The Imperfect Storm, Part 1
The storm, for nonprofit organizations, is fully brewed. The demand for services is up; contributions have barely regained their pre-recession levels; government funding is way off; and expenses are rising. We are tempted to call this a perfect storm. [...]
10 Online Fundraising Insights
A couple weeks ago we released our 2012 Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark study. More than a few people have called [...]
Advice for Women Leaders
According to the US Department of Labor, in 2010 “the median weekly earnings of women who were full-time wage and [...]
Maximizing Lifetime Value Part 1
Recurring giving is where the money is. Let's talk about that - what's a recurring gift? What's a pledge? Why should you care? Don't leave money on the table. [...]
Before facebook… there was Friends Asking Friends
In 1999, an idea based on online greeting cards changed peer-to-peer fundraising forever. Do you ever wonder where you’d be [...]
Canada’s Most Generous Online Cities
Our third annual ranking of the Most Generous Cites in the US for Online Giving to charity sparked a number of [...]
What Makes Canadians Tick and Give
When I lived in the US for nearly six years, it was usually subtle things—like the pronunciation of ‘about’ or [...]
The Most Charitable Time of the Year
Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over, the same US consumers clamoring for the best deal on a flat-screen [...]
#convio10
Following the #convio10 hashtag is almost like being in every session at the 2010 Convio Summit. [...]
10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Nonprofit Social Media Plan
10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Nonprofit Social Media Plan from Convio, PayPal and the ASPCA [...]
