Latest Convio News

  • Feb 18, 2010

    Convio Go! Offers Nonprofit Professionals 31 CFRE Credits

    AUSTIN, TEXAS (February 18, 2010) -- Convio today announced that nonprofit professionals who fully participate in Convio Go! the company’s cohort-based online fundraising and marketing program, can apply for 31.0 points in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for ... more »

  • Feb 8, 2010

    People, Nonprofits, Convio and Technology Come Together to Raise More than $250 Million for Haiti Relief Efforts

    Following the tragic earthquake that devastated Haiti, people and nonprofits have connected through technology to support the Haitian relief efforts. Buoyed by the ability to use the Internet to communicate quickly and effectively, nonprofits of all sizes used Convio's online software to ... more »

  • Feb 1, 2010

    Convio Ranks Most Generous Online Cities for 2009

    Based on online giving to charity, Alexandria, VA, Cambridge, MA and Arlington, VA, topped the list as the nation’s most generous large cities based on per capita giving in 2009. Compared to 2008 rankings, Arlington was the only newcomer to the top three, trading spots with Minneapolis, which ... more »

  • Feb 1, 2010

    Helping Hands

    While the holiday season often puts people in a charitable mood, Steve Froehlich is already bracing for the inevitable by the time October rolls around. As senior director of direct response at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Froehlich knows that donors ... more »

  • Jan 15, 2010

    Donors Put Charity to Work in Haiti

    In response to the deadly earthquake that struck Haiti this week, dollars are pouring into charities and international aid groups that are reporting donation levels likely to surpass funds raised after the 2004 Asian tsunami or Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Already, the American Red Cross has ... more »

  • Dec 31, 2009

    End-of-the-Year Altruists

    Altruism is a fascinating, nuanced, and (I would argue) wildly misunderstood practice. We have a chapter in SuperFreakonomics, “Unbelievable Stories About Apathy and Altruism,” which explores the issue in-depth. We make a few interrelated points: 1. Because it can be so hard to measure pure ... more »

  • Sep 18, 2009

    Convio Named to Software Magazine’s 27th Annual Software 500

    Austin, Texas (September 18, 2009) -- Convio today announced its inclusion on Software Magazine’s Software 500 ranking of the world’s largest software and service providers, now in its 27th year. Convio ranked 256 on the list in its first year of participation in the Software 500 ranking. ... more »

  • Sep 17, 2009

    A Perspective from Salesforce on today's Convio Common Ground™ launch

    Guest post by N. Tucker MacLean, Senior Director, Nonprofits and Education at Salesforce.com. Today marks an important day in the nonprofit industry, as Convio Common Ground™ is now available to nonprofit organizations that have grown weary of the cost and complexity of traditional donor ... more »

  • Jul 10, 2009

    For Effective Advocacy, Select "E" for "All of the Above"

    My colleague Steve Rubel neatly lays out the challenge facing communicators today: with today's fractured and diffuse media, "life is nothing but a stream, and ad pages and feature placements become scarcer (and arguably captivate less attention)." And if this challenge frustrates ... more »

  • Jun 19, 2009

    Convio Summit 2009 to Feature Keynote by Gilbert Tuhabonye

    AUSTIN, TEXAS (June 19, 2009) -- Convio, Inc. - the leading provider of on-demand constituent relationship management software and services to nonprofit organizations - today announced that Gilbert Tuhabonye will be the keynote speaker for the fourth annual Convio Summit, November 16-18, 2009 ... more »

  • Sep 17, 2008

    Convio Announces General Availability and Free Trial of Common Ground™ Constituent Relationship Management Solution for Nonprofits

    WASHINGTON D.C. (September 17, 2008) -- Convio, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of Common Ground™ the company's revolutionary, new, web-based constituent relationship management (CRM) system for tracking all interactions with donors and other supporters. Built and delivered ... more »