04 April
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The Impact of Online Giving INFOGRAPHIC

Convio, a leading provider of engagement solutions that helps non-profits fundraise and do more for their missions, announced today the results of its 2012 Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index Study. The annual study focuses on non-profits’ website traffic and registration, email file growth, online revenue and advocacy.

This year’s study analyzes data compiled from more than 700 non-profit organizations in the United States and Canada. It also looks at 19 different non-profit sectors, including animal welfare, disaster and international relief, disease and health services, and human and social services. The full study can be accessed here.

“At a macro-level, online engagement is continuing to grow at a healthy clip,” said Vinay Bhagat, founder and chief strategy officer for Convio, in a press release. “In fact, the past six years of data illustrate that online fundraising is mirroring the growth rate of retail e-commerce, which is good news for non-profits. I am particularly encouraged to see strong acceleration in monthly giving — a new metric we added to the study this year — as it points to donors being more financially secure in support of a rebounding economy.”

Take a look at this infographic from Convio to learn how online giving affects non-profits and the services they provide. Do you donate to non-profits using online methods? Let us know in the comments.

Convio 2012 Benchmark Infographic

Image courtesy of iStockphoto, bamlou.

Via Wired Autopia: http://www.wired.com/autopia/

25 August
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Boeing 787 Completes Certification Testing

Boeing announced today it has completed flight testing the Rolls-Royce powered 787 Dreamliner for type certification with the Federal Aviation Administration. The final flight took place Saturday and was a relatively simple simulation of a flight dispatch with a failed generator and failed fuel flow indicator.

The 90 minute flight from Billings, Montana back to the factory at Paine Field north of Seattle was the end of a flight test program that started on December 15, 2009. Seven flight test aircraft have completed more than 1,700 flights totaling more than 4,800 flight hours.

Flight testing with the General Electric powered 787 will continue and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Saturday’s final flight test should mean the airplane will be issued a type certificate in the next few weeks and launch customer All Nippon Airways will begin service some time next month.

It’s probably no coincidence that a video was released on Saturday (after the jump) showing the 787 buzzing a familiar tower and performing a host of impressive maneuvers while evading an Airbus A380 (h/t FlightBlogger).

Photo: Boeing, Video: 3-D Aviation

Via Wired Autopia: http://www.wired.com/autopia/

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