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04 June 2009

Wanted: Your Blog Posts on Non-Profit Technology

Wild Apricot Blog is pleased to host the next edition of the NonProfit Blog Carnival, a round-up of the month’s best blog posts for non-profits. This month’s topic? Non-profit Technology , of course! Deadline for submissions is June 26, and the Carnival... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 04 June 2009 at 4:18 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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02 June 2009

30 Great Links for Associations

We've rounded up 30 of the most useful and interesting stories filed at AssociationJam.org in the past month, just a sample of the resources for associations you’ll find at the portal site. It was quite a challenge to pick out just 3 links in each... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 02 June 2009 at 5:13 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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28 April 2009

What Else Can We Talk About? 10 Years Since The Cluetrain Manifesto

Ten years ago, Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger laid out 95 principles for communicating with customers online. The Cluetrain Manifesto , sounded a visionary wake-up call that the Internet would change — was already... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 28 April 2009 at 3:58 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 4 comments
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27 April 2009

PR Works Podcast: How Non-Profits Use Social Media

I’ve just been listening to a podcast of Lee Weinstein’s conversation with public relations consultant Donna Gibbs on how non-profits are successfully using social media right now, where Gibbs shines a light on the social media marketing activities... (read more)
Posted Monday, 27 April 2009 at 2:58 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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23 April 2009

Associations and Non-Profits Share Knowledge at AssociationJam.org

There’s an incredible wealth of information online for member-driven associations and donor-dependent non-profits, but sorting through it all can be quite daunting. That’s where AssociationJam.org comes in — a new way for managers and staff, consultants, volunteers and board members to share their best information and learn from one another. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 23 April 2009 at 2:10 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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19 March 2009

How Memes Can Help Your Nonprofit Blog

When the venerable Fieldstone Alliance surprised its readers this week with 25 Random Things that Make the Nonprofit Sector Great , picking up on a popular fad that’s been making the rounds of Facebook, it was a strong hint to take a closer look at... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 19 March 2009 at 4:17 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 4 comments
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30 January 2009

Facebook Profiles and Pages and Groups, oh my!

If questions from our readers are any indication, there’s still a lot of confusion about the differences between Facebook’s Profiles, Fan Pages, and Groups — and which of these might best suit a nonprofit’s social-networking plan. Let’s take a closer... (read more)
Posted Friday, 30 January 2009 at 6:23 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 56 comments
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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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17 December 2008

Connect Your Nonprofit's Offline and Online Activities

Your nonprofit’s website gets tens of thousands of hits every month. Thousands support your Cause on Facebook, and you’ve mapped out a killer Twitter strategy to attract a hundred new followers weekly. So what? “Those are impressive numbers on the... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 17 December 2008 at 1:41 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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10 December 2008

Online Donations Still Up in a Down Economy

What does an uncertain economy mean for the bottom line of nonprofit fundraising efforts? "Overall, the news is good," says Sarah DiJulio, Executive Vice President of M+R Strategic Services. The economy may be down, but online donations are up -- so far. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 10 December 2008 at 3:30 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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30 October 2008

Ask a Nonprofit Technology Expert

NTEN Office Hours puts the experience and skills of nonprofit technology experts at your service in a free-access online question-and-answer chat session. The expert volunteers cover a wide range of tech topics of special interest to nonprofits: online, in real time. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 30 October 2008 at 2:18 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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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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