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23 July 2010

Behind the Scenes @ Wild Apricot: A Dagwood Sandwich of a Week

How a making a sandwich is like developing software, how the A-Team is like our users, and how two pages can help you get ready for two huge new features. (read more)
Posted Friday, 23 July 2010 at 2:25 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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23 July 2010

5 Ideas for Recruiting New Members to your Association

Recruiting new members has always been a challenge for associations. And with time and money tighter than ever for many, it's arguably never been harder to get those new folks through the door. Here are a few ideas to help you find those fresh faces:... (read more)
Posted Friday, 23 July 2010 at 12:54 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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22 July 2010

Social Media Contests a Big Risk for Small Non-Profits?

A tweet or status update is so easy to publish – and “Please vote” is such a small favor to ask of your social network. It’s just a quick click, right? But as Chris Brogan points out, in The Problem with Social Only Nonprofit Campaigns,there’s a cumulative effect of all those social media requests. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 22 July 2010 at 6:00 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 11 comments
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21 July 2010

Best Practices for Contest Campaigns: AGC Lessons Learned

Results of a detailed evaluation of the 2009 America’s Giving Challenge competition have been released in the “must-read” 2009 AGC Assessment and Reflection Report. The best part? Lessons learned can be replicated by other non-profits, both for contest campaigns and for general social media outreach. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 21 July 2010 at 3:42 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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21 July 2010

Does your association marketing focus on minutiae or on benefits?

A recent post on the ASAE Acronym blog by Scott Briscoe looked at marketing on a shoestring budget for small associations. One of the points that stood out to me was "Heavily Promote Member Only Benefits." I like how Scott put it, that your members... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 21 July 2010 at 12:18 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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19 July 2010

Movie Mondays for Fundraisers

Movie Mondays is a free weekly series of video interviews with fundraising professionals – a mix of practical tips, in-the-trenches experience, and creative ideas to help you meet all kinds of fundraising challenges. (read more)
Posted Monday, 19 July 2010 at 2:59 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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15 July 2010

Free PDF Converter Keeps Your Clickable Links

The ability to retain hyperlinks when you convert documents to PDF format has been missing from most of the free or low-cost web-based PDF tools to date. Finally, here’s a free online document converter that can keep those clickable links working in your PDFs. Thanks to Donnie Maclurcan of ProjectAustralia for the tip on this useful free tool! (read more)
Posted Thursday, 15 July 2010 at 5:02 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 7 comments
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14 July 2010

What's Your Non-Profit's Content Marketing Strategy?

Six out of 10 professional marketers are spending more on content marketing in 2010, for the third year in a row. The rise of blogs and other social media makes online content creation a growing focus for non-profit sector, too. Why? Because content marketing works. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 14 July 2010 at 4:55 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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14 July 2010

Behind the Scenes @ Wild Apricot: Simple things, new features, new Apricots

In this Infozone, we talk about how hard it is to avoid the noise in day to day life, and how we at Wild Apricot try to make it easier to do what you have to do so that you can do what want to do. Also - there's a new apricot on the tree. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 14 July 2010 at 2:24 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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14 July 2010

4 Fabulous Ideas for Your Association Networking Event

While certain websites have co-opted the term 'social networking,' there's still a big opportunity in booking some real-life face time. Holding networking events can be a terrific way to provide value to the members of your professional association... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 14 July 2010 at 12:10 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 1 comments
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12 July 2010

8 Quick Quizzes for New Volunteers

Volunteers will stay longer and work better for your non-profit organization if you can match their personalities and passions with appropriate tasks. Could a simple quiz help you to ensure your volunteers are matched up with the kind of work they'll enjoy for the long haul? (read more)
Posted Monday, 12 July 2010 at 3:02 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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09 July 2010

Wild Apricot News: Mississippi Ocean Enthusiast Launches www.MSGulfSpill.com for Information, Resources about BP Gulf Coast Oil Disaster

Toronto, ON July 8, 2010 -- Residents and business people in the towns affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil drilling disaster can now visit the Unofficial Mississippi Deep Water Horizon Resource ( http://www.msgulfspill.com ) to get information... (read more)
Posted Friday, 09 July 2010 at 2:46 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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09 July 2010

Behind the Scenes @ Wild Apricot: We Get By with a Little Help from our Friends

Want to get a look behind the scenes? Here's a great chance to help with the launch of a new feature! (read more)
Posted Friday, 09 July 2010 at 2:23 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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08 July 2010

32 Free Online Tools to Create Infographics

A while back, we looked how your non-profit can use visualization tools to help tell the human story behind your data and statistics, along with some free tools and inspiring examples to make your own infographic . If you’re still seeking that one... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 08 July 2010 at 6:22 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 4 comments
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08 July 2010

Small staff and volunteer association websites benefit the most from modern association management software (AMS) systems

A recent article from by Meredith MacMillan from Association Media & Publishing entitled " Managing Web Content with a Small Staff " hit on a number of great points about the online presence of smaller associations, but I thought her tip about... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 08 July 2010 at 12:05 PM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 0 comments
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