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• 19 December 2007

  6 Unique Online Fundraising Techniques for Your Nonprofit (Part 5 of 6)  

  This post has been contributed by Lance Trebesch and Colt Lapham from TicketPrinting.com Overview Every nonprofit knows that fundraisers are critical to their existence. Without donations, no resources are available to support the primary cause or purpose of the organization. While most traditional media channels have been exhausted, new opportunities have arisen in the online sector. By tapping into cutting-edge online resources, your organization can achieve fundraising objectives that far exceed Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 19, 2007 2:39 PM by Creative Apricot | 0 Comments Filed under: Associations, Non-profit technology, General non-profit interest, nptech, Web 2.0, Best practices, Blogging

• 08 November 2007

  Advice for New Bloggers: 12 Tips on Writing for Your Blog 

  Michele Martin's post asking readers "What advice do you have for new bloggers?" couldn't have come at a better time. Lately, I've been pondering the idea of writing a post about blogging basics for nonprofits but with all the sizable amounts of information available about blogging and advice for new bloggers, I wasn't sure where to begin. After reading her post, it became clear to me that new bloggers need the most advice and direction. And with this post, I hope to achieve two things...one to respond Read More... Posted Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:19 PM by Creative Apricot | 3 Comments Filed under: Associations, Non-profit technology, nptech, Web 2.0, Best practices, Blogging

• 06 November 2007

  Share the Story of Your Nonprofit or Church through Blogs 

  I want to recommend to you a book I just finished reading. The Blogging Church by Brian Bailey and Terry Storch . There was also an interesting interview with Read/Write Web's Sean Ammirati that's worth listening to. After reading the book, I picked up some good tips that I could apply to our blog and some other parts that kinda knew I should do but have let slip through the cracks. One of the good things about it is that it doesn't assume that you have any knowledge about blogs. It gives very basic Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:00 AM by Creative Apricot | 0 Comments Filed under: General News, Associations, Non-profit technology, General non-profit interest, nptech, Web 2.0, Best practices, Blogging

• 31 October 2007

  How to Start and Grow your Nonprofit Blog: An Interview with Michael Sola 

  Michael Sola is the Director of Information Technology of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), a nonprofit dedicated to restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers. For the past 6 months, Michael Sola has been blogging as part of the organization's larger communications strategy. We caught up with Michael to talk about how the CBF Tech blog can help a small organization build community and visibility with new web tools. 1. What inspired you to start a blog for CBF? We were Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:00 AM by Creative Apricot | 2 Comments Filed under: Associations, Non-profit technology, General non-profit interest, nptech, Marketing, Web 2.0, Best practices, Blogging

• 23 October 2007

  How to Use the Social Web for Social Change 

  Britt Bravo of Have Fun * Do Good has an excellent post about using the social web for social change. In the nonprofit sector, online activism has become much more than sending an email to Congress or making a donation. Organizations today are engaging their constituents to upload pictures, text and videos and share their story with the whole world. Britt feels that a lot of activists know that there are many kinds of social web tools available to them, but they aren't sure how to find them, or use Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:04 PM by Creative Apricot | 2 Comments Filed under: Associations, Non-profit technology, General non-profit interest, nptech, Web 2.0, Best practices, Blogging, Social networking, Activism

• 11 October 2007

  8 Ideas To Promote Your Association's Website 

  Did you know that most visitors leave a website within 10 seconds of landing on the home page? And they may never return to the same site. What's worse is going though all the trouble of creating a professional association web site that nobody comes to visit! To keep your website visitors stay longer, you need to engage them. Here are 8 free tools to drive traffic to your website: Free Tool #1: Blog Weblogs or "blogs" are websites that take the form of online journals, that can be easily updated Read More... Posted Thursday, October 11, 2007 3:25 PM by Creative Apricot | 8 Comments Filed under: Associations, Non-profit technology, General non-profit interest, nptech, Web 2.0, Best practices, Blogging

• 18 June 2007

  Use your blog to join the conversation and get noticed  

  This is just one of the great lessons on organizational blogging outlined by Forum One's Andrew Cohen. Andrew points to a great discussion about blogging from a recent Web Executive Seminar at the National Press Club where speakers were discussing the strategic and tactical elements of blogging for organizations. Two other key take-aways were: Show and Tell Good Stories Couple Your Blogging Strategy with Your Organization's Mission But this take from Michael Edson of the Smithsonian's American Art Read More... Posted Monday, June 18, 2007 5:29 PM by Creative Apricot | 0 Comments Filed under: Associations, Non-profit technology, General non-profit interest, nptech, Web 2.0, Best practices, Blogging