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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

While I generally think vendor consolidation is bad for the nonprofit world (unless the vendor being absorbed wasn’t a strong player to begin with), I’m less concerned about the impact on small nonprofits. There are tons of choices out there for small and mid-sized organizations.

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Sesame Workshop expands online fundraising efforts

AFP Blog

Working with software provider Kintera Inc., San Diego, Sesame Workshop is seeking to better communicate and connect with donors online about the impact its organization is making on children worldwide, thereby driving.

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NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The 21 Featured Projects will have the benefit and challenge of being reviewed by experts in technology, economic sustainability, and social impact. The Non-Profit Tech Blog interviews Scott Crowder, Kintera CTO. (If Peter Dietz has started a personal fundraising campaign. The big question, what about that other 41% ?

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Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

From his perspective (and mine, too) one of the big issues (as he put it, the elephant in the room) is how open APIs impacts the business model of vendors. Zach brought up an interesting point, and I think it is worth highlighting.

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Convio Open: How APIs May Change the Way You Work - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Sams presentation and demo of Convios new "Open" feature set had piqued my interest in APIs and their impact on nonprofit communications. Sam provided insights about Convios goals with their new Open initiative as well as about the current and potential impact of APIs on the nonprofit sector. Frogloop: What is Open?

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Common Ground Q&A with Idealware

Connection Cafe

Number of customers impacted. Minimizing the number of customers impacted by any decision and maximizing our customers’ ability to be successful was the key part of our decision. This was a difficult decision and we did not take lightly the impact we would have on customers or partners. Common Ground has about 400.