There’s an App for That – Ticketing gets Social

JCA, Inc. teamed with seven partner organizations and the Tessitura Network with the vision of building a social media ticketing app. The resulting app, TN Social Ticketing, allows for a seamless Tessitura-based purchase path and social ticketing experience from within Facebook. Allison Fippinger served as the JCA Project Manager for the development phase of the app.

There is a running joke in my circles: if it’s on Facebook, it must be true. Like the best of jokes, it includes a kernel of truth, a nod at our own weaknesses, and a bit of cheek. The truism of the joke, however, has grown with the ever-increasing ubiquity of Facebook. Legitimacy used to come with a website; now you need a fan page.

For a forward-thinking arts organization, Facebook presents a wealth of opportunity.

Listen in: Hot Technology Topics Nonprofits Are Talking About in 2012

Now that we are one month into 2012, I wanted to take a moment to share the top technology trends and topics we are hearing about from the CFOs, CIOs and CEOs of leading nonprofit organizations.

Unblocking the Enterprise project backlog: As a result of the 2008/2009 recession and the subsequent funding uncertainties, many nonprofits put off investing in core technology projects. However, in 2011, we began to see more and more organizations giving the green light for major enterprise-wide projects that had been stalled since the recession.  We predict that this trend will continue to gain steam in 2012.  As a sense of stability has gradually returned, the backlog of critical projects has begun to loosen.  For example,