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31 December 2008

Are You Tracking Your Top Blog Posts?

Top 10 Blog Post lists are popping up all over the Internet as another year comes to an end, as nonprofits, individuals, and businesses take stock of where they’ve been and plan their communications strategy for the coming year. But how do you know... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 31 December 2008 at 3:11 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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01 December 2008

First Steps in Social Networking for Nonprofits

Nonprofits looking to start using social media as a marketing tool will find a wealth of sound advice online, but putting the pieces together into a solid strategy? That's the real challenge. No one simple strategy will work for every nonprofit group.... (read more)
Posted Monday, 01 December 2008 at 7:12 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 10 comments
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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
17 July 2008

Get a Quick Word Count

Few of us can accurately guess the number of words in a block of text, just by looking at it, even with years of practice. Fortunately, a 'ballpark estimate' is usually good enough for most purposes. There are times, however, when your word count does matter. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 17 July 2008 at 10:30 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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19 June 2008

Easy RSS Updates with PingShot

Most of the search engines and web-based feed reading services will check for updates to your blog from time to time, but what if you have breaking news that you want to get out fast? You can notify ("ping") each feed reading service separately whenever... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 19 June 2008 at 2:03 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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- Blogging,
- publicity,
- Feedburner,
- RSS
09 June 2008

Social Media in Plain English: Video

It turns out that ice cream and social media have a lot in common -- at least, according to the latest video by Lee Lefever of Common Craft, Social Media in Plain English. Using a deceptively simple paper and whiteboard technique, Common Craft specializes in short, amusing, and easy-to-understand videos that explain complex ideas. This latest video focuses on basics of Social Media: "new technology that makes everyone a producer and tools that give everyone a chance to have a say." (read more)
Posted Monday, 09 June 2008 at 8:30 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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26 May 2008

Easy Embedded Tables for Your Website or Blog: Part 2

In the first part of this article, we talked about various ways to show data in tables on your website or blog -- their strengths and their limitations. Here, we'll take a closer look at how to use Zoho Sheet, Google Spreadsheets, or DabbleDB to create a searchable, interactive table that you can easily embed in your web page, and update as easily as you update the original spreadsheet. (read more)
Posted Monday, 26 May 2008 at 8:04 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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- websites,
- Zoho,
- spreadsheets,
- tables,
- Google Docs,
- Blogging,
- collaboration,
- database,
- Non-profit technology,
- Web 2.0,
- nptech
23 May 2008

Read the Words: Free Text-to-Speech Tool

Sometimes it just isn’t possible for your website's visitors to read what you have to say. Perhaps a visitor has limited vision, or other physical challenges that make onscreen reading difficult. Perhaps reading itself may be a challenge for him. But accessibility can be about more than physical, mental, educational, and similar limitations. Some members of your target audience may simply be too busy to take the time to read your website or blog. If you can give those people the ability to multi-task — to listen to your blog posts on an mp3 player as they go about their other business, for example — you'll give your message one more chance to get out there and be heard. (read more)
Posted Friday, 23 May 2008 at 2:16 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 7 comments
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05 May 2008

Web 2.0 Nonprofit Success Stories - Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

The "Web 2.0 Nonprofit Success Stories" submitted to the NPC Carnival this week led to a selection of nonprofit organizations that are widely varied in terms of size, budget, and reach. Each group is using the Internet and Web 2.0 tools in a different... (read more)
Posted Monday, 05 May 2008 at 3:40 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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30 April 2008

Bring Your Nonprofit Success Stories to the Blog Carnival

Wild Apricot is pleased to be hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on Monday, 5 May 2008, and the theme will be "Web 2.0 Nonprofit Success Stories" Tell us how you're using the Internet -- and specifically Web 2.0 tools and technologies --... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 30 April 2008 at 2:07 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 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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07 April 2008

Get Started with FeedBurner

If your nonprofit website includes an RSS feed, are you making the most of that technology? A free online service called FeedBurner turns your blog's RSS feed into a browser-friendly page that makes it easy for readers to subscribe to your blog updates. But that's just the beginning of what FeedBurner can do for you -- (read more)
Posted Monday, 07 April 2008 at 1:54 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 13 comments
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28 March 2008

Get Started with RSS Feeds and Feed Readers

RSS is short for Really Simple Syndication, an internet standard for publishing updates to web-based content. You may hear it called web feeds, XML feeds, RSS channels, subscriptions, syndicated content -- by any name, it's all RSS -- and one of the most useful bits of internet technology to come along. What can RSS do for you? (read more)
Posted Friday, 28 March 2008 at 9:45 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 12 comments
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- Blogging,
- Web 2.0,
- websites,
- RSS
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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31 January 2008

AddThis for Simple Social Bookmarking

One of the best things you can do for your readers (and for your blog) is to make it as easy as possible for people to share your content with interested others. You may have noticed the Bookmark button on each post pages of the Wild Apricot Blog?... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 31 January 2008 at 10:45 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 12 comments
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