Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Kintera opens a Developers Challenge. Developers who code solutions that integrate with Kintera using their open API platform, Connect , can win $15,000 or $5,000 (not the $25 K their big logo seems to suggest – that’s just the total they will award.) Setup of all three has a one time fee.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

As a 10,000 footer, NTEN’s new Donor Management System Survey is of keen interest. There is, of necessity, a lot of overlap betwen CRM systems and Donor Management Systems. Included in the bottom four are 3 properties of Blackbaud: Raiser’s Edge, eTapestry, and Kintera Sphere which was in dead last place.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Kintera’s Connect has an API that can do some very important things.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

That’s mostly because that’s what I know, and there is a critical enough mass for all three of them that some integration work has been done in a systemic way (the exception to this is Drupal/Salesforce - it’s only half-way systematic.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

4) Blackbaud Buys Kintera. The proprietary consolidation of the CRM/Donation management system space continues apace. 5) The Search for Good Web Conferencing. An exploration of options with my own particular requirements in mind. 6) Google Analytics vs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

As a 10,000 footer, NTEN’s new Donor Management System Survey is of keen interest. There is, of necessity, a lot of overlap betwen CRM systems and Donor Management Systems. Included in the bottom four are 3 properties of Blackbaud: Raiser’s Edge, eTapestry, and Kintera Sphere which was in dead last place.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Allan Benamer points out that Kintera is about to be delisted by NASDAQ. 1 trackback } Blackbaud buys Kintera » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 05.29.08 1 trackback } Blackbaud buys Kintera » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 05.29.08 Time will tell. { Time will tell. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Until recently, the main way to deal with this was cumbersome import and export of data from one system to another. Almost a year ago, NTEN hosted a field wide discussion about the need for nonprofit tech vendors, particularly CRM systems for online fundraising, to offer open APIs. Recently, vendors have been listening. religion.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Satisfaction with Convio, Kintera and Blackbaud all trailed these top 4 tools. Among those surveyed, 4 of the top 5 tools in terms of satisfaction were open source (or sort of open source) tools. The only other tool in the top 5 was Salesforce. » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.14.07

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See3

JANUARY 23, 2008

The page is their standard fundraising page (the kind you get with services such as Convio or Kintera). Blogroll (C)Systems AVC Beth’s Blog Christine Herron Deborah Elizabeth Finn Donordigital Emily’s World Getting Attention Gift Hub Philanthromedia Social Edge TechSoup © Copyright 2010 See3.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2006

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

There were two different kinds of APIs discussed – the ones that help organizations with interoperability within their organizational systems – getting data from one app to another, and using APIs for things like Google maps mashups.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Kintera uses something proprietary, as well as Convio. Other companies in the NP space are similar. I believe eTapestry runs on a database package called Versant. Constant Contact (a SaaS provider of email delivery) uses IBM DB2. I absolutely agree with your call for more openness.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

SH: Open APIs allow nonprofits to bend systems to fit their particular needs. Finally, the CMS Content management system that came over as a part of the GetActive merger will be integrated into Convio CRM via APIs. Other providers, such as Blackbaud may follow their lead. FL: How can nonprofits benefit from your new Open initiative?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Convio will join Kintera and Blackbaud as a publicly traded company September 1, 2007 You’ve probably heard the news, and I’m taking a break from my break to write about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Get Active (best for advocacy, easiest to use email tool) Kintera (big program and lots of features are not necessarily used) Convio (fundraising) Blackbaud. Over 10K, need to invest in a system with robust features that allow you to track. Vendors: Recommendations on which one depend on organization???s Other tools like, ???Constant

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Rapidfire acquisition of smaller players so that you can wrap it up into a system of systems seems to be their strategy for now. 2 trackbacks } Convio will join Kintera and Blackbaud as publicly traded companies » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 09.01.07 We have power and options in using open source solutions.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

After our acquisition of Kintera in 2008, we went through a similar review process and decided to focus that product on the peer-to-peer fundraising space and to stop offering it as a CRM product. Will the system be turned off? Should users be looking to migrate to a new system now? They do not need to migrate now.

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