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22 April 2008

Free Online Color Testing Tools for Accessible Website Design

Accessible websites are the fast-approaching future of web design, and accessibility is already the law in many jurisdictions. We're talking about websites whose designs don't create artificial barriers for people of differing abilities, or those with... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 22 April 2008 at 2:49 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 4 comments
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18 April 2008

Making a Case for Social Media Marketing

Social media and social networking are hot buzzwords in the world of online marketing, but what do they mean in practical terms? Is social media marketing just a passing fad, or could it be a worthwhile strategy for your organization? In a survey done... (read more)
Posted Friday, 18 April 2008 at 3:01 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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15 April 2008

8 Tips for an Effective Online Survey

Your organization may send out a feedback request with its appeals or reports to members. And perhaps you routinely ask those who attend your special events to fill out a quick survey. But if you need data quickly, or from a broader range of respondents,... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 15 April 2008 at 4:51 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 12 comments
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25 February 2008

Clean-Up Strategies for a High Quality Mailing List

Cleaning up a mailing list is never quite as easy as it should be. To purge an inactive address from your database can feel like you're letting go of something that could "come in handy" someday — even if it's not useful now, and hasn't been productive... (read more)
Posted Monday, 25 February 2008 at 2:49 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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21 February 2008

Big Dreams for the NonProfit Sector

Rosetta Thurman , this week’s host for the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants , asks, “What one thing should we do to improve the state of the nonprofit sector?” In trying to tackle a question this size, frankly, I feel a bit like a pop princess telling... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 21 February 2008 at 8:45 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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15 February 2008

10 Reasons Why Every Nonprofit Must Have a Blog

Think your nonprofit organization has no need for a blog? You may want to think again. According to Technorati, more than 10,500 blogs were tagged 'charity', 4,000 blogs 'nonprofit' and 2,300 blogs 'philanthropy' in January of 2007 and these numbers are predicted to rapidly increase in the future. Here are ten reasons your nonprofit should participate in this movement and harness the power of the blog today. (read more)
Posted Friday, 15 February 2008 at 4:20 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 14 comments
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13 February 2008

Give Them Something to Talk About

Your nonprofit organization may buy advertising space to take a message to the general public, send out newsletters and email blasts to reach your membership, and run a website and blog to do both. But all of that, in the end, is simply “talking about yourself” – a strategy with very limited powers of persuasion. How can you encourage other people to talk about your cause? (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 13 February 2008 at 4:00 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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11 February 2008

Does Your NonProfit Website Need a Privacy Policy?

If your organization collects information from the users of your website — and the odds are that it does, if little more than the IP addresses scooped up by your site statistics package — have you posted a site privacy policy? Should you do so? In... (read more)
Posted Monday, 11 February 2008 at 11:59 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 4 comments
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01 February 2008

7 Tips to Make Your Charity Badge a Success

This post has been contributed by Lance Trebesch and Colt Lapham from TicketPrinting.com Charity badge campaigns have the potential to be incredible fundraising mechanisms if successful but are also susceptible to failure if they are not properly implemented.... (read more)
Posted Friday, 01 February 2008 at 9:00 AM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 4 comments
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30 January 2008

Online Fundraising 101

Should your organization be investing in online fundraising? The latest benchmark data says yes . Internet use is growing at an astronomical pace, and a prime donor demographic leads the way. In 2007, the Internet adoption rate for American adults... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 30 January 2008 at 10:40 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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25 January 2008

How to Use Gmail Filters to Organize and Manage your Email Accounts

One of the coolest things about Gmail is its filters.They are a simple way to organize your messages automatically by providing a set of rules. It’s a way to set up your e-mail and have control of information going in or out. Like most email, Gmail... (read more)
Posted Friday, 25 January 2008 at 2:41 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 5 comments
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18 January 2008

Top 3 posts for December 2007

Looking back on my posts for December 2007, these were the most popular posts according to Google Analytics: Top 10 easy-to-use photo sharing websites and slideshow tools for your nonprofit photos ...this post reflects how increasingly popular photo-sharing... (read more)
Posted Friday, 18 January 2008 at 9:00 AM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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10 January 2008

Website Charts and Graphs Made Easy with Google Chart API

The Google Chart API lets you dynamically generate charts and graphs, and easily include those images in your webpage. Several types of image can be generated — line, bar, and pie charts for example. For each image type you can specify attributes such... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 10 January 2008 at 10:20 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 6 comments
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19 December 2007

6 Unique Online Fundraising Techniques for Your Nonprofit (Part 5 of 6)

This post has been contributed by Lance Trebesch and Colt Lapham from TicketPrinting.com Overview Every nonprofit knows that fundraisers are critical to their existence. Without donations, no resources are available to support the primary cause or... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 19 December 2007 at 2:39 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 1 comments
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13 December 2007

Top 10 easy-to-use photo sharing websites and slideshow tools for your nonprofit photos

"Because a picture is worth a thousand words" Photo sharing has become increasingly popular in the last few years as a way for associations, clubs and nonprofits to publish or distribute their digital photos online. As a result, many of the photo sharing... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 13 December 2007 at 9:00 AM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 16 comments
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