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. The most recent announcement is from Convio, which launched Convio Open. Also, I wonder what happens to the smaller and medium size nonprofits that can't afford the hefty cost of Convio's tools? So, what would any geek with a treo do?

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NTEN

APRIL 9, 2009

Long time NTC supporter Convio is hosting two breakfasts at the NTC: one for partner organizations, and one on their CMS. Send your name, organization, and phone number, and which breakfast(s) you'd like to attend: Introducing: The Convio Solution Partner Program. The Convio CMS Advantage: Real World Success from Partners and Clients.

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Care2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

First, Convio published their new guide, “ Going Social: Tapping into Social Media for Nonprofit Success &#. Tags: Social Networking. Last week was a potential goldmine for those of you looking for resources, advice, and inspiration that will help you develop or improve your nonprofit’s social media presence.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

I hope you will take time today to remember those who have fallen, those who have sacrificed, those amazing men and women who wear and have worn jingling dog tags, who proudly stand guard so in your neighborhood there is peace. On behalf of everyone at Convio I want to say “THANK YOU!”

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Care2

OCTOBER 26, 2010

26th) at the Convio Summit in Baltimore I joined Chris Burley of Defenders of Wildlife in a session to unveil a new online tool that Care2 built to greatly benefit our nonprofit clients. It’s called the “Convio Connector,&# and we built it using Convio’s API. It's free for any of our clients using Convio.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 29, 2012

Back in September, as I posted that I was leaving Fight Colorectal Cancer to join Convio , I had a picture in my head of what my new job would be like. Convio has put all its attention into the kitchen and bathrooms and added a heavily customized bedroom or two on to the garage. I love my job. Folks can live quite comfortably that way.

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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. As Convio found, average gift size declined. Tags: TechSoup. I t's the season for a slew of reports analyzing last year's online giving results. Its findings included: 14% growth in online giving overall.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 1, 2012

When I accepted the job at Convio, I negotiated that it would be okay for me to blog. Convio respected and understood the ecosystem it was a part of. Which leads me to the second factor that made Common Ground special… Midsize nonprofit business expertise: Convio knows about fundraising online. I know I'll be fine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. GetActive GetsAcquired - By Convio This is big news and it bounced around the nonprofit and progressive blogs, listservs, IM, and emails. Change the World!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I am very curious how nonprofits are managing their websites these days: Are you using a content management system offered by companies such as Convio , Blackbaud or eTapestry ? Tags: The Book. Although social media gets much of the buzz these days, websites are still central to your nonprofit’s online communications strategy.

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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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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 30, 2009

In early January, Convio asked a group of nonprofit technology bloggers to suggest New Year’s resolutions for nonprofits ( TechSoup Blog was one of the participants ). In addition, they asked people to post resolutions on Convio’s Connection Café blog. Tags: TechSoup.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 25, 2009

Convio has released a new online fundraising benchmark report that is based on data from 600 of Convio’s nonprofit clients from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. Tags: TechSoup. The study reports: Positive year-over-year growth in all of the key areas of online success. in 2007 and 2008.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 17, 2011

Disclaimer: I am a Salesforce MVP and a soon-to-be employee of Convio, a Salesforce partner. It has tagged ideas that are “Coming in the next release.” I know there are many other 3rd party applications that enhance reporting, some probably have a steep price tag. Tagged: pre-release , Salesforce.

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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. Tags: Nonprofit Benchmark Studies Online Fundraising Trends.

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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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AFP Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Salesforce.com, Convio Announce AppExchange Availability: "Convio has announced the availability of the Convio Database Connector on Salesforce.com's (News - Alert) AppExchange. Tags: NPtech.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 26, 2009

Care2’s Allyson Kapin just published an analysis of Convio’s online fundraising study (which I mentioned earlier this week ). Tags: Online Fundraising Fundraising. She interviewed me, so of course I think the article is good. The analysis is posted at [link].

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NTEN

DECEMBER 14, 2009

The fine folks at Convio recognize the problem and want to give these great orgs a leg up this holiday season. Everyone nominated will be entered to win one of 50 free NTEN memberships , compliments of Convio ! Tags: convio hero member. So what are you waiting for?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

And, thanks to Convio , NTEN can more waive registration fees because Convio will match all gifts dollar for dollar up to $10,000. Tags: 10ntc. The goal is to raise $10,000 to send 57 people to the conference. Every year, Holly Ross, the Executive Director, comes up with a creative idea to rally the community.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2009

I already went to the Convio Summit and Salesforce Dreamforce conferences this fiscal year. And then my friends at Convio got together with the good folks at NTEN and did something wonderful. Tags: Nonprofit. I though the NTC would be out of my reach. They’re offering NTC scholarships! Why Salesforce?

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Judi Sohn

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

At this point, there are two very different paths we can take: the new Nonprofit Starter pack from Salesforce, or Convio Common Ground. For example, I know that the Convio data sync we rely on won’t work with the nonprofit starter pack. Convio is currently considering options, with no timeline on a decision. Next Steps.

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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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Judi Sohn

JUNE 19, 2009

Due to a glitch with some formatting in Convio, I always have to code our e-newsletters in such a way that also serves as a workaround for this Gmail bug. You’ll need to style each paragraph tag with margins that will overrule the misplaced margin above. Tags: Internet & Technology FAIL GoogleApps nptech.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 19, 2009

Due to a glitch with some formatting in Convio, I always have to code our e-newsletters in such a way that also serves as a workaround for this Gmail bug. You’ll need to style each paragraph tag with margins that will overrule the misplaced margin above. Tags: Geek Posts FAIL GoogleApps nptech.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 1, 2009

We use Convio for our email marketing, and unfortunately their email WYSIWYG editor…well…sucks. I’d want it to still respect the cascade, so if I put the same styles in the <td> tag that contains the <h2> , the software should automatically remove the redundant style from the <h2> tag.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

The combination of Orange Leap and The Guru are a web-based CRM/DMS and reporting system aimed squarely at Salesforce.com and Convio Common Ground. But I’m afraid they are going to be squeezed to a pulp between the behemoths of salesforce.com and Convio, on one hand, and the strong, vibrant open source community of CiviCRM on the other.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

Of course, this post has nothing to do with this little Convio campaign. Here are some other bloggers that are writing their nonprofit resolutions at Convio’s invitation: Beaconfire Wire. Related posts: Convio Case Study of C3 Read the whole thing here. Convio Summit. Tags: Nonprofit. That’s my resolution.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

I mentioned before that Convio, the main sponsor of 09NTC ( the Nonprofit Technology Conference from NTEN ), is matching funds in NTEN’s scholarship appeal. Tags: fundraising scholarship conference nten 09ntc events. Visit nten.org/scholarship and donate now to get your vote for Holly’s fate.

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See3

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

It’s been a busy start to the week at the 2009 Convio Summit! We also had the chance to speak with Convio staff and users during the three-day event. If you want to see more of the Convio Summit, take a look at the videos featured on the See3 YouTube Channel. Tags: Video see3 social media convio convio09.

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NTEN

APRIL 9, 2010

Because of the generous matching funds from Convio, large donations from thePort and Firefly Partners, and the support of nearly 200 nptechies , we were able to surpass our scholarship campaign goal and bring nearly 70 staffers from small nonprofits to the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Tags: 10NTC NPTech NTEN.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 15, 2010

Analyze This: A Nonprofit's Guide to Event Fundraising Analytics is a truly useful free ebook for nonprofit event fundraisers, written by Jono Smith (formerly of Network for Good) for Convio and Event360 , that shows, step by step, how you can use the data collected from your fundraising events to create more successful.( read more ).

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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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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2009

NOTE: This post is part of a collaborative effort organized by Convio. Tags: IT Management Security Databases. Do all you can to prevent staff from downloading sensitive data to laptops and memory sticks. And run backups religiously. Other participating blogs include: • Judi Sohn www.momathome.com/. Tad Druart www.connectioncafe.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Everyone nominated will be entered to win one of 50 free NTEN memberships , compliments of Convio! Jordan Viator is the Interactive Communications Manager at Convio, and manages the Connection Cafe blog, all things new and social media related and the company's corporate Web sites. Tags: 09ntc nten.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

FreePress , Democracy In Action , Rad Campaign , Convio , Care2 , NTEN , Massey Media and Network Solutions. Tags: community events conference event technology women wwt. A big thank you goes out to them. Questions, comments? Email Allyson anytime at Allyson@womenwhotech.com.

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