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Archives : April 2008

30 April 2008

Wild Apricot Updates and Plans. April 2008

There haven't been many April showers, but a lot of flowers have already bloomed! On April 10th, we released an update that included the following key changes: Ability to specify different fields for different membership levels. This was a frequently... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 30 April 2008 at 2:13 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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30 April 2008

Bring Your Nonprofit Success Stories to the Blog Carnival

Wild Apricot is pleased to be hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on Monday, 5 May 2008, and the theme will be "Web 2.0 Nonprofit Success Stories" Tell us how you're using the Internet -- and specifically Web 2.0 tools and technologies --... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 30 April 2008 at 2:07 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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29 April 2008

Free PDF Tools for Mac

When we caught up with educator Dave Riddell on Twitter the other day, he was looking for a new low-cost tool to create and edit PDF files — the web's default format for sharing printable documents. Here, for the benefit of other Macintosh users, he... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 29 April 2008 at 12:01 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 9 comments
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28 April 2008

Affordable Online File Storage for Multiple Computers

All it takes is a sudden hard-drive crash to sell a computer user on the value of backing up all important documents. And if you travel, or move between different computers in the course of your work, secure online data storage means you'll never find yourself going into a meeting without that one file you urgently need. (read more)
Posted Monday, 28 April 2008 at 4:47 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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24 April 2008

Dilbert.com Goes Web 2.0

How would you define Web 2.0 ? Wikipedia does a pretty good job of explaining it, but why use words alone to explain such a complex idea, when you can show-and-tell? Try this: Flip open just about any North American newspaper to the comics page...... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 24 April 2008 at 6:57 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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22 April 2008

Producing Demo Videos - Sharing Our Experiences

We have recently put together first 5 videos demoing basic functionality of Wild Apricot software. This has been a great learning experience and we would appreciate any feedback on our videos (which are still work in progress!). We also wanted to summarize... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 22 April 2008 at 10:18 AM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 1 comments
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22 April 2008

Free Online Color Testing Tools for Accessible Website Design

Accessible websites are the fast-approaching future of web design, and accessibility is already the law in many jurisdictions. We're talking about websites whose designs don't create artificial barriers for people of differing abilities, or those with... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 22 April 2008 at 2:49 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 4 comments
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18 April 2008

Making a Case for Social Media Marketing

Social media and social networking are hot buzzwords in the world of online marketing, but what do they mean in practical terms? Is social media marketing just a passing fad, or could it be a worthwhile strategy for your organization? In a survey done... (read more)
Posted Friday, 18 April 2008 at 3:01 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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15 April 2008

8 Tips for an Effective Online Survey

Your organization may send out a feedback request with its appeals or reports to members. And perhaps you routinely ask those who attend your special events to fill out a quick survey. But if you need data quickly, or from a broader range of respondents,... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 15 April 2008 at 4:51 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 12 comments
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12 April 2008

NonProfits on Video: Using YouTube to Promote Your Cause

Conventional wisdom says that it is the small nonprofit organizations who stand most to benefit from Web 2.0 opportunities, where so much can be accomplished for such a small investment of time and resources. Online video, for example, puts multimedia... (read more)
Posted Saturday, 12 April 2008 at 11:54 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 7 comments
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09 April 2008

Is Your Nonprofit Risking a Communications Nightmare?

Could your organization get a message to all your members within 48 hours? One small assocation thought so -- until last week, when an unexpected event revealed a major flaw in how the group was communicating with its members. This is a real-life example of a real nonprofit organization: a small interest-based nonprofit with a very small budget, run by volunteers working a few hours a month from their own homes. Does this sound like any group you know? (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 09 April 2008 at 3:32 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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07 April 2008

Get Started with FeedBurner

If your nonprofit website includes an RSS feed, are you making the most of that technology? A free online service called FeedBurner turns your blog's RSS feed into a browser-friendly page that makes it easy for readers to subscribe to your blog updates. But that's just the beginning of what FeedBurner can do for you -- (read more)
Posted Monday, 07 April 2008 at 1:54 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 13 comments
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03 April 2008

NPT Offers Free Corporate Philanthropy Search Portal for Nonprofits

A new online search portal just launched by The NonProfit Times, in partnership with internet search company NOZA, gives nonprofit fundraisers free access to more than 4,300 searchable records of major corporate gifts to U.S. charities valued at $1 million or more. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 2:17 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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01 April 2008

Campaign Maps: How 3 Nonprofit Organizations use Online Maps to Send a Message

Maps have come a long way from the traditional classroom wall map that many of us grew up with. Online, maps have taken on added dimension with multimedia mashups and a new level of interaction: the information they can deliver goes far beyond topographical features and geo-political boundaries. Here are three maps from three different nonprofit websites: all deal in some way with food sources, but each sends its message in a very different way. (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 01 April 2008 at 2:29 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 7 comments
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