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Making the Web Accessible: Color Choices

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And if I need to understand it I will probably speak up and ask if the colors can be changed to something easier for me to distinguish (bold colors that contrast against each other well). Paying attention to contrast ratios is one of the easiest ways we can adapt our websites to be more accessible for color blind people.

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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

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It can also mean a certain rigidity in how things unfold alongside a tendency to insist that things be done as you envision them, even when there are alternate routes that may play to the strengths of staff more successfully. That desire doesn’t change. You may resent their lack of vision or courage for change.

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10 Outstanding Nonprofit Sponsorship Request Letter Samples

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Alternatively, your team could provide [service or donation amount] in your role as our sponsor. The sponsor could include a reference to your cause on their corporate philanthropy page, or they could agree to match gifts to your organization at a higher ratio than gifts to other causes. Signature of a leader in the organization.

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Using Metrics To Harvest Insights About Your Social Media Strategy

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If you use wordpress, Joost Blog Metrics will give you a post to comment ratio. . Looking at Alternatives to Feedburner To Track RSS Subscribers Chris Baskind's post, " Is It Time To Let Feedburner Burn? Conversation Rate : This is the commenting and conversation that is happening on your blog. How does that compare to my blog?

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Designing an Accessible Nonprofit Website: FAQ + 3 Tips

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checklist recommends color contrast ratios of 4.5:1 For many organizations, the use case where maintaining these ratios is most difficult is when a photo is used as the background for text, as the image’s color variations create inconsistent contrast. The WCAG 2.1 1 for regular copy and 3:1 for headings or large text.

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33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Even the tiniest of changes from posting natively can result in decreased Return on Investment (ROI). Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0,

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22 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Even the tiniest of changes from posting natively can result in decreased Return on Investment (ROI). The Facebook algorithim has changed significantly since the release of Social Media for Social Good. The default landing tab function no longer exists and d imensions have changed with the launch of Timeline. Upload more photos.