Kintera Announces Larry Sanger, Co-Founder of Wikipedia, as Keynote Speaker for Annual User Conference

Sanger to Present How Web 2.0 Helps Nonprofits Develop Collaborative Communities, Leverage User-Generated Content to Grow Fundraising and Engagement Efforts

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kintera Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA - News) today announced Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org), will be the keynote speaker at the annual Kintera User Conference 2007: "Unleashing the Power of Social Accountability."

To be held Feb. 4-7, 2007, in San Diego, Kintera's User Conference offers three days of provocative strategy, implementation and best practices sessions designed to advance nonprofit clients' ability to reach their objectives for the coming year. Conference attendees will also learn from keynote speaker Larry Sanger how nonprofits can use Web 2.0 to develop their own collaborative communities, leveraging user-generated content to rapidly grow their fundraising and constituent engagement efforts.

In addition to co-founding Wikipedia, Sanger is a Web 2.0 and collaborative Internet community expert. He recently created the Citizendium (www.citizendium.org), a citizens' compendium, which is a progressive fork of Wikipedia that combines public participation with expert guidance.

Kintera's User Conference 2007 offers more than 30 breakout sessions, featuring client presenters, case studies, and interactive, hands-on learning. The conference highlights the need for advanced social accountability to deliver the optimal giving experience to donors. In addition to formal and informal networking with the best and brightest fundraising professionals and nonprofit executives, the conference provides the opportunity for interaction among Kintera users in specially focused sessions to discuss what donors expect from the organizations they support, and to learn new techniques for meeting those expectations.

The Kintera User Conference 2007 provides an environment for nonprofit clients to:

Discuss ways to bring their cause to the public - and the public to their cause
Explore ways to manage relationships and build communities
Examine the latest techniques for gathering, organizing, mining and automatically applying data to increase fundraising effectiveness
Learn methods for delivering customized experiences and uniquely stewarding donors
See the latest Kintera product developments
"Kintera continues to enhance its User Conference each year by incorporating new trends and techniques, as well as attendee feedback, into the agenda. The 2007 User Conference promises three days of education, networking and fun in America's Finest City, as our nonprofit clients prepare for a challenging, yet fulfilling 2007," said Harry E. Gruber, M.D., Kintera CEO.

Kintera clients and partners interested in attending the 2007 User Conference can learn more by visiting www.kintera.com/userconf2007.

About Kintera, Inc.

Kintera®, Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA - News) provides an online solution to help nonprofit organizations deliver The Giving Experience(TM) to donors - providing giving convenience, financial transparency, feedback about the social impact of their gifts, and a sense of belonging and appreciation.

More than 15,000 accounts in the nonprofit, government and corporate sectors use Kintera's "software as a service" innovations, including Kintera Sphere(TM), an enterprise-grade software platform that provides a secure, scalable and reliable system for contact relationship management (CRM), a Web content management system (CMS), eMarketing and directed giving applications. Additionally, Kintera FundWare® provides award-winning financial management software developed for nonprofit organizations and governments.

For more information about Kintera's software and services, visit www.kintera.com.

Kintera, Kintera Sphere, Friends Asking Friends, The Giving Experience, GivingFund, and FundWare are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Kintera, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, express or implied statements regarding the adoption of software solutions by nonprofit organizations) that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: our limited operating history; our history of losses; our dependence on increased acceptance by nonprofit organizations of online fundraising; lengthy sales cycles for major customers; our need to manage growth; risks associated with accounting for and processing large amounts of donations; the rapidly changing technologies and market demands; and other risks identified in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

Contact:
Kintera Inc.
Erin Leventhal, 858-795-8979
erin.leventhal@kintera.com

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Source: Kintera Inc.

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