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22 October 2008

Get Started Right with Your Nonprofit on Twitter

It seems like a dozen different social-media sites start up every day, so it can be a challenge to know where to put your online outreach efforts. Twitter is one real-time networking platform that’s clearly floated to the top of the social-media pool,... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 5:17 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 8 comments
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09 October 2008

Good2gether: News and Nonprofits

Media outlets need to enrich the syndicated wire service stories with local content if they are to attract readers and advertisers — but few have the budget, these days, for a cadre of local reporters to seek out and report on the "local angle" of... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 09 October 2008 at 4:02 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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04 September 2008

3 New Ways to Target Your Audience with Facebook Pages

We’ve talked before about how nonprofits are using Facebook to connect with their supporters online, figuring out ways to work around the “closed door” model of the popular social-networking site. For example, setting up a nonprofit Facebook Page that... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 04 September 2008 at 5:15 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 9 comments
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01 August 2008

Does Your Nonprofit Need an Email Newsletter Service?

Why would your organization want to pay for an email marketing service, instead of simply using Outlook and your regular email server to contact your members? There are a number of compelling reasons why even a small e-newsletter subscription list might best be handled by a dedicated email marketing service, starting — first and foremost — with reliable delivery. (read more)
Posted Friday, 01 August 2008 at 7:27 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 11 comments
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16 June 2008

How to Set Up a Non-Profit Facebook Page

New features and other enhancements have been added to Facebook since Wild Apricot's Beginner's Guide to Facebook for Non-Profits , and nonprofits are learning more about making the best use of the popular social networking site. We've talked about... (read more)
Posted Monday, 16 June 2008 at 3:18 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 136 comments
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20 May 2008

Help a Reporter — Get Free Media Exposure

When your spokesperson is interviewed on the TV evening news, that's air time worth far more than most nonprofits could hope to afford as an advertising purchase. And when your organization is quoted in the press, that lends an air of credibility that you just can't buy at any price. Advertising is telling your own story. Publicity is when someone else tells your story for you. And there's no question which type of communication packs the biggest public relations punch. (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 20 May 2008 at 2:08 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 4 comments
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12 May 2008

5pm offers Easy Online Project Management - with 50% discount for nonprofits

Project management software is a tough and competitive field. With so many excellent choices out there, it's hard to know what tools will work best for your organization's needs. Do you want web-based or desktop application? Which features will you... (read more)
Posted Monday, 12 May 2008 at 5:30 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 16 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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12 April 2008

NonProfits on Video: Using YouTube to Promote Your Cause

Conventional wisdom says that it is the small nonprofit organizations who stand most to benefit from Web 2.0 opportunities, where so much can be accomplished for such a small investment of time and resources. Online video, for example, puts multimedia... (read more)
Posted Saturday, 12 April 2008 at 11:54 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 7 comments
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09 April 2008

Is Your Nonprofit Risking a Communications Nightmare?

Could your organization get a message to all your members within 48 hours? One small association thought so -- until last week, when an unexpected event revealed a major flaw in how the group was communicating with its members. This is a real-life example of a real nonprofit organization: a small interest-based nonprofit with a very small budget, run by volunteers working a few hours a month from their own homes. Does this sound like any group you know? (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 09 April 2008 at 3:32 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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01 April 2008

Campaign Maps: How 3 Nonprofit Organizations use Online Maps to Send a Message

Maps have come a long way from the traditional classroom wall map that many of us grew up with. Online, maps have taken on added dimension with multimedia mashups and a new level of interaction: the information they can deliver goes far beyond topographical features and geo-political boundaries. Here are three maps from three different nonprofit websites: all deal in some way with food sources, but each sends its message in a very different way. (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 01 April 2008 at 2:29 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 7 comments
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23 March 2008

New Nonprofit News Source

Do you find that the wealth of information online is a mixed blessing? True, almost anything a nonprofit organization might need to know can be discovered on the internet... eventually. On the other hand, information overload can be simply overwhelming.... (read more)
Posted Sunday, 23 March 2008 at 6:48 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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19 March 2008

Non-profit Web 2.0 Survey

If you work with a nonprofit and use Web 2.0 technologies in your work, or to benefit your organization in some way, Dave Crusoe wants to hear about your experience. As a follow-up to questions posted to several major discussion lists, he's posted... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 19 March 2008 at 1:45 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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05 March 2008

Microsoft Office Live Workspace takes on Google Apps

Microsoft's Office Live Workspace – just launched – is a free web-based service that lets people organize documents and projects online, access their documents via the web, and share them with others who may view and comment on shared documents. It's been described as an online extension of MS Office desktop software, Microsoft's answer to Google Apps for document sharing and online collaboration. But which service would best meet the working needs of your organization? (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 05 March 2008 at 12:25 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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17 January 2008

Create a video for your nonprofit, and win a trip to San Francisco -- 2nd Annual DoGooderTV Awards

Here's another great reason to put your video skills to use! See3 Communications and the Nonprofit Technology Network ( NTEN ) invite you to submit your videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV . The theme of this year's contest is From the Ground... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 17 January 2008 at 4:39 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 2 comments
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