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How to Make Your Own Custom News Page

Lori Halley 29 July 2008 5 comments

RSS is a very powerful technology , useful for anyone to gather and digest many information sources in one place — and even more useful for nonprofits to get their information out to their members and supporters. If you were to put all of your most...
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Wild Apricot Updates July 2008

Dmitriy Buterin 28 July 2008 4 comments

Our next Wild Apricot release is just around the corner — scheduled for early August. Here’s what you can look forward to seeing: Authorize.Net payment option. If you have your own merchant account via Authorize.Net payment processor, you can now use...
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Next Generation File Sharing Comes Out of the Box

Lori Halley 24 July 2008 1 comments

Online file sharing service Box.net made Webware’s list of the 100 best Web 2.0 applications for 2008 for three very good reasons. The award's not for its file storage capability, nor for the ability to access and share your stored files online — although it’s worth noting that Box.net just added iPhone access. It's not even for the user-friendly interface that feels comfortable from the moment you first sign in. What makes Box.net a winner is a powerful Web 2.0 trio...
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Top 12 Mind Mapping Tools for Web or Desktop

Lori Halley 21 July 2008 7 comments

The trick to effective mind mapping is finding the right tool for the job — whether that tool is pen and paper, as Guy Lewis used to unravel his personal life, or dedicated software, as Patrick Lynch used to explain Wild Apricot’s features to his colleagues....
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Get a Quick Word Count

Lori Halley 17 July 2008 2 comments

Few of us can accurately guess the number of words in a block of text, just by looking at it, even with years of practice. Fortunately, a 'ballpark estimate' is usually good enough for most purposes. There are times, however, when your word count does matter.
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Free Toolkit for Selecting Donor Management Software

Lori Halley 14 July 2008 0 comments

Selecting a donor management system is a big decision for any nonprofit. The right software can go a long way to helping you manage those vital donor relationships — but moving to any new system calls for an investment of time and money, and the software selection you make now will affect the work of your organization for some time. How do you choose which donor management software will be right for your nonprofit?
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Award-Winning Youth Helpline gets Web 2.0 Right

Lori Halley 09 July 2008 1 comments

People born since 1980 — the first generation to grow up in a wired world — have a whole new set of expectations about communication. Nonprofits who want to reach this audience need to rethink the traditional outreach methods and learn to understand...
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4 Easy Ways to Embed a PowerPoint Presentation on Your Website

Lori Halley 07 July 2008 20 comments

If your organization makes PowerPoint slideshows for special events, meetings and conferences, you've probably put a lot of time and effort into creating each one. Why not get extra mileage from those PowerPoint presentations by putting them onto your website or blog for others to see? Here are four different ways to share PowerPoint files on the Web.
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How to Check Your Website on Different Browsers

Lori Halley 02 July 2008 7 comments

Cross-browser compatibility has long been a frustration for website designers. What looks fine in one browser may be more or less “broken” in another, with sidebars shifted and elements overlapping... But does it really matter, how your website looks in different browsers, in the big picture of what your organization is trying to accomplish online?
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