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Archives : July 2010

30 July 2010

Behind the Scenes @ Wild Apricot: What lazy hazy days of summer?

They call it the dog days of summer, which I can only assume refers to the fact that we're working like a dog! Also, we put some hot dogs on the bar-b-q for our awesome beta testing team! (read more)
Posted Friday, 30 July 2010 at 2:26 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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30 July 2010

4 Questions to Ask Before Using Free Software for your Association

For small associations or for any organization with a tight budget, the idea of getting free software can be very appealing. But 'free' should always be taken with a grain of salt. Using something that you don't have to pay for upfront can cost you... (read more)
Posted Friday, 30 July 2010 at 12:57 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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30 July 2010

42+ Free Nonprofit Webinars for August 2010

Ready for a bit of professional development, before Labor Day brings the start of another busy fall season? August is a great time for online learning – in fact, this month we’ve rounded up more free online seminars than ever before! There’s something for everyone from board members and administrators, to fundraisers and volunteer coordinators, to active members of all interests and levels... (read more)
Posted Friday, 30 July 2010 at 9:09 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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- webinar,
- events
27 July 2010

Best of Association Jam for July 2010

Blog posts and articles on Fundraising, Leadership, and Membership topped the active topics at AssociationJam.org this month, in terms of the numbers of submissions, views and reader votes, while the Volunteers, Technology, and Social Media came in almost as strong. Best of all, you’ll find a number of brand new faces here, among the excellent content submitted to and voted up in “AJam” through July 2010. (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 27 July 2010 at 9:09 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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26 July 2010

Wild Apricot News: Small Business Advocate Radio Interview with Tera McHugh of the Association of Women Entrepreneurs

If you enjoy networking and the benefits of staying connected and informed, perhaps you'd should consider launching your own networking group and bringing in a new revenue stream as well? If the only thing holding you back is knowing where and how... (read more)
Posted Monday, 26 July 2010 at 2:46 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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25 July 2010

Facebook’s New ‘Like’ Button Features

Facebook has just added 3 new features to the ‘Like’ button that hold a promise of greater connectivity and better analytics. Not unusual for Facebook, the release came on a weekend, so no real chance yet to thoroughly explore the bells and whistles... (read more)
Posted Sunday, 25 July 2010 at 2:53 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 4 comments
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23 July 2010

Behind the Scenes @ Wild Apricot: A Dagwood Sandwich of a Week

How a making a sandwich is like developing software, how the A-Team is like our users, and how two pages can help you get ready for two huge new features. (read more)
Posted Friday, 23 July 2010 at 2:25 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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23 July 2010

5 Ideas for Recruiting New Members to your Association

Recruiting new members has always been a challenge for associations. And with time and money tighter than ever for many, it's arguably never been harder to get those new folks through the door. Here are a few ideas to help you find those fresh faces:... (read more)
Posted Friday, 23 July 2010 at 12:54 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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22 July 2010

Social Media Contests a Big Risk for Small Non-Profits?

A tweet or status update is so easy to publish – and “Please vote” is such a small favor to ask of your social network. It’s just a quick click, right? But as Chris Brogan points out, in The Problem with Social Only Nonprofit Campaigns,there’s a cumulative effect of all those social media requests. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 22 July 2010 at 6:00 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 11 comments
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21 July 2010

Best Practices for Contest Campaigns: AGC Lessons Learned

Results of a detailed evaluation of the 2009 America’s Giving Challenge competition have been released in the “must-read” 2009 AGC Assessment and Reflection Report. The best part? Lessons learned can be replicated by other non-profits, both for contest campaigns and for general social media outreach. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 21 July 2010 at 3:42 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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21 July 2010

Does your association marketing focus on minutiae or on benefits?

A recent post on the ASAE Acronym blog by Scott Briscoe looked at marketing on a shoestring budget for small associations. One of the points that stood out to me was "Heavily Promote Member Only Benefits." I like how Scott put it, that your members... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 21 July 2010 at 12:18 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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19 July 2010

Movie Mondays for Fundraisers

Movie Mondays is a free weekly series of video interviews with fundraising professionals – a mix of practical tips, in-the-trenches experience, and creative ideas to help you meet all kinds of fundraising challenges. (read more)
Posted Monday, 19 July 2010 at 2:59 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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15 July 2010

Free PDF Converter Keeps Your Clickable Links

The ability to retain hyperlinks when you convert documents to PDF format has been missing from most of the free or low-cost web-based PDF tools to date. Finally, here’s a free online document converter that can keep those clickable links working in your PDFs. Thanks to Donnie Maclurcan of ProjectAustralia for the tip on this useful free tool! (read more)
Posted Thursday, 15 July 2010 at 5:02 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 7 comments
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14 July 2010

What's Your Non-Profit's Content Marketing Strategy?

Six out of 10 professional marketers are spending more on content marketing in 2010, for the third year in a row. The rise of blogs and other social media makes online content creation a growing focus for non-profit sector, too. Why? Because content marketing works. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 14 July 2010 at 4:55 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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14 July 2010

Behind the Scenes @ Wild Apricot: Simple things, new features, new Apricots

In this Infozone, we talk about how hard it is to avoid the noise in day to day life, and how we at Wild Apricot try to make it easier to do what you have to do so that you can do what want to do. Also - there's a new apricot on the tree. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 14 July 2010 at 2:24 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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