Building a successful mobile app is no easy feat. It requires planning, audience research, staff and consulting resources for the design and the development, etc. More often than not, building a mobile app comes with a hefty price tag – about $25K and up. Here are 10 tips based on my experiences in the mobile app world. Think niche audiences. MORE >>

word cloud of how you have fun (: A big thanks to everyone who completed the 10-question Have Fun • Do Good Reader Survey while I was on my blogging sabbatical. Below are 10 things I learned about you: 1. Where you live: U.S. Northeas t 23.3% West 23.3% Southwest 13.3% Southeast 10% U.S. Midwest 10% Europe 10% Australia 6.6% New Zealand 6.6% 65+ 3.3% MORE >>

For the mobile social media manager,  Instagram is a must-download photo-sharing smartphone app – and with more than 80 million users who to date have shared over four billion photos – its quickly becoming a community that early adopter nonprofits have added to their regular list of must-do’s. Digital Photography Instagram MORE >>

Do you work in Marketing? Used in the right way, social media marketing can help you acquire new customers, convince customers to buy more often, and increase the amount customers spend with you. You can be right on time with exactly what your members and the market needs, and you can make the transaction just one click away. This is how. MORE >>

Patrick Yurgosky. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Administration. New York University. Business Intelligence tools, or "BI" tools, take the dashboard idea to the next level. There are a number of ways to create dashboards, including using such common tools such as Excel or Access, or proprietary systems embedded in databases. MORE >>