survey 100

Connection Cafe

APRIL 16, 2012

This May, Convio will host our 8th annual Convio Cares Days, where employees across the country take time off to support local non-profits. A small team in the Convio office in DC has been setting everything up and I wanted to offer 5 tips on organizing an office volunteer event. Not everyone enjoys the same kinds of activities.

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Volunteer Tips Convio DC 37

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Are you going to Convio's 2011 Summit in October? Do you want to share your opinions so that we can make Convio more user-friendly? The Convio Usability Lab will be back for its 4th year. Your participation in our research will help us make Convio software better for you. The Usability lab is open at the following times.

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Ipod Convio Press Survey 26

Care2

OCTOBER 17, 2007

60) Search « Live from Convio Summit 2007 | Main | Mastering Integrated Marketing: Interview with Jessica Grounds » Wednesday Oct 17 2007 Take the M+R Online Monthly Giving Survey Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 04:35PM | by James OMalley Wouldnt you love to know more about monthly giving?

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Survey Social Media Online Advocacy 28

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!™ note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter.

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Convio Mail Newsletter Game 76

Care2

AUGUST 26, 2011

Using the Internet to Raise Funds and Build Donor Relationships: Tools, Tips and Techniques for Boosting Donations , a new handbook from Convio, will help your organization see the big picture and create effective strategies for long-term success.

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Tips Online Fundraising Poll 68

AFP Blog

MARCH 23, 2012

Attendees at Austin's SXSW Interactive give big - Austin Business Journal : Convio Inc. Nasdaq: CNVO), an Austin-based fundraising technology company, conducted a survey of SXSW Interactive participants and found more than 87 percent of attendees donate to charity.

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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. ” Convio’s recent survey, Integrated Multi-Channel Marketing , supports Michael’s statement. Author: Sara Spivey.

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Integration Marketing Convio Channel 29

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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Convio Boston Skype Raise 29

Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2011

I like the way he explains that CRM databases are used mostly for collecting donations, sending emails to supporters, segmenting lists, personal fundraising, event registrations, surveys, petitions, advocacy letters, and other advocacy functions. He also recommends Convio's Common Ground CRM , which is built on the Salesforce platform.

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Tools Skype Advocacy Info 50

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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Online Giving Convio Mobile 74

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. –Watt Hamlett, Convio. – Emily Goodstein , Convio. –Danielle Johnson, Convio. –Me (Cheryl), Convio. Have no fear!

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Convio Mail Texas Rate 26

NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Nancy Schwartz summarizes some findings from her latest survey about nonprofit communications, and you might be surprised! And I can't resist thanking all the NTEN folks who are helping us and Convio send over 50 nonprofit staff to the 10NTC who wouldn't be able to be there otherwise! Congratulations! Inspiring work -- and pictures !

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NTEN Kiva Sample Convio 47

NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Nancy Schwartz summarizes some findings from her latest survey about nonprofit communications, and you might be surprised! And I can't resist thanking all the NTEN folks who are helping us and Convio send over 50 nonprofit staff to the 10NTC who wouldn't be able to be there otherwise! Congratulations! Inspiring work -- and pictures !

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NTEN Kiva Sample Convio 47

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2012

Includes a chapter by Dennis McCarthy, Convio’s Vice President of Strategy and Organizational Practice. Forces of Good: 6 Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits : Drawn from a survey of CEOs and study of a dozen high-impact nonprofits, tips to make your org more effective.

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Case Study Org Nonprofit Chapter 55

Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

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). I thought it might be useful to compile a list of all of the commercial donor databases I’m aware of. Compton Fundraising Consultants.

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Database Donor Kintera Oracle 100

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2011

Last week, Gartner “the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company” issued a press release around the results of a worldwide survey of CIO’s in the commercial sector. The survey identified cloud computing as the top technology priority for CIOs in 2011. It’s cool.

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Gartner Convio Survey Press 24

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over, the same US consumers clamoring for the best deal on a flat-screen TV or iPad say they will give an estimated $48 billion to charity during the last two months of the year according to a survey conducted by Edge Research for Convio.

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Time Channel Convio Survey 35

NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

We use Convio, Raiser’s Edge and Excel to manage our data and make it useful. We also use surveys in e-Newsletters, on our website and annual reports to ask individuals what they are interested in. An example of this: After a recent survey, we learned that many of our constituents were interested in gardening.

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Texas Personal Online Experiment 80

NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

According to the Convio report, the Next Generation of American Giving , Millennials are engaged in charity. They may not want a tour of your organization, but they want to give their opinion in an online survey. Holly's first point on Millennials is that they are a very social generation.

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Relationship Generation Build Mobile 61

Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". Convio says knowing your audience is key because the online tools you choose to use must align with the technical capabilities of your audience. What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009?

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Difference Convio Participatory Jordan 28

Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Post event surveys revealed the number one reason participants didn’t fundraise in 2012 was “No one asked me to”. Understand the key peer-to-peer fundraising metrics with Analyze This: A Nonprofit’s Guide to Event Fundraising Analytics by Convio and Event 360. Encourage participants to fundraise. Encourage self-donation.

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Metrics Benchmark Fundraising Stats 42

Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

” Tabling, as defined by an informal survey of several of my favorite organizing buddies, is the act of standing behind or near a table in a conference setting to distribute branded swag, engage with conference attendees, and gather the names and contact information of constituents.

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Mail Conference Convio PowerPoint 44

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Convio in booths 107 & 108. Convio will be giving away an Apple iPad and also coffee in our booth during the Science Fair. For the duration of the conference, attendees can swing by the Convio booth for a coffee anytime as well. Democracy In Action in booth 11. Democracyinaction will be giving out Salsa tattoos at our booth.

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Free Ipod NTC Atlanta 95

NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2011

This is the number you can use to compare the relative robustness of your messaging program with the results reported by the " eNonprofit Benchmarks Study " (or Convio's " Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study " or MailChimp's " Email Marketing Benchmarks by Industry ", or.).

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Rate Open Benchmark Mail 61

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

And anyway, according to a recent survey by Convio, organization size and integrated marketing sophistication do not correlate , so the size of your nonprofit does not mean you can’t have successful IMC. Increase Your Return.

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Integration Practice Profit Marketing 28

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Convio in booths 107 & 108. Convio will be giving away an Apple iPad and also coffee in our booth during the Science Fair. For the duration of the conference, attendees can swing by the Convio booth for a coffee anytime as well. Democracy In Action in booth 11. Democracyinaction will be giving out Salsa tattoos at our booth.

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Free Ipod NTC Atlanta 90

Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2013

Refer to Analyze This: A Nonprofit’s Guide to Event Fundraising Analytics by Convio and Event 360 for an excellent discussion of these key peer-to-peer fundraising metrics and more. Percentage of self-donations. Number of emails (and social media posts) per participant. Average donation size. How Do I Use Metrics with My Event?

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Analytics Benchmark Fundraising Metrics 40

NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

So, when I survey the mainstream tech and social media conference circuit and see on average that only a dismal 10% to 20% of panel presenters are women, it shocks me. My business partner at Rad Campaign , who also happens to be my husband, is a progressive. The consultants I work with are progressive.

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Business Learning Nptech Conference 72

Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

When you look at this data, the results Convio’s clients are having online with fundraising, advocacy and other forms of engagement, the segmentation and donor relations pathways that are now available through open database systems like Convio Common Ground, all tied to modern technology it is an exciting time to be part of this sector.

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Mobile Donation Change Haiti 54

Connection Cafe

JULY 26, 2011

Commissioned by Convio, Edge Research conducted an online survey for nine weeks gathering responses from 123 nonprofit practitioners and conducted 15 in-depth interviews, resulting in the Integrated Multi-Channel Marketing Study. Where are the nonprofit organizations today and what are are their key success factors moving forward?

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Integration Marketing Org Channel 32

Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". Convio says knowing your audience is key because the online tools you choose to use must align with the technical capabilities of your audience. Need ideas to turn your resolutions into reality?

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Social Media Difference Advocacy Case Study 28