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17 May 2007

Online collaboration tools for non-profit board members

Non-profit organizations do better when their board members and staff collaborate effectively. One of the board's biggest responsibilities is strategic planning. In most non-profits creating the annual strategic plan is a very time-consuming (and painful)... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 17 May 2007 at 3:31 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 11 comments
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11 May 2007

Why your nonprofit should use videoblogs

Video blogging (or vlogging or video podcasting) is the new trend of posting and distributing personal video and stories over the internet. It has increased in popularity among nonprofits as a very effective tool to share stories, reach constituents... (read more)
Posted Friday, 11 May 2007 at 1:05 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 2 comments
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30 April 2007

AIMS event - Building Online Communities

This past Wednesday, I attended the Association of Internet Marketing and Sales of Canada event on “ Building Online Community ”. It had a good line-up of speakers featuring Robert V. Kozinets , Assistant professor at the Kellogg School of Business... (read more)
Posted Monday, 30 April 2007 at 5:49 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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30 April 2007

Making people jump through (registration) hoops is a bad idea

Here is a short tale of how I was made to jump through many hoops for a very simple transaction - and what it reminded me of regarding some online event registration quirks. I was at a Chinese restaurant on Saturday - pretty upscale one, called Asian... (read more)
Posted Monday, 30 April 2007 at 8:36 AM by Dmitriy Buterin [Chief Apricot] | 0 comments
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25 April 2007

Nonprofits should take advantage of RSS

One of my favorite things about Web 2.0 tools is that they help me make sense of the enormous amount of information, blogs and news available on the web. Instead of going to 10 or 20 websites and typing their addresses or even going through my bookmarks,... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 25 April 2007 at 6:37 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 7 comments
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20 April 2007

Five Ways Nonprofits Can Use Flickr to Reach New Audiences

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a Flickr session at the Non-Profit Technology Conference . A common question asked was “How can we use Flickr to reach new audiences?” A lot of nonprofits have started using Flickr to increase their visibility online.... (read more)
Posted Friday, 20 April 2007 at 7:29 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 11 comments
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05 April 2007

What Every Smart Non Profit Needs to Know

While I was browsing through some posts in Seth Godin's blog , I found an interesting cheat sheet called What Every Smart Non Profit Needs to Know . Produced by Seth Godin, it's an easy-to-read PDF file that lists six free things nonprofits can do... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 05 April 2007 at 8:00 AM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 1 comments
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02 April 2007

Tips for Attending Conferences Part II

In the first part of this series , I covered a few tips on attending conferences. In this closing post on getting the most out of conferences, we'll share some helpful tips for conference speakers and presenters. So if you have been selected or volunteered... (read more)
Posted Monday, 02 April 2007 at 1:30 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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29 March 2007

Associations and Web 2.0 – Interview with Kathryn Lagden

How does Web 2.0 impact your association and how can you make Web 2.0 tools work for you to help your membership grow? In the following interview, Kathryn Lagden, General Manager at AIMS, answers these questions and shares her tips on using Web 2.0... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 29 March 2007 at 6:48 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 1 comments
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27 March 2007

Tips for Attending Conferences Part I

Spring is here and conference season has started. This year I'll be attending a couple of important conferences. In April I'll be attending the Non-profit Technology Conference held in Washington, DC from April 4 to 6 2007. (It's not too late to register,... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 27 March 2007 at 11:51 AM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 1 comments
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15 March 2007

What is tagging and practical ways non-profits can use it

What exactly are tags? Simply put, tags are keywords. In the same way you can stick labels on physical objects, you can use tags to label digital 'things' such as blog posts, photos, and web links. Once you assign one or more tags to a certain object,... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 15 March 2007 at 6:35 AM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 2 comments
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08 March 2007

Online Fundraising on the Rise - Target Analysis Group and Donordigital Report finds

While the Internet, broadband networks and email have grown to be the new fundraising tools for non-profits over the past several years, their potential has not been reached - in terms of the amount of money raised and the number of organizations fundraising... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 08 March 2007 at 6:35 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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07 March 2007

Social Marketing De-Mystified

Marketing is the selling of services, ideas or products. While traditional marketing shifts the buying patterns of products by consumers, social marketing shifts ideas, attitudes and behaviours of individuals in a society. With social marketing, the... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 07 March 2007 at 7:26 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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01 March 2007

How Non-Profits Can Use Mashups

Last week, we wrote a blog post about web 2.0 technologies for non-profits - an overview of the latest web tools such as blogs, social networking applications, RSS, social bookmarking, wikis and more. Today, we want to discuss another exciting new... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 01 March 2007 at 10:06 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 5 comments
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20 February 2007

Getting the most from Web 2.0 technology for non-profits

In today’s concluding instalment of tips and best practices to improve your non-profit’s Web site, our focus zeroes in on new technology. More specifically, Web 2.0 technology, which you can read about in greater detail here: • Web 2.0 In Non-Profits... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 20 February 2007 at 5:03 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 2 comments
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