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09 March 2011

Non-profits Are You Listening?

Many small non-profits and membership organizations are wondering how to get started with social media. As we noted in an earlier post, Is Social Media a Waste of Time for Your Association, if you are new to social media, you should start by listening. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 09 March 2011 at 9:00 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 0 comments
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14 February 2011

Cast a Wider Net for New Nonprofit Members

Hooking new members for your nonprofit takes the right bait, offered patiently and repeatedly, not to mention the challenge of landing them when you do get a bite! But the best tools and most canny tactics won’t be effective if you’re casting for new members in a fished-out pool. (read more)
Posted Monday, 14 February 2011 at 8:01 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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02 February 2011

Leverage Your Social Influence to Raise Money

Raising money can be an arduous task. As a small member-based or non-profit organization, you know that it can feel like pulling teeth to find the funding necessary to reach your goals. This guest post by Ja-Naé Duane, explains how you can leverage your social networks to raise money. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 02 February 2011 at 9:00 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 1 comments
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10 January 2011

Is Social Media a Waste of Time for Your Association?

Are your members, volunteers or potential donors using social media? The answer is YES - research confirms even 20% of adults 50-64 use social networking daily. While social media campaigns can be time consuming and/or expensive, you can start small and set simple, specific and achievable short term goals. (read more)
Posted Monday, 10 January 2011 at 4:45 PM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 8 comments
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28 December 2010

6 Web Tools to Help Small Organizations Thrive

This is a guest post by Ja-Naé Duane, artist, creative economist, social media strategist and a faculty member at Northeastern University. Ja-Naé is also CEO of Wild Woman Entrepreneurs, Ja-Naé Ventures, Co-founder of the Massachusetts Artist Leaders Coalition, Founder of The Leaders and author of "How to Start Your Business with $100." (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 28 December 2010 at 8:49 AM by Lori Halley [Engaging Apricot] | 4 comments
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02 December 2010

3 New Free Resources for Nonprofits

To help with your nonprofit’s year-end fundraising and strategic planning for 2011, here are three great new resources – two ebooks and an important research report – just released by leaders in the nonprofit sector, and all available without charge. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 02 December 2010 at 3:42 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 6 comments
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18 October 2010

Time Management for Small Nonprofits

In very small nonprofits, one person often must carry the full workload – but how can the one-person shop "do it all"? How do you handle prioritizing and time management? If you missed last Friday's #smNPchat Twitter chat on the topic, catch up now with a transcript and a free handout on Time Management for Small Nonprofits. Sparked by Seth Godin’s recent comment that “doing a mediocre job on nine things is going to guarantee that you’re mediocre,” last Friday’s #smNPchat Twitter chat tackled the topic of time management, prioritizing tasks, and tools and tips to help you stay on top of the job. (read more)
Posted Monday, 18 October 2010 at 2:55 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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13 October 2010

Fundraising and Marketing Twitter Chat for Small Nonprofits

If your nonprofit is a small "one-person shop" - you're doing it all, alone - then social media can be your best friend. That's why Pamela Grow has organized #smNPchat, a weekly Twitter chat designed to help small nonprofits with fundraising and marketing questions. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 13 October 2010 at 2:02 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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09 September 2010

Save Twitter Time with Paper.li Daily News

If you don’t have the time (or patience) to wade through a constant stream of Twitter updates, looking for items of use and interest among the chit-chat, here’s an efficient and easy-on-the-eyes way to get on-topic tweets. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 09 September 2010 at 7:41 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 8 comments
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12 August 2010

Twylah for Twitter Listening

Yet another Twitter tool? Yes, and there’s room for one, too. While CoTweet, Hootsuite, Seesmic and Tweetdeck are all great for managing your Twitter account (or multiple accounts) and scheduled tweets, where Eric Kim’s Twylah shines is as a content discovery tool and social media monitor. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 12 August 2010 at 10:01 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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02 August 2010

6 Social Media Lessons for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot Blog welcomes a special guest today: Carol Buckheit of NonprofitMediaWorks. Carol’s been studying Idealware’s Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide – the latest in a line of Idealware’s terrific research-based publications – and she’s kindly agreed to share her top “take-aways” from this new publication. (read more)
Posted Monday, 02 August 2010 at 9:13 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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01 July 2010

Apply for NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy

The Technology Leadership Academy is a 9-week online training program from NTEN, sponsored by Microsoft, that's designed to help non-profit leaders learn to use and manage technology more effectively to meet their organizations' missions. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 01 July 2010 at 9:27 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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22 June 2010

A 'Chamber of Commerce on Steroids' on the San Francisco Peninsula

This is an update of a post from late last year on the Wild Apricot news page . Jason has been doing such inspiring stuff with Peninsula Shops that we wanted to share his story here. How do you nurture a vibrant retail environment by promoting local... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 22 June 2010 at 11:43 AM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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17 May 2010

Better Search Tools for Twitter Backlinks

You already know the importance of listening for social media mentions of your nonprofit – monitoring with tools like Google Alerts that can let you know when your organization’s name comes up online. But what of those Twitter users who link to your website... (read more)
Posted Monday, 17 May 2010 at 2:28 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 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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