Last Friday we hosted a debate on Open APIs among some of the main vendors providing CRM services to nonprofits. Our participants included:

Mark Bolgiano from the Council on Foundations (moderator)

For profit vendors:

Tom Krackeler, GetActive;
Steve Wright, Salesforce;
David Lawson, Kintera;
Dave Crooke, Convio; and
Shaun Sullivan, Blackbaud

Nonprofit vendor - Nick Ballenger, Democracy in Action

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NTEN hosted a debate on the timely issue of open APIs and what they mean for nonprofit organizations. Some of the main vendors providing CRM services to nonprofits took part in the discussion and revealed their thoughts on open APIs, the direction their companies are moving, and what nonprofits stand to gain from this.