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10 Steps to a More Effective Nonprofit Website

NetWits

Keep Content Fresh. These are actually best case scenarios – worse is if they simply leave and never come back, which is the biggest risk of stale content! Remember, content is KING and creating an effective nonprofit website takes a lot of it! Add dates to content posted to the homepage. Users have short attention spans.

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10 Reasons Your Email Appeal is Being Ignored

NetWits

Let me know that there are other things I can do to support you that aren’t all about money like: take an advocacy action, share with a friend, like you on Facebook, play a game, attend an in person or online event … and then, yes, ask me for money. Romance me a bit, tell me some stories, and get me fired up about the cause.

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Create a More Effective Nonprofit Website: Part 4

Tech Soup

Best Practice #8: Keep Content Fresh. These are actually best-case scenarios – worse is if they simply leave and never come back, which is the biggest risk of stale content! Remember, content is critically important and creating an effective nonprofit website takes a lot of it. Add dates to content posted to the home page.

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[VIDEO] Where to Find Potential Donors to Support Your Cause

Bloomerang

Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, CFRE, for a workshop focused on finding potential supporters for your nonprofit organization. Chad will review the best practices in fundraising prospect identification and provide practical tips for how small nonprofits can maximize their network. Chad, I got 2:00 Eastern.

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Guest Post by JD Lasica -- Socialbrite: A new sharing & learning hub

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In this new world of Twitter and Facebook, of citizen journalism and astonishing grassroots campaigns like Twestival , it’s easy to feel befuddled by the dizzying pace of change. A Causes widget that points to charitable actions and donations on other sites such as Global Giving and Facebook Causes.

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Social Media in the Nonprofit Workplace: Does Your Organization Need A Social Media Policy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But as more and more organizations flock to Facebook and social networks aren't just for kid anymore, nonprofit staffers are using their personal profiles for professional networking online. Sorry but the computer has got to go, it could be used to access Facebook ". with "just for fun."

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NpTech Tag Summary: Learnings from FriendFeed Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Roger Carr shared " Why You Should Use FriendFeed " Ruby Sinreich shared " Making Real Friends Imaginary " Chad Norman shared " Let's get Serious About FriendFeed: The 1995 Message Board, The Smart Consolidator and the Stolen Conversation. Eric Johnson shared " Is Facebook Page a Complete Social Media Strategy ?"

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