This blog is for volunteers, webmasters and administrators of associations, clubs, charities, communities and other groups. We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software: a set of tools for membership administration, event registration, website management, online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. See for yourself how affordable and easy it is to use: - Take a tour!

About this Blog

About This Blog

The Wild Apricot blog is about trends and best practices for using technology in non-profit organizations. Topics covered are:

• How nonprofits can do more with less – small budget, small team of part-time employees and volunteers.
• Web 2.0 trends in non-profit sector
• Usability – everyone is struggling with poorly designed technology so we discuss good and bad examples of technology applications.
• How to properly select and implement technology
• Non-profit industry issues, events, cartoons, and up-to-date information about Wild Apricot.

About Curious Apricot

I'm Rebecca Leaman, and it's my pleasure to join the Wild Apricot blog team in exploring how to use the internet and web 2.0 tools more effectively.

Although trained as a teacher, I began my career as a technical writer on environmental issues, refined my editing skills with a literary publisher, then spent a year "in the trenches" of a small nonprofit group as a fundraiser. Over the past two decades as a freelance writer and editor, I've enjoyed working with and for a variety of nonprofits and community groups, as well as small businesses in the public sector, with a special emphasis on public education.

I'm endlessly fascinated by how real people are using web-based technology to meet real-world needs - even with the most limited of resources at their disposal. For me, the greatest strength of the internet lies in the opportunity to exchange ideas, to collaborate, to teach and to learn from each other.

When I'm not at the keyboard, you'll most often find me in the kitchen, in the garden tending to honey bees, or visiting a nursing home with my therapy dog.

About Creative Apricot

I'm Soha El-Borno (aka Creative Apricot) – And am currently on maternity leave. I have worked as a member of the Bonasource's Wild Apricot marketing team.

I started out my career working with non-profit arts organizations in Halifax, Nova Scotia then moved to Toronto (where I live right now) via Montréal.

I love what I do and I especially like interacting with non-profits on a day-to-day basis. This is why I blog - I hope that through this I can help nonprofits learn more about how to use technology and web 2.0 tools to be more effective - even on a small budget.

When I’m not at work, I spend my spare time reading, hanging out with friends and I travel quite a bit when I have the chance.

Here are some of our most popular posts:

Five ways non-profits can use Flickr to reach new audiences

Highlights from the 2007 non-profit technology conference

What are the barriers to using technology in your non-profit?

Non-profits should take advantage of RSS

What is tagging and how non-profits can use it

How non-profits can use mashups