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Making the Web Accessible: Color Choices

Media Cause

For me it’s a subtle issue with greens and reds — deuteranopia is the medical term for it. 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.

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Guest Post: Introducing the New GuideStar Nonprofit Profile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This means simple financial metrics will no longer be the primary focus when telling a nonprofit’s full story ( goodbye, overhead ratios !) Diversity information of nonprofits, their employees, and their boards (in partnership with D5 and Green 2.0). Turning snapshots into stories . It’s simple.

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Does Your Nonprofit Need a Website Revamp? How to Tell

Top Nonprofits

For instance, if your mission has to do with environmental conservation, you may choose green as one brand color. However, if these engagement metrics are chronically low, your nonprofit may need more than routine maintenance—you may need an overhaul. For instance, large text should have at least a 3:1 contrast ratio.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content. Harry: A Green Geek. Success Metrics for Your Social Fundraising Plan.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

ASU Lodestar Center

News and World Report , and Money routinely publish stories that emphasize program spending and fundraising cost ratios. Federated campaigns often "help" their donors make giving decisions by prominently publishing such ratios next to the organizations names. A lot of people really didnt like the approach. But thats okay.

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