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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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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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12 March 2009

Roll Your Own RSS Feed Digest Widget

There are many ways to publish any RSS feed on your own website — Feedburner’s BuzzBoost feature, and Widgetbox, for example, among a host of other methods including a Google Docs trick — but lately I’ve been using a free service called Feed Informer, for several reasons. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 12 March 2009 at 10:05 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 12 comments
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- Web 2.0,
- Best practices,
- Widgets,
- RSS
09 March 2009

Facebook's New Public Profile Pages: Good News for Nonprofits

Facebook's announcement of Public Profile Pages means nonprofits will be able to "share all types of content with an unlimited number of users" and Facebook users will be able to comment on their posted content. It's a giant step forward for nonprofit outreach on Facebook. (read more)
Posted Monday, 09 March 2009 at 8:00 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 17 comments
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05 March 2009

Idealist.org Announces Social News Site for Nonprofits

Idealist.org and Reddit.com have just announced the launch of IdealistNews.com, a “social news” service where users submit and vote on “timely and important news of remarkable things happening in the nonprofit world.” What makes these services interesting... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 05 March 2009 at 2:50 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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24 February 2009

Google Labs Introduces Gmail Offline

Many organizations use Gmail to manage their email, because its generous storage space, ability to use your own domain , and system of tags and filters make it easy to organize email communications. One drawback of Gmail, however — as with any web-based... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 24 February 2009 at 1:27 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 7 comments
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- Web 2.0,
- Usability,
- Google,
- Gmail
19 February 2009

Web 2.0 Showing Signs of Recession

We've quickly become used to finding free or low-cost web tools and services for collaborating and communicating online, sharing media across platforms, or bringing new interactivity to our websites. Now, as business models change in response to the economic recession, nonprofits' online toolboxes are changing, too. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 19 February 2009 at 10:40 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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- Widgets,
- Web 2.0
10 February 2009

Top 6 Popular Site Search Widgets

As your website grows in size over time, you may want to think about adding a site-specific search box or widget, to help your readers to find the information they’re seeking among your web pages. According to stats released by Lijit last November,... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 10 February 2009 at 5:40 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 10 comments
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- search,
- websites,
- Usability,
- Web 2.0,
- Widgets
06 February 2009

Online Payment Processing for the Small Nonprofit

Online payment processing may sound "high-tech" and complicated, but even the smallest nonprofit can easily get set up to receive payments through its website. To bring it down to the absolute simplest terms, your nonprofit will need 3 things in order to handle online payments by credit card: a link or button, a payment gateway, and a merchant account. (read more)
Posted Friday, 06 February 2009 at 1:04 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 21 comments
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03 February 2009

How to Shorten URLs and Track Clicks

If you’ve ever received an email with a long link that breaks across several lines, so you’ve had to copy-and-paste the URL into your web browser, the benefits of a URL-shortening service will be immediately clear. Short URLs are a better fit wherever your messages are restricted in length, and they’re simply easier to remember. There are many free URL-shortening services to choose from, with a variety of useful features — such as previews, bookmarklets, and, in some cases, the ability to track the clicks on your shortened links. (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 03 February 2009 at 6:54 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 14 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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27 January 2009

Wild Apricot Software News for January 2009

About Wild Apricot Software The Wild Apricot blog provides technology advice for small non-profits. Many blog subscribers are also Wild Apricot software clients — so we publish monthly updates about our software. Wild Apricot software simplifies life... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 27 January 2009 at 1:00 PM by Dmitriy Buterin [Chief Apricot] | 0 comments
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- Web 2.0,
- Wild Apricot
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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11 December 2008

Free Webinar: Social Media for Social Good

Want to learn more about Web 2.0 and the latest social media trends? Convio is hosting a free webinar with Emily Riley , Senior Analyst from JupiterResearch, and social media blogger Beth Kanter of Beth’s Blog . In only 75 minutes, attendees will learn... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 11 December 2008 at 9:23 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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- training,
- Twitter,
- social media,
- webinar,
- Web 2.0,
- events,
- Social networking
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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