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28 April 2010

Best of Association Jam: Association Links for April 2010

Social Media once again ranked as the top category for blog posts, reports, articles and news stories submitted to and voted on by visitors to Association Jam this month, but Leadership and Events both tagged along very close behind. Here’s a look... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 28 April 2010 at 10:10 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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22 April 2010

A Year’s Worth of Blog Topics Ideas

Blogging is one of the most powerful communications tools a nonprofit can have in its online arsenal, if you’ve got the resources to put behind it. But yes, maintaining a blog can take a lot of time and mental energy – especially if you frequently run short of blog post ideas. Here’s a way to tackle that writer’s block – not just today, but for months to come. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 22 April 2010 at 8:29 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 9 comments
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12 April 2010

2010 Performance Benchmarks for Nonprofits

Benchmarking may sound like a term from the big-business board room, but it’s a useful practice for nonprofits of any size. While you can and should set your own internal performance benchmarks, it can be helpful, too, to look at benchmarks for the nonprofit sector in general, to see where your organization stands. Here are four new benchmarking reports to get you started. (read more)
Posted Monday, 12 April 2010 at 4:03 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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09 April 2010

Social Media Not Working For Your Nonprofit?

Sometimes life doesn't work out the way you want it. Sometimes all the planning and preparation in the world amounts to absolutely nothing... The same goes for social media. A lot of times we hit a wall. Things stop working. Twitterers aren't banging down doors trying to follow you. Facebook pages go limp. Blogs dry up. It happens. The thing is, you're a nonprofit. You don't have time to figure things out. You don't have the money to fix it. So what do you do? (read more)
Posted Friday, 09 April 2010 at 8:58 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 14 comments
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07 April 2010

5 Tech Tools for More Engaging Events

Real-world events are the ultimate in social networking, and nothing beats face-to-face communication. But it can be challenging to connect with everyone you want to meet at a large event, or to follow up afterwards. And what about your colleagues who can't attend at all? High-tech tools can help, without breaking your budget. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 07 April 2010 at 4:37 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 6 comments
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05 April 2010

How Strong is Your Nonprofit’s Message?

Your nonprofit puts a great deal of effort into crafting messages meant to attract new supporters, motivate donors and volunteers, and spur your advocates to action. But if you're like 84% of nonprofits, those messages may be failing to connect strongly with your key audience. (read more)
Posted Monday, 05 April 2010 at 3:08 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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30 March 2010

Best of Association Jam: Association Links for March 2010

Blog posts and articles on Leadership and Social Media topped the active topics at AssociationJam.org this month, with Events and Fundraising close behind, followed by Membership, Technology, Volunteers and Other. Here's a round-up of the most popular links at "AJam" in March 2010. (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 30 March 2010 at 10:00 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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26 March 2010

Technology Toolkit for Start-up Nonprofits: Part Two

So your nonprofit has decided to take advantage of social networking opportunities, but you’re not sure where to start? In A Technology Toolkit for Start-up Nonprofits: Part One , guest writer Minal Bopaiah reviewed ten core web-based tools to put... (read more)
Posted Friday, 26 March 2010 at 8:44 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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20 March 2010

A Web Publishing Planner for Nonprofits

In a recent TechSoup webinar, Allen Gunn, Executive Director of Aspiration, suggested a simple and effective process for planning your organization's online communications, using a simple spreadsheet template to create a monthly Publishing Matrix. (read more)
Posted Saturday, 20 March 2010 at 11:45 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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11 March 2010

Quotable Clips and Better SEO for YouTube Videos

Video is hot with online audiences, but there’s one big problem for video producers: search engines just can’t deal with the "talkies": Images and audio are behind a glass wall when it comes to indexing for search results. And if your nonprofit is... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 11 March 2010 at 6:30 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 7 comments
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09 March 2010

How to Get Your Nonprofit into Local Newspapers

With all the buzz about social media, it’s easy to forget that offline media attention can be equally valuable, especially for community-based nonprofits who want to get attention to local projects or recruit local members and volunteers. Offline media... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 09 March 2010 at 9:32 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 8 comments
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26 February 2010

Best of Association Jam: Association Links for February 2010

Leadership and Membership management stories were the hot topics at AssociationJam.org this month, in numbers of submissions, views and votes. The Social Media category remained very active, followed closely by Technology and Fundraising. Interestingly,... (read more)
Posted Friday, 26 February 2010 at 2:39 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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22 February 2010

YouTube for Nonprofits: More Places, More Features

Good news for nonprofits: the YouTube for Nonprofits program is now open to qualified organizations in Canada and Australia, as well as the US and UK! And while we're talking YouTube, here are a few relatively new features there that you may have missed... (read more)
Posted Monday, 22 February 2010 at 9:10 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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11 February 2010

How to Bring Facebook Fans to Your Nonprofit Blog: Part 3

Your fans not only create the community around your nonprofit's Facebook Page, they define how they want to experience it and create much of the content. Here are some ways to bring some of that interactivity to your nonprofit's blog or website. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 11 February 2010 at 5:55 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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03 February 2010

Is the Right Person Doing Your Nonprofit's Social Media?

Who handles the social media marketing for your nonprofit? Often, in a small organization, the job falls to the most enthusiastic person — or to the Gen Yer on staff (on the theory that “that generation knows all about this web stuff”) — but wouldn’t... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 03 February 2010 at 2:02 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 22 comments
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