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Wild Apricot Newsletter - March 2008 |  |
An Introduction to Twitter HashtagsHashtags help to organize the published updates ("tweets") on Twitter into user-defined groupings around one general topic, making the conversation easy to track and easy to share with others - even with people who are not Twitter users. Here's how the hashtags work: Read more... Flickr Gives 10,000 Pro Accounts to NonprofitsIf cost has been one of the barriers to using Flickr in your nonprofits outreach efforts, this may tip the balance. The photo-sharing service announced recently that it has teamed up with TechSoup, in a new program called Flickr for Good, to give away 10,000 one-year Flickr Pro accounts to nonprofits and public libraries. Read more... Google Portal for Non-Profits LaunchedBilled as a "one-stop shop for tools to help advance your organization's mission in a smart, cost-efficient way," the newly launched Google for Non-Profits portal offers quick links to the most commonly used tools in the Google suite of services. It also highlights some cost-saving benefits that are available only to nonprofits. Read more... Wild Apricot Updates and PlansThe spring is here. (Well, kinda - Toronto is still very cold with piles of snow on the streets!) We did some spring cleaning for our March 6th update: Making it easier/more straightforward to handle exceptional situations - like manual entry of transactions by administrators or payments failed on the first try. It might not sound as glamorous and exciting as new features - but we knew we had to do it to keep our promise of making the lives of our clients easier with our software, not add stress! Specifically:
As always, we spent quite a bit of time revising the old code to keep the system humming as we grow. Alas, this update was one of the most difficult ones ever. Rushing to get some very frequently requested changes out the door we tightened the testing time and ended up with a number of glitches experienced by clients - so we had to release a number of patches over the last few weeks. Our apologies to everyone affected. We have learned a painful lesson and adjusted our procedures - adding extra testing time to prevent this from occurring again. For more details on our upcoming, current and subsequent releases: Read more... Case Study: Austin Contact Center Alliance on Growing Member CommunityThis months' case study discussed Austin Contact Center Alliance (ACCA) - a progressive business association out of Texas. They share their top 5 lessons learned in building and growing their community and the most important considerations when creating and building a membership site. We discuss how their organization evolved and how they use modern web tools, how people find their site, how they find sponsors and what the main motivators for members to join. Read more... Subscription and contact informationThe Wild Apricot blog is constantly publishing articles, interviews and case studies about web technology and social media tools for associations, clubs, charities and other non-profit and member-based organizations. Our focus is on issues relevant to volunteers, administrators, webmasters, and managers. You can subscribe via RSS or email. For comments, requests, questions and contributions to our newsletter: 1-877-270-4268 144 Front St W, Suite 725 |
