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Archives : June 2008

30 June 2008

What's Your Rapleaf Reputation - and why should you care?

We all know that the Internet is a very public space -- but do we always act that way? The separate compartments of social networking sites, once isolated in their own little boxes, have created an illusion of privacy where none may exist -- and now... (read more)
Posted Monday, 30 June 2008 at 4:43 PM by Rebecca Leaman | 1 comments
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26 June 2008

Wild Apricot Updates - June 2008

On June 26th, we released our regular update — Wild Apricot version 2.34. The biggest enhancement is what we refer to as the Integrated credit card payment option — yes, we have been working on that one for a while! PayPal is still the payment processor,... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 26 June 2008 at 7:18 PM by Dmitriy Buterin | 3 comments
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23 June 2008

Facebook Applications for Your Non-Profit Page

So you've signed up your nonprofit group for a Facebook Page -- now what? It can be challenging to know what to put on your Page to make the best use of the space, especially if you're setting out to build a new page from scratch. And if you're new... (read more)
Posted Monday, 23 June 2008 at 1:35 PM by Rebecca Leaman | 49 comments
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19 June 2008

Easy RSS Updates with PingShot

Most of the search engines and web-based feed reading services will check for updates to your blog from time to time, but what if you have breaking news that you want to get out fast? You can notify ("ping") each feed reading service separately whenever... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 19 June 2008 at 2:03 PM by Rebecca Leaman | 1 comments
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- Blogging,
- publicity,
- Feedburner,
- RSS
16 June 2008

How to Set Up a Non-Profit Facebook Page

New features and other enhancements have been added to Facebook since Wild Apricot's Beginner's Guide to Facebook for Non-Profits , and nonprofits are learning more about making the best use of the popular social networking site. We've talked about... (read more)
Posted Monday, 16 June 2008 at 3:18 PM by Rebecca Leaman | 136 comments
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11 June 2008

Crowdsourcing: How Business and Nonprofits Tap into the Wisdom of Crowds

“Welcome to the age of the crowd,” wrote Jeff Howe in The Rise of Crowdsourcing (2006). In coining the term "crowdsourcing," Howe pointed to the rise of the open-source software movement; to the success of user-created Wikipedia; and to profitable businesses like MySpace and eBay “that couldn’t exist without the contribution of users.” Nowadays, user-driven innovations and crowdsourced solutions are popping up faster than you can say "open API" and "online community"... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 11 June 2008 at 10:01 PM by Rebecca Leaman | 3 comments
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09 June 2008

Social Media in Plain English: Video

It turns out that ice cream and social media have a lot in common -- at least, according to the latest video by Lee Lefever of Common Craft, Social Media in Plain English. Using a deceptively simple paper and whiteboard technique, Common Craft specializes in short, amusing, and easy-to-understand videos that explain complex ideas. This latest video focuses on basics of Social Media: "new technology that makes everyone a producer and tools that give everyone a chance to have a say." (read more)
Posted Monday, 09 June 2008 at 8:30 PM by Rebecca Leaman | 0 comments
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06 June 2008

5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Effective communication – and more precisely, the effective transfer or exchange of knowledge – is vital to any nonprofit organization. It lies at the root of everything a nonprofit does – from pitching your cause to donors and funding agencies, to... (read more)
Posted Friday, 06 June 2008 at 8:13 PM by Rebecca Leaman | 2 comments
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04 June 2008

Free Job Postings for Nonprofits

If your nonprofit has a job opening you'd like to publicize, Idealist has a deal for you. Through the month of June, any nonprofit organization is invited to post its job listings on the Idealist.org website at no charge. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 04 June 2008 at 1:59 PM by Rebecca Leaman | 2 comments
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03 June 2008

Top 5 Web Tools to Create Your Own Online Quiz

In response to our Top 10 round-up of tools for online polls and surveys, some readers asked about the best web-based tools to create custom quizzes and tests. Here, we've rounded up 5 web-based quiz tools to help get you started. Some of these quiz-makers are ideal for student-teacher use. Others can more easily make the leap to nonprofits, helping to engage visitors with your organization and your cause. As the lasting popularity of TV game shows like Jeopardy prove, we all love a chance to test our knowledge! (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 03 June 2008 at 7:09 PM by Rebecca Leaman | 11 comments
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