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From the Top - Convio
- Thursday, 07 February 2008
- The Buzz
- Written by Pam Baker, Contributing Editor
Convio is capitalizing on two hot trends in the nonprofit universe: SaaS and Web 2.0 social networking.
In 1999, Vinay Bhagat volunteered at a local public broadcasting station and soon found himself passing written messages when people called in. The quickly jotted notes contained little information about the donors and that troubled Bhagat. Shortly thereafter, he quit his job at a software company and conducted more than 1,000 interviews with nonprofit executives to learn about how they raise money, drive advocacy and communicate with constituents. Based on that research Convio delivered its first online constituent relationship management products in July 2000. Read more...
In 1999, Vinay Bhagat volunteered at a local public broadcasting station and soon found himself passing written messages when people called in. The quickly jotted notes contained little information about the donors and that troubled Bhagat. Shortly thereafter, he quit his job at a software company and conducted more than 1,000 interviews with nonprofit executives to learn about how they raise money, drive advocacy and communicate with constituents. Based on that research Convio delivered its first online constituent relationship management products in July 2000. Read more...
From The Top -- Nexsan
- Wednesday, 23 January 2008
- The Buzz
- Written by Pam Baker, Contributing Editor
Nexan’s Senior Vice President of Marketing, Bob Woolery talks with NPTechNews
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Interview with Information Commons
- Friday, 18 January 2008
- The Buzz
- Written by Jeff Merron, Contributing Editor
MAYA Design’s Director of Advanced Development, Josh Knauer, talks with NPTech News about his company’s Information Commons project.
NPTech News: What’s your “elevator pitch” description of Information Commons?
Knauer: Information Commons provides an open architecture database that allows for communities to share information among organizations, agencies and individuals in a much more effective way than current database systems allow. Read more...
NPTech News: What’s your “elevator pitch” description of Information Commons?
Knauer: Information Commons provides an open architecture database that allows for communities to share information among organizations, agencies and individuals in a much more effective way than current database systems allow. Read more...
Case study: Mary Bridge's Courage Classic
- Thursday, 10 January 2008
- The Buzz
- Written by Case Study
One of Mary Bridge’s major fundraisers is the Courage Classic - a three day bike tour that takes riders through 172 miles of mountain trails and breathtaking scenery. Now in its 16th year, it’s grown substantially more successful in recent years thanks to Firstgiving person to person online fundraising. This year alone, it raised over $500,000.
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Just One Question - Jerry White The National Infantry Foundation
- Thursday, 10 January 2008
- The Buzz
- Written by Pam Baker, Contributing Editor
General (RET) Jerry White -- Chairman of the National Infantry Foundation
There is no better calling than to honor soldiers for their commitment to our freedom and way of life. Building the National Infantry Museum is my opportunity to pay back to American soldiers the love and respect they showed me for over 35 years. Read more...
There is no better calling than to honor soldiers for their commitment to our freedom and way of life. Building the National Infantry Museum is my opportunity to pay back to American soldiers the love and respect they showed me for over 35 years. Read more...
From the Top - Kintera
- Wednesday, 07 November 2007
- The Buzz
- Written by Scott Koegler
Kintera's CEO, Rich LaBarbera talks with NPTechNews.
NPTech News:What is the current focus of your company's business?
LaBarbera: Kintera is focused on becoming the easiest and best company for nonprofits to do business with by listening to our clients, offering great products at a fair price and providing exemplary customer service. As a provider of software as a service, Kintera is continuing to focus on delivering innovative software solutions that help our clients reach more people, raise more money and run more efficiently. Kintera’s product suite is focused on meeting the needs of our clients through a state-of-art events and donor engagement layer, with a tightly coupled donor management and accounting solution with additional components for wealth screening and advocacy. On Oct. 12 we made available our open applications integration platform, Kintera Connect. Organizations now have the freedom to choice from best of breed applications that meet their unique needs. Read more...
NPTech News:What is the current focus of your company's business?
LaBarbera: Kintera is focused on becoming the easiest and best company for nonprofits to do business with by listening to our clients, offering great products at a fair price and providing exemplary customer service. As a provider of software as a service, Kintera is continuing to focus on delivering innovative software solutions that help our clients reach more people, raise more money and run more efficiently. Kintera’s product suite is focused on meeting the needs of our clients through a state-of-art events and donor engagement layer, with a tightly coupled donor management and accounting solution with additional components for wealth screening and advocacy. On Oct. 12 we made available our open applications integration platform, Kintera Connect. Organizations now have the freedom to choice from best of breed applications that meet their unique needs. Read more...
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Survilla M. Smith, Founder/President/CEO of S.P.A.C.E: What is your mission?
- Friday, 26 October 2007
- The Buzz
- Written by Scott Koegler
What I do is to bring artists and poets into view of the public and present them as artists and poets. More or less giving them a chance at success.
I do not sell anything, but if the artists or poet wish to sell their creative works, they, of course, are free to do that. My quest was to give them a venue in which they could exhibit or read artistic creations. Read more...
I do not sell anything, but if the artists or poet wish to sell their creative works, they, of course, are free to do that. My quest was to give them a venue in which they could exhibit or read artistic creations. Read more...
From the Top - NOZA
- Monday, 15 October 2007
- The Buzz
- Written by Scott Koegler
NOZA's Craig Harris talks with NPTech News
NPTech News: What is the current focus of your company's business?
Harris: Raising money for nonprofit organizations is hard work and its expensive. NOZA's overarching focus is to make it easier and less costly. The number one reason that people donate to charity is because they are asked. Unfortunately, figuring out whom to ask is easier said than done, especially when it comes to identifying individual donors, who collectively account for nearly 85% of all charitable donations in the U.S. This is where NOZA comes into the picture: we help charities identify who to ask. Our mission statement is to help nonprofits raise more money and spend less money doing it. More specifically you could say our focus is to help charities identify whom to ask, and in a way that makes little to no impact on their fundraising budgets. Read more...
NPTech News: What is the current focus of your company's business?
Harris: Raising money for nonprofit organizations is hard work and its expensive. NOZA's overarching focus is to make it easier and less costly. The number one reason that people donate to charity is because they are asked. Unfortunately, figuring out whom to ask is easier said than done, especially when it comes to identifying individual donors, who collectively account for nearly 85% of all charitable donations in the U.S. This is where NOZA comes into the picture: we help charities identify who to ask. Our mission statement is to help nonprofits raise more money and spend less money doing it. More specifically you could say our focus is to help charities identify whom to ask, and in a way that makes little to no impact on their fundraising budgets. Read more...
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From the Top - cMarket
- Wednesday, 26 September 2007
- The Buzz
- Written by Jeff Merron, Contributing Editor
cMarket's Jon Carson talks to NPTech News
NPTech News: What is the current focus of your company's business?
Carson: cMarket helps non profits to improve their businesses. We provide fundraising organizations with a unique internet based end-to-end fundraising auction platform that enables them to 1.) raise more money, 2.) expand their reach to build awareness for their cause, which combines to 3.) make their lives easier. Some of our non profit customers have moved their entire silent auction event to us to run online, others are running their auctions online with us as a build up to a live event. By being online, they naturally expand their reach beyond their geography or usual affinity audience to reach donors who are interested in the non-profit's mission or maybe just want to bid on some Red Sox tickets and other unique items. Read more...
NPTech News: What is the current focus of your company's business?
Carson: cMarket helps non profits to improve their businesses. We provide fundraising organizations with a unique internet based end-to-end fundraising auction platform that enables them to 1.) raise more money, 2.) expand their reach to build awareness for their cause, which combines to 3.) make their lives easier. Some of our non profit customers have moved their entire silent auction event to us to run online, others are running their auctions online with us as a build up to a live event. By being online, they naturally expand their reach beyond their geography or usual affinity audience to reach donors who are interested in the non-profit's mission or maybe just want to bid on some Red Sox tickets and other unique items. Read more...
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Just One Question - Kate McGuinness
- Friday, 14 September 2007
- The Buzz
- Written by Kate McGuinness
Kate McGuinness, what is the decision process you use to determine what methods of contact best suits your individual constituents?
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