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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

Blue Avocado

In short, the founder problem isn’t really a problem, if you understand it correctly. 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.

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Making the Web Accessible: Color Choices

Media Cause

I can most easily explain it like this: if you show me a bold ketchup red, and a strong Kermit green, I can tell you what colors those are, no problem. 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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Does Your Nonprofit Need a Website Revamp? How to Tell

Top Nonprofits

If your audience has questions about your organization, they should be able to reach you without a problem. For instance, large text should have at least a 3:1 contrast ratio. Include alternative text on images. All images should have associated alternative text that describes the image. Contact information.

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Using Metrics To Harvest Insights About Your Social Media Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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? He goes on to critique problems with the quality of Feedburner's functionality. How does that compare to my blog?

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Designing an Accessible Nonprofit Website: FAQ + 3 Tips

Nonprofits Source

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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How to Find New Donors for Your Nonprofit: A 4-Step Process

CauseVox

When people browse the internet, they’re usually seeking entertainment, answers, or solutions to their problems. Google offers both the average monthly search volume for specific keywords and suggests an alternative list of keyword ideas with comparable or even higher search volumes.

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33+ Giving Tuesday Ideas: Expert Tips and Campaigns to Try

Bloomerang

Remember, Giving Tuesday is a day of online giving, and if your donation form(s) isn’t working, or the post-donation process isn’t quite up-to-snuff, you could have a big problem. Can you fill out the donation form and complete the process with no problems? Alternatively, try introducing the book on Giving Tuesday itself.

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