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Archives : October 2008

30 October 2008

Wild Apricot Updates October 2008

Wild Apricot non-profit technology blog is sponsored by Bonasource, creators of Wild Apricot software. Our blog provides ideas and advice to small non-profits — charitable organizations, professional and business associations, social and recreational... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 30 October 2008 at 5:16 PM by Dmitriy Buterin [Chief Apricot] | 0 comments
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30 October 2008

Ask a Nonprofit Technology Expert

NTEN Office Hours puts the experience and skills of nonprofit technology experts at your service in a free-access online question-and-answer chat session. The expert volunteers cover a wide range of tech topics of special interest to nonprofits: online, in real time. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 30 October 2008 at 2:18 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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27 October 2008

Show, Don't Tell: Google Earth Outreach for Nonprofits

Since the earliest days of world exploration, maps have told compelling stories to people who may never see the places depicted. Topographical lines on paper only go a small way to recreate the traveller's experience, however, and the rest depends... (read more)
Posted Monday, 27 October 2008 at 3:36 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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22 October 2008

Get Started Right with Your Nonprofit on Twitter

It seems like a dozen different social-media sites start up every day, so it can be a challenge to know where to put your online outreach efforts. Twitter is one real-time networking platform that’s clearly floated to the top of the social-media pool,... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 5:17 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 8 comments
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20 October 2008

Is Your Website Ready for More Image-Search Traffic?

If you’ve checked your website statistics lately, you may have noticed an increase in the number of visitors who come to your site by way of image search results pages — Google Image Search, MSN Live Image Search, and so on. Webmasters are of mixed... (read more)
Posted Monday, 20 October 2008 at 6:38 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 7 comments
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- images,
- SEO,
- Best practices,
- publicity,
- websites
15 October 2008

Reaping the Rewards of Blog Action Day

Did you catch the buzz? Today is Blog Action Day , when bloggers around the world are asked to bring attention to one social issue. Last year it was the environment; this year, it's poverty. It's the kind of easy feel-good meme that the Internet loves... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 15 October 2008 at 5:47 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 9 comments
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- Blogging,
- Activism
14 October 2008

Contests Help Nonprofits Get Buzz and Build Community

For nonprofits, a well-run contest is often enough to raise a significant amount of money in ticket sales, entry fees and straight-forward donations But what about those contests that don’t have an entry fee or other fundraising tool connected with... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 14 October 2008 at 6:17 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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09 October 2008

Good2gether: News and Nonprofits

Media outlets need to enrich the syndicated wire service stories with local content if they are to attract readers and advertisers — but few have the budget, these days, for a cadre of local reporters to seek out and report on the "local angle" of... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 09 October 2008 at 4:02 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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06 October 2008

How Do You Thank Your Volunteers?

Thank you. It’s a powerful pair of words, and that simple statement of appreciation, spoken one-on-one, can go a long way to tell volunteers how much their work is valued — but you want to do more. A special effort or long-term commitment, in particular,... (read more)
Posted Monday, 06 October 2008 at 6:11 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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02 October 2008

Selling Nonprofits to Generation Y - on Paper

Nonprofits often take lessons from corporate research into what drives the "citizen-consumer" — especially teens and young adults, the first generation born into this high-speed, high-tech world. Miriam Kagan (GenerationYGive) has been wondering, along those lines, could catalogs be Gen Y’s version of direct mail? (read more)
Posted Thursday, 02 October 2008 at 6:55 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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