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JANUARY 5, 2010

This is a guest post by Chris Brogan. He does incredible things with businesses in the new media space. Make sure to visit chrisbrogan.com. Many thanks to Chris for stopping by [link] and sharing his insight with our readers. Over the past few years, I've experimented a lot with nonprofits. I've worked to promote causes, to raise money, to drive awareness further down the funnel into the "action" category.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

Email is still a powerful way to communicate with your constituents. A report by technology market research firm The Radicati Group estimates that there are 1.4 billion email users in 2009, expected to rise to 1.9 billion by 2013. The same source suggests that some 247 billion emails are sent each day in 2009.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

What’s Foursquare you ask? Our very own Margo Anderson recently asked Are Nonprofits Ready to Play Foursquare. You can check that post out to get more detail, but for now let’s just say it’s a web application that people use to let their friends know where they are.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

I recently read that the average facebook user has roughly 130 friends (See Facebook Stats ). That's pretty amazing. Dunbar's number doesn't give an exact, but many think that people, on average, can sustain roughly 150 relationships.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

In my previous post , I talked about the goals for Broadway Cares’ new web presence and a brief introduction on our strategic approach. Let's continue our case study with a look into our Information Architecture sessions.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

Choosing the right website vendor is critical to the success of online and offline initiatives for many nonprofits, but it can be a daunting task. I have spent the last four years helping clients and potential clients walk through this process, and I've learned some useful lessons based on their successes – and mistakes. Last week, we looked at some things to consider about the partnership between your nonprofit and your website vendor.

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