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Convio
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01.15.09More Nonprofits Adopting Convio’s Common GroundConvio crows about the quick adoption of Common Ground today: AUSTIN, TEXAS (January 15, 2009) — Convio, Inc. today announced the signing of more than 30 new clients for Common Ground™ since it became generally available in late September of 2008. Common Ground is the company's innovative, web-based constituent relationship management (CRM) system for tracking all interactions with donors and other supporters. Built and delivered natively on salesforce.com's Force.com Platform, the product leverages cloud computing to deliver database solutions designed for the needs of nonprofits. Common Ground easily integrates with other open systems including Convio's online fundraising and marketing applications. The new clients include Youth Villages, ...
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01.05.09Blackbaud Releases Figures on GivingSteve MacLaughlin wrote me today about giving trends for users of Blackbaud's Internet solutions. It's the kind of data I'd love to see released more often so that we could better understand how online fundraising was being affected by macroeconomic trends. Here's an interesting finding: Continue Reading...
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08.18.08More on Convio Not Going Public…It looks like Convio's CEO, Gene Austin, had a talk with Fortune Magazine's Jon Fortt. The most telling quote is here: Continue Reading...
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08.04.08Convio Not Going Public, Withdraws S-1According to the Austin American-Statesman, Convio bowed to the inevitable and withdrew its S-1 filing today: Convio Inc. said it will withdraw its planned initial public offering Tuesday, nearly a year after it filed to raise about $86 million in an IPO. "It's still part of our future down the road, but right now, the markets really are in pretty bad shape," said Gene Austin, chief executive of Austin-based Convio, which sells software and customer-management tools to nonprofit organizations. Continue Reading...
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07.18.08Convio gets a win at Susan G. Komen with AikidoSusan G. Komen for the Cure has adopted Convio's Aikido. Not just one of the affiliates but all of them plus the HQ. The most telling stats in the press release are as follows: Continue Reading...
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06.18.08And the Walls Start to Tumble Down, Open Platform/API/Source Free For All!Let's go through some recent developments that have occurred over at Kintera, Convio and MPower. It's been a cascade of announcements all about the new platform strategies of what is rapidly developing into the Blackbaud and Convio camps. Continue Reading...
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05.31.08More on the acquisition of Kintera by BlackbaudThose of you looking for more information regarding the purchase of Kintera by Blackbaud may want to check out the recent EDGAR filing by Blackbaud. It contains FAQs that were sent out to Blackbaud and Kintera employees. Many of these questions are pertinent to nonprofits such as: Continue Reading...
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05.16.08It’s Alive! It’s Alive! Get eTapestry API for free starting next weekThere had been a lot of speculation concerning the eTapestry API and now we're finally getting some news. eTapestry's API will be offered for free next week! That's pretty exciting news for developers I'm sure. While Blackbaud isn't offering Raiser's Edge's (say that three times fast) API for free yet, the eTapestry API will be free to developers. However, eTapestry's own API documentation admits the API cannot: Continue Reading...
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04.25.08Breaking: Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against ConvioA quick search on "Convio lawsuit" in Google turns up: http://snipurl.com/25sx1 [dockets_justia_com] The lawsuit was filed on April 22, 2008 and the plaintiff is Scott D.H. Redman. Digging further turned up this PDF document of the filing. The plaintiff's claim is that Convio keeps sending receipts with credit card expiration dates on them to donors in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. I don't have any idea what the merits of this suit are but it looks like a fairly small violation to me. I'm wondering now how widespread this practice is and what kind of effect this will have on the ...
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03.19.08An Apology to David CrookeThis apology was actually offered to David Crooke earlier via e-mail but he didn't accept it. I post it here publicly in the hopes that every party involved stand back, take a deep breath and understand that it was NEVER my intention to hurt Mr. Crooke's reputation and to better clarify in the public's mind that what I posted earlier was an opinion, a conjecture and was not stated fact. So here it goes: "The post I made regarding David Crooke's termination of employment with Convio was pure conjecture, a mere opinion on my part. If anyone took it as a ...
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