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23 May 2011

A Reminder to Steer Your Supporters

To direct traffic to your website or social media outposts, do you motivate with specific benefits and offer clear directions? (read more)
Posted Monday, 23 May 2011 at 9:00 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 2 comments
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19 May 2011

How to Keep Track of Your Passwords (and Keep Them Safe)

How can you keep track of all those online usernames and passwords? As social media and web/mobile applications become ever-more central to our non-profit operations, it’s a growing issue from both a security and a time-management perspective. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 19 May 2011 at 5:12 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 11 comments
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16 May 2011

10 Ways to Wake Up Your Nonprofit Brand

Guest blogger Howard Levy offers 10 ways your nonprofit can wake up your brand to strengthen your appeal to attract donors and ensure its long-term success. (read more)
Posted Monday, 16 May 2011 at 9:00 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 6 comments
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04 May 2011

5 Options for Low-cost Event Publicity

Here are some ideas for low-cost event publicity - as requested in our blog reader survey. By focusing on media relations, event calendars, your website, email and social media, even organizations with limited resources can promote events with little or no cost. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 04 May 2011 at 9:00 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 2 comments
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21 April 2011

100 More Online Tools for Non-Profits – Part 2

This is the second in our 2-part series listing a variety of tech tools non-profits can use, from volunteer and member management, to fundraising, to website creation, community building, collaboration, and more. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 21 April 2011 at 5:11 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 8 comments
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20 April 2011

100 More Online Tools for Non-Profits – Part 1

You’ll find a variety of tech tools in this 2-part series, from volunteer and member management, to web publishing and document sharing, to back office tasks, project management, and more. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 20 April 2011 at 3:16 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 10 comments
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18 April 2011

A Thank-you Can Be Powerful

Did you know that thanking volunteers can increase their engagement? In this post we suggest that instead of holding a "thank-a-thon" once a year, you develop on-going volunteer recognition plans. (read more)
Posted Monday, 18 April 2011 at 9:00 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 3 comments
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11 April 2011

How Do You Recognize Your Volunteers?

In honor of National Volunteer Week, our posts this week will focus on volunteers. In this post, we share some volunteer recognition best practices and ideas. (read more)
Posted Monday, 11 April 2011 at 9:30 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 3 comments
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04 April 2011

Membership Database Selection Part 3 - Making Your Choice

This is the final post in our 3-part Membership Database Selection blog series. Part 1 explained how to identify your specific needs and Part 2 offered an overview of the possible software or system choices. In Part 3 we’re suggesting the steps you can follow to choose the right solution. (read more)
Posted Monday, 04 April 2011 at 8:30 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 0 comments
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23 March 2011

Membership Database Selection Part 2 - Understanding Your Choices

Part 2 of our 3-part blog series on membership database selection outlines the software/system options available and their pros and cons in meeting small non-profit/membership needs. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 23 March 2011 at 9:00 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 4 comments
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16 March 2011

Membership Database Selection Part 1 - Defining Your Needs

This is the first post in our 3-part blog series on membership database selection. This blog series is designed to help small organizations: identify your membership database requirements (Part 1); understand the options available (Part 2); and choose the solution that meets your specific needs (Part 3). (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 16 March 2011 at 8:30 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 0 comments
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11 March 2011

Membership Database Selection Blog Series

One of the issues facing small membership organizations identified in our Blog Reader Survey was finding ways to better manage membership databases. So in response, we’re creating a blog series to help organizations identify your membership database requirements; understand the various options available; and help you determine the best solution for your specific needs. (read more)
Posted Friday, 11 March 2011 at 9:00 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 0 comments
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03 March 2011

Member Communications and Information Overload - Finding Balance

One of our readers asked some great questions in a comment to a recent post about getting started with social media: What will people find interesting and useful? Will they find excessive messaging annoying? How does an organization find a balance? Since many membership and non-profit organizations may be asking themselves these very questions in terms of their member communications, we offered some ideas on how you can begin to answer these questions. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 03 March 2011 at 9:30 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 0 comments
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09 February 2011

Tips for Building Productive Relationships with Your Leader Partner

In this guest post, Trish Hudson, president of the Melos Institute, shares an approach she learned from her mentor, designed to forge strong partnerships each year with his leader partners. She presents four key focus areas that he incorporated into a special "expectations conversation" that not only helped get the year off to a great start, but also generated long-term productive working relationships. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 09 February 2011 at 9:00 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 0 comments
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06 January 2011

Recalibrate Your Association Membership Renewals

With the New Year comes a new renewal cycle. Are you confident that your renewal process will demonstrate value and deliver 80-90% renewal rates? Here is some food for thought on what Association members might be looking for this year and tips on renewal timing, frequency and communication strategies. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 06 January 2011 at 9:30 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 2 comments
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