Kintera Launches First Connect Developer’s Challenge
Contest to Bring Innovative Applications and More Choice in Nonprofit Technology
SAN DIEGO--Kintera® Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA) today announced its Connect Developer’s Challenge. The contest, sponsored by Kintera, is designed to provide nonprofits with innovative solutions to meet their business and technology needs.
Using Kintera’s open platform technology, Kintera Connect™, entrants will be given the chance to win up to $25,000 by entering a software application or applications that integrate directly with Kintera’s platform or customizes an existing Kintera application.
“Through the Connect Developer’s Challenge we are encouraging developers and nonprofits to help increase the pool of technology choices for nonprofit organizations,” said Steve Johnson, vice president of channels for Kintera. “The Developer’s Challenge and Kintera Connect enable applications to be developed by those that best understand the challenges nonprofits face. This will enable Kintera, our partners, and our clients to select best-of-breed applications from our ever-expanding catalog of solutions. Kintera Connect is another way we are enabling nonprofits to run more efficiently and better achieve their missions.”
In addition to the grand prize of $15,000, Kintera is also offering two second-place prizes of $5,000 each. Three finalists will be selected and receive a trip to the Kintera User Conference, scheduled for April 30-May 1, 2008 in Washington, D.C., where the winner will be announced.
Contest registration is open until March 14, 2008 and all participants must be a verified Connect partner. There is no cost to join the Kintera Connect partner program. Detailed information on the Connect Developer’s Challenge, how to join the Kintera Connect partner program, and how to verify contest eligibility, can be found at www.kintera.org/dev/challenge.
All application submissions are due to Kintera by close of business April 10, 2008.
For official rules and eligibility requirements, prize details, and other terms and conditions, please visit www.kintera.org/devchallenge/rtc.
For more information on Kintera, visit www.kintera.com. For more information on Kintera Connect, please visit www.kintera.org/kinteraconnect.
About Kintera, Inc.
Kintera®, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNTA) provides software as a service to help organizations quickly and easily reach more people, raise more money and run more efficiently. The Kintera Sphere® technology platform empowers The Giving Experience™, and features a social constituent relationship management (CRM) system, enabling donor management, e-mail and communications, Web sites, events, advocacy programs, wealth screening and accounting. In addition, the Kintera Connect™ open platform enables clients and partners to integrate directly with Kintera technology, resulting in the availability of best of breed solutions through the Kintera Connect partner program.
For more information about Kintera’s software and services, visit www.kintera.com.
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