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03 April 2009

12+ Great Ways to Share Your Non-Profit's Knowledge Online

Collecting information is a large part of what many non-profit organizations do as a part of their mission. When you need to share that information online, PDF format leaps to mind. But aren’t you just a bit bored by PDFs? Your audience, too, may be looking for something fresh. (read more)
Posted Friday, 03 April 2009 at 8:46 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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17 March 2009

What Makes a Successful Online Community?

A successful online community can pay off in increased word of mouth (35%), more brand awareness (28%), bringing new ideas into the organization faster (24%) and greater customer loyalty (24%), according to the 2008 Tribalization of Business study... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 17 March 2009 at 3:58 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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16 February 2009

Case Study: Community Membership Websites Help to Keep Neighborhoods Safe

When a series of home and auto burglaries hit the community of Seven Oaks, Florida, last summer, Andy Denbo of EdgeLineTech.com responded by launching a new website, SevenOaksWatch. The site’s main focus was to gather information, keep residents informed... (read more)
Posted Monday, 16 February 2009 at 8:28 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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20 January 2009

Social Publishing: Scribd as a Tool for Nonprofit Outreach

There are any number of ways a nonprofit can make a document available to readers online. Put the text on your website, email it, offer a PDF for download, even embed a Powerpoint presentation in a web page. Combine the convenience of online document sharing with the power of social networking, however, and "social publishing" could ramp up your outreach. (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 20 January 2009 at 4:28 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 8 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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14 October 2008

Contests Help Nonprofits Get Buzz and Build Community

For nonprofits, a well-run contest is often enough to raise a significant amount of money in ticket sales, entry fees and straight-forward donations But what about those contests that don’t have an entry fee or other fundraising tool connected with... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 14 October 2008 at 6:17 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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12 September 2008

Case Study: Mamapreneurs on Growing Membership Site for Business Moms

Award-winning public relations professional and former broadcast journalist, Marlynn Jayme Schotland created Mamapreneurs Inc. to provide support and networking opportunities to business owners who are also mothers. Based in Portland, Oregon, the organization reaches out online to “mamapreneurs” anywhere in the world. Here, Marlynn talks about strategies for growing an active membership web site, and shares her top 5 tips for online community building. (read more)
Posted Friday, 12 September 2008 at 1:07 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 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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20 August 2008

Tech Support for Free and Open-Source Software

This is the third part of our series on free and open-source software and the resources to help your organization make the most of what FOSS has to offer. When you need to know the meaning of a word, you flip open a dictionary. It’s a trusted authority.... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 20 August 2008 at 4:55 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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18 August 2008

A Closer Look at Facebook Events

Facebook is fast becoming a popular way to publicize an organization's event, invite guests, and track who plans to attend. Facebook Events may be just what your group needs -- but could you be shutting out some of the people who might support your event? The fact is, for non-members of the site, Facebook can feel like a frustrating series of closed doors... (read more)
Posted Monday, 18 August 2008 at 6:16 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 13 comments
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13 August 2008

An Introduction to Free and Open Source Software

As more cash-strapped non-profits, businesses, and individuals turn to free or open-source software to stretch their budgets, the open-source movement is booming. There may be no better time to talk frankly about the realities of using free or open-source... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 13 August 2008 at 3:07 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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30 June 2008

What's Your Rapleaf Reputation - and why should you care?

We all know that the Internet is a very public space -- but do we always act that way? The separate compartments of social networking sites, once isolated in their own little boxes, have created an illusion of privacy where none may exist -- and now... (read more)
Posted Monday, 30 June 2008 at 4:43 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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23 June 2008

Facebook Applications for Your Non-Profit Page

So you've signed up your nonprofit group for a Facebook Page -- now what? It can be challenging to know what to put on your Page to make the best use of the space, especially if you're setting out to build a new page from scratch. And if you're new... (read more)
Posted Monday, 23 June 2008 at 1:35 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 49 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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11 June 2008

Crowdsourcing: How Business and Nonprofits Tap into the Wisdom of Crowds

“Welcome to the age of the crowd,” wrote Jeff Howe in The Rise of Crowdsourcing (2006). In coining the term "crowdsourcing," Howe pointed to the rise of the open-source software movement; to the success of user-created Wikipedia; and to profitable businesses like MySpace and eBay “that couldn’t exist without the contribution of users.” Nowadays, user-driven innovations and crowdsourced solutions are popping up faster than you can say "open API" and "online community"... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 11 June 2008 at 10:01 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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