Groundwire Blog
Man, we love to talk. Good thing we have a blog. So much good stuff here: articles, whitepapers, tips, tools, news, fun stuff and much more.
Groundwire's 2012 Holiday Survival Guide
Groundwire's guide to surviving a holiday season full of hipsters, ugly sweaters and indifferent babies.

Webinar: Measure and Increase Your Supporters’ Participation
Here's your chance to learn all about how Groundwire Engage works! Join our Director of Technology Solutions Eric Magnuson as he demonstrates the features of this new application now available on the Salesforce.com AppExchange.

Recap: 2012 Connector Award Event
Check out the highlights of our annual Connector Award Event.

Sneak Peek: Erica Williams on Social Change
Erica Williams gives us a preview of what she'll be talking about in her keynote address at our 2012 Connector Award Event.

New Product Release: Groundwire Engage™
Groundwire's latest innovation helps nonprofits turn passive supporters into advocates and donors.
Groundwire’s 10 Rules of Engagement
At Groundwire, we design and build strategies and tools to help organizations better engage the people that matter most to their missions. Over the years we’ve come up with ten rules that are key to excelling as an engagement organization.

Major Fundraising Application Canned, What’s Next for Nonprofit Databases
Blackbaud's big news is surprising to some, but not to many. Nonprofit techies weigh in. UPDATED: Now includes comments from Blackbaud.
An Evening with Erica Williams
Erica is an accomplished speaker, writer, and activist who is passionate about engaging the next generation in civic life.

Want to Turn Facebook Fans into Active Supporters?
Wouldn't it be dreamy if you could run signature-gathering campaigns, pledge drives, and event registrations in Facebook AND track it all in your CRM? Now you can. Meet ActionSprout, a new Facebook app from Groundwire alums Drew Bernard and Shawn Kemp that makes all your geeky Facebook engagement dreams come true.

I don't know why you say goodbye, we say hello! Hello, Hello!
We welcome three new members to the Groundwire Alumni club, and five new members to the Groundwire team.
And the award goes to...ACE!
ACE—the Alliance for Climate Education—wins this year's Connector Award for Engagement Leadership!
Welcome K C Gauldine
The board and staff at Groundwire are excited to welcome K C Gauldine as interim executive director at Groundwire.

Are you dreaming of Dreamforce?
Dreamforce 2008 was a watershed event in my professional career. Look for more articles in the coming months with our session recommendations, and developing a game plan for this massive conference.

2012 Speed Geek Video!
Missed this year's Speed Geek? Catch up with all 8 presentations on Engagement Pyramid, Engagement Superpower, Auctions for Salesforce, Eventbrite Sync, Megaphone, and much more.
Eventbrite and Salesforce, together again
Groundwire launches Eventbrite Sync, the new and improved way to import attendee data from Eventbrite into Salesforce. The app is generally available for free installation from the AppExchange.

Introducing Groundwire and Groundwire Consulting, Inc.
Groundwire is now Groundwire and Groundwire Consulting, Inc.

Running Auctions Just Got Easier
At Groundwire we are always looking for ways to simplify technology. We know running auctions for nonprofits requires juggling a lot of constantly changing information. That's why we built Auctions for Salesforce and why we just released version 3.0 with even more to offer your overworked fundraising team.

GiveBIG is May 2! Let's rally.
We are gearing up for year two! GiveBIG will be on Wednesday, May 2. Please mark your calendars and rally Groundwire supporters! The more we raise on May 2 through the GiveBIG Challenge, the more of the “stretch pool” Groundwire receives.
Attributes of a Data Driven Organization
So you have powerful new database and are ready to go all-in with supporter engagement but you're not there yet. You can see that the grass in greener on the other side, but how do you get from here to there?

New version of our DIY Engagement Benchmarking Survey for you!
Have you had a chance to take our online engagement self-help quiz yet?