Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

Finally, your team can collaborate, and you can often set style guidelines so that the content is consistent. When asking people to share pictures, ask that they tag @PurrfectPets to be featured in our stories and site! Though a gentle one, there is learning curve. Please include 2–4 strong, relevant hashtags.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This means including clear content on your site and helpful resources like blogs, case studies, and whitepapers to inform your supporters. If you don’t already have them, create brand guidelines to show how you communicate to your supporters. Use the Keyword or a Variation in the Title and Header Tags.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 26, 2023

Plus, applying for the program means you’ll receive access to free analytics tools like Google Analytics and Google Tag manager to track ad performance. Meeting these compliance guidelines will ensure you remain eligible for the program. Luckily, Google is super clear with the guidelines it expects you to meet.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2009

This week, TechSoup has a new article called Tips for Designing (or Redesigning) a Nonprofit Web Site , that covers all the basic considerations needed in order to get a new or redesigned site up and running. Tags: Consultants Tech Planning Using the Web and Internet Web Building Web Building. Who doesn't, right?!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

It shows a pledge counter, providing a sense of collective participation as soon as you visit the site, and asks you to take the pledge: You are then prompted to fill out some basic information. IAVA has done a great job ensuring a live count is active on the site for visitors to see their number add to the total.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Using Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, they’ll keep you in the loop on performance by creating live dashboards and reports that you can reference at any time. Professionals ultimately know what it takes to create winning campaigns that persuade users to click through to your site to learn more. Ongoing account hygiene.

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Grant Google Management Guide 52

Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Off page SEO factors – factors that are behind the scenes and used by search engines to communicate with your site (e.g. In other words, when people search for a keyword that is valuable to your brand you want to be the one ranking on the first page to drive more traffic to your site. Heading Tags. Image Alt Tag.

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Beginner Digital Marketing Guide 91

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 4, 2009

Vote for your local organization: Some cities have already chosen the organization and others need local people to vote, so use the map on the Twestival site to find your city’s Twestival page to learn more! It is up to each city team to facilitate nominations and the selection process using the Twestival guidelines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2005

Future of Tagging ??? You might tag it with ???read_later,??? so those tags work well for you, but not necessarily the social system. The tags you use to describe something should be intuitive so you can recall the bookmark. You can assume, however, that someone will tag the item for how the group does it.???

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Location and hours: Share the nuts-and-bolts information a volunteer might need in a pinch, including the location of all program sites, hours of operation, the main phone number, your mailing address, and your website. Work with the supervisor of each volunteer activity to draw up safety guidelines and training procedures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2010

I was looking at the web sites and applications of some of the organizations who were in the top ten for the $250,000 category. I was curious to see if I could learn anything about their strategy and tactics from visiting their web sites. So, is proxy voting an allowable off-site voting method or not? Tags: contest.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 1, 2009

There is a cool site from the Ruby community called Railsbridge , and one of their guidelines is to “ Reach out to individuals and groups who are underrepresented in the community.&#. Kirrily has a set of really good guidelines for open source communities: Recruit diversity. Tags: Open Source Technology Zen.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 1, 2009

There is a cool site from the Ruby community called Railsbridge , and one of their guidelines is to “ Reach out to individuals and groups who are underrepresented in the community.&#. Kirrily has a set of really good guidelines for open source communities: Recruit diversity. Tags: Open Source Technology Zen.

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Open Source Open Guidelines Mentoring 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

No matter how important you think your work is (and I am sure you are doing amazing things for others in the world), your organization needs to be notable, according to Wikipedia’s guidelines , before it can be Wikipedia-worthy. This set the rules of their site and it’s worked for them so far… though the jury is still out on this one.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

When sites are correctly designed, developed and edited, all users can have equal access to information and functionality…When sites are correctly built and maintained, all of these users can be accommodated while not impacting on the usability of the site for non-disabled users.” .

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

" The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue is becoming more prevalent as we use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as professional networking tools. Develop a Social Media Guideline for Your Organization. Privacy Settings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2009

Managing Multiple Twitter Staff Accounts For Work Identifying Twitter Accounts, Linking to Web Site A year ago, maybe it was just the marketing director who was on Twitter or some organizations had one general, branded account. It is also important to identify your staff twitter accounts on your organization's web site.

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Twitter Management Guidelines Profile 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

As one social media strategist told me over a year ago, "I facilitated social media guidelines as a first doable step because there was so much fear about encouraging staff to use social media at organization. Laying down guidelines makes everyone think they have more control and it helped everyone to feel better.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

If you’re heading into 2020 unsure of the state of your site, it might be time for a refresh! What are your goals for your site? Here’s what we’ll cover: Frontend elements of your site. Backend elements of your site. A nonprofit’s website is one of its most valuable assets. Is it performing well? How does it look?

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Forum One

JULY 1, 2010

Some of the biggest gotchas include: Understand, and plan for, the 90-9-1 guideline. If you're going to get people to visit your community site, it needs to deliver very valuable and irreplaceable information and connections. Tags: Influence Collaboration. Plan for the two kinds of time: Outlook time and sundial time.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

If you're looking to try live-tweeting for your own organization, follow these guidelines for success: . We also dedicate a hash tag to the coverage so that our followers can easily follow what other live-tweeters are saying. Hash tags are also a must if you're going to track the impact of your efforts and conversations afterwards.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Check out the PDXTech4Good site and efforts -- it's a joint group of Net2 and NTEN Tech Club -- and the upcoming Tweetsgiving Portland. Tags: NPTech nten members. Members are in bold.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2010

Please take some time to review the application guidelines , gather the necessary materials, and apply to the Technology Leadership Academy before July 30th. (By Tags: Budget Change Management Infrastructure Leadership microsoft NPTech NTEN Planning Social Media Web Sites.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

and around the world, many organizations (especially ones with Enterprise IT Departments) harbor serious reservations with respect to workplace use of external social networking sites by employees: Deloitte : 6th Annual Global Security Survey found that 53% of its respondent businesses (i.e. sites, due to network security concerns.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2010

Having some simple guidelines and understanding of the different doors malicious activity can enter is the best defense and prevention an org can have. Blog: [link] (revamping site, coming soon). Tags: 10NTC Bruce Wolfe Infrastructure NPTech IT Staff. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Creative Commons Search is another search engine that searches multiple sites simultaneously, including Flickr, Open Clip Art Library , Pixabay , and several more. You can also search files by tags. Verve hosts an excellent list of 27 different sites that supply images that can be used for free. Many of them are public domain.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

While you should add a personalized touch to your website, the guidelines to make your site appealing are generally the same. There are 4 steps I typically recommend following as you build your site. Analyze any prior web traffic : If you use Google Analytics or another tool, look and see where your site traffic is going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

Naturally, my colleagues and I have taken the lead in establishing our organizational presence on sites like Facebook, Twitter, Ning and posting to our blog. But I calmly responded with an email that lifted up the excitement of our advocates on sites like Facebook. Tags: change management. My initial reaction was one of anger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2009

Visit the United Way's LIVE UNITED ™ site and run your mouse over the map. Add to this the formal trainings, social media policy guidelines, and the ability for local united ways to cross pollinate, remix, and implement their local campaigns - and you have a networked approach to a social media strategy. Tags: social media.

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

Too many groups set up a perfect web site platform for storytelling, only to find that they can't populate it because they haven't gotten senior leadership buy-in, or they haven't identified regular contributors to develop content. Empower stakeholders, provide training and writing guidelines, as well as incentives for their contributions.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2009

The full details can be found here, along with guidelines for submitting your story, and a gallery of submissions. Maybe your donated products helped your nonprofit upgrade to a new donor-database, create an interactive and engaging Web site, or develop effective outreach materials that helped reach new supporters and increase your impact.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

First, we don't "sell" the products listed on our site. We are the conduit via which those for-profit companies listed on our site distribute donated products to nonprofits and libraries. Tags: Acquiring Technology Grants for Technology Grants for Technology Hardware Running Your Organization Software Tech Support.

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Work Info Adobe Library 43

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2006

Four Web Accessibility Myths adds a layer of relfection to some of the more common recommendations and guidelines. This document points out that if the site is full of decorative images that add little semantic content, alt text on each one can actually make the site less accessible to a user working with screen reader.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

These included an English-Creole dictionary phone app, tools for tagging photographs of displaced people, texting tools that could be coordinated with the Ushahidi text alert system, and several tagging and updating efforts of satellite imagery and maps.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

They tend to have tens of thousands of members versus the hundreds of millions for mainstream sites. Read their community purpose and guidelines if they have them. Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. Kirtsy (demographic-based – think Digg for women, 200,000+ members). Why use them to spread your message? .

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

These included an English-Creole dictionary phone app, tools for tagging photographs of displaced people, texting tools that could be coordinated with the Ushahidi text alert system, and several tagging and updating efforts of satellite imagery and maps.

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