try using data-bind:"click: notifyEvent"
and have the function initialized in your ViewModel like this :
var viewModel = kendo.observable({
notifyEvent: notifyEvent,
... other functions, objects or kendo.data.DataSource...
});
function notifyEvent{ ..do stuff here... }
$.extend(window, {
viewModel: viewModel
});
be sure to have your view initialized something like this:
<div data-role="view" id="ListView" data-title="ListView" data-layout="listTemplate" data-model="viewModel">
hope it helps! Cheers!