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Archives : September 2008

30 September 2008

Will Digg Make a Category for Nonprofits?

Arguably the most influential of social bookmarking sites, Digg.com is often both criticized and commended for having a narrow topic focus. With big changes in the works at Digg right now, what are the odds that the site might broaden its horizons,... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 30 September 2008 at 2:15 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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- General non-profit interest,
- Digg
26 September 2008

Case Study: Calgary Meals on Wheels Takes Campaign Online

Many of us are familiar with the Meals on Wheels concept - to deliver nutritious and affordable meals to people in need: seniors, convalescents, and people living with disabilities. In desperate need of a new facility in which to prepare all those meals, Calgary Meals on Wheels has just launched a major capital campaign - and a new website. We asked Leann Hackman-Carty to tell us about it... (read more)
Posted Friday, 26 September 2008 at 6:53 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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24 September 2008

How to Learn More about Your Website Audience

Are the people who are visiting your website really the audience that you're trying to target? The more you know about your website visitors, the better you can tailor your content to attract the audience you want to reach — but for nonprofits and... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 24 September 2008 at 3:54 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 10 comments
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24 September 2008

Wild Apricot Updates September 2008

As you may know, the Wild Apricot blog about non-profit technology is hosted and sponsored by Wild Apricot software. The main focus of our blog is technology help and advice to millions of small non-profits. Among the subscribers to this blog are many... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 24 September 2008 at 4:24 AM by Dmitriy Buterin [Chief Apricot] | 3 comments
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22 September 2008

270+ Web-Based Business Tools

Hundreds of new web-based applications come on the market every year, so there's likely to be an affordable application for almost any administrative task -- with no need to download, install, maintain and update the same software on each of the computers... (read more)
Posted Monday, 22 September 2008 at 2:21 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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18 September 2008

Social Innovation Camp: What's Your Big Problem?

Social Innovation Camp — “an experiment in using social techology for social change” — will be bringing together some of the UK’s best software developers and designers with social innovators, for one weekend in December. Looking for new ways to use... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 18 September 2008 at 12:45 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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- Web 2.0,
- events
16 September 2008

Business and Nonprofits Find Value in Twitter

The original intention of sites such as Twitter may have been purely social, but like many Web 2.0 tools, it has evolved in the hands of its users. This time last year, the Canadian Marketing Association saw Twitter as a new toy for the tech savvy... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 16 September 2008 at 4:11 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 12 comments
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12 September 2008

Case Study: Mamapreneurs on Growing Membership Site for Business Moms

Award-winning public relations professional and former broadcast journalist, Marlynn Jayme Schotland created Mamapreneurs Inc. to provide support and networking opportunities to business owners who are also mothers. Based in Portland, Oregon, the organization reaches out online to “mamapreneurs” anywhere in the world. Here, Marlynn talks about strategies for growing an active membership web site, and shares her top 5 tips for online community building. (read more)
Posted Friday, 12 September 2008 at 1:07 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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10 September 2008

Set Up for Google Adwords Success with NTEN Webinars

Have you ever wanted to try online advertising to promote your organization, but weren’t sure how to get started? Starting tomorrow, NTEN.org (The Nonprofit Technology Network) will be hosting a series of webinars aimed at teaching you how to get the most out of Google Grants, a program that offers free online Google Adwords advertising to select non-profits. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 10 September 2008 at 4:31 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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- training,
- publicity,
- Marketing,
- Google
08 September 2008

Online Donations: Survey Shows Potential for Growth

The American Express Charitable Gift Survey , released late last year in partnership with the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , sought to answer two key questions: “How do people give online?” and “How much do they give per donation?”... (read more)
Posted Monday, 08 September 2008 at 6:42 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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04 September 2008

3 New Ways to Target Your Audience with Facebook Pages

We’ve talked before about how nonprofits are using Facebook to connect with their supporters online, figuring out ways to work around the “closed door” model of the popular social-networking site. For example, setting up a nonprofit Facebook Page that... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 04 September 2008 at 5:15 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 9 comments
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04 September 2008

Wild Apricot News: Thomas M. Cooley Law Students Go Back-to-School With Wild Apricot Membership Management Software

America's largest law school integrates student club and association websites using one easy-to-use solution. Toronto, ON September 4, 2008 -- Wild Apricot, a leading Membership Website Platform, announced today that it has been selected to host the... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 04 September 2008 at 1:28 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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02 September 2008

What's Turning Off Your Donors?

"As a donor to charity, what do we nonprofits do that irritates you? What’s caused you to stop giving to a charity?" Marc Pitman asked the tough questions on LinkedIn , a social-networking site with a business/professional focus where the demographic... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 02 September 2008 at 2:31 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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