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16 April 2010

Monitor the Web in Real Time: Instant Dashboards

You've got bookmarks for websites you need to check daily, online tools, news alerts for tracking your nonprofit's keywords and issues, email, social networks, RSS feeds for favorite blogs… It's all too easy to miss vital information, or to waste a great deal of time checking for updates. Now imagine one custom site that lets you monitor all that data at a glance – a dashboard that's updated in real time. (read more)
Posted Friday, 16 April 2010 at 4:56 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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- Web 2.0,
- Widgets,
- Social networking,
- RSS,
- websites,
- social media,
- search,
- productivity
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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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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25 March 2010

Technology Toolkit for Start-up Nonprofits: Part One

Wild Apricot Blog is pleased to welcome a two-part guest post from media consultant Minal Bopaiah of Brevity & Wit , this week. Her “technology toolkit” and sample step-by-step plan are designed to help new nonprofit organizations get started with... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 25 March 2010 at 2:00 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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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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24 February 2010

Flowtown Turns Email Addresses into Social Media Profiles

Where do your nonprofit's members, donors and supporters spend their time online? What social networks should you focus on, for the best return on investment? Flowtown can help you find out. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 24 February 2010 at 1:13 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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09 February 2010

Twitter Maps to Promote Your Events

Do you use Twitter to remind your members of a meeting or fundraising event? Here's a free tool that easily creates a special map to go with your tweet, so people will be sure to find your event. Twitter users can even RSVP or add a comment, if you choose to allow those options. (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 09 February 2010 at 3:08 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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08 February 2010

New Statistics on Internet, Social Media Use

A number of findings in a newly released study by Pew Internat on Social Media and Young Adults will be of interest to nonprofits who seek to connect with or recruit members and donors online. (read more)
Posted Monday, 08 February 2010 at 8:26 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 6 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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