Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

Many organizations had to start over and reconfigure their entire approach, as well as rely heavily on their websites as a primary communication tool. When a complete website redesign is not an option, there are small tweaks and improvements that can help you quickly optimize your website’s impact today. Go beyond your site.

Impact 76

Impact Channel Audience Content 76

NTEN

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

A new website had been needed for some time and finally the money was available to get it together. We wanted a beautiful website that was easy to use and was powered by a powerful but simple CMS that would make maintenance a breeze. She helped us work through some of our site architecture. I mean, small nonprofit money.

Websites 69

Websites Nonprofit Drupal Site 69

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

According to the American Red Cross , A recent Red Cross survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations. It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Indirect Content.

Disaster 206

Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Whether you have a blog, website, or even multiple, you can use Google Analytics to really drill down into the data and understand how people are visiting and using your site. Some things I recommend watching for: Don’t only pay attention to what people are doing on your site, but watch where traffic is coming from!

Tools 162

Tools Tech Map RSS 162

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With interactive maps, private meeting scheduling, and a personalized agenda, attendees have everything they need to get more from the event. Plus, tag expenses for fundraising, programming, and administration in order to make filing your Form 990 at tax time that much easier. Your website! Compliant reporting.

Org 83

Org Raise Tools Help 83

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 31, 2009

It’s taken me a while to write this blog post, mostly because I have been working hard at various things (like building a business and building new websites.) This module provides the basic salesforce API connection (via SOAP), and includes field mapping, and basic import/export.

Drupal 157

Drupal Module API Integration 157

Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

Which KPI's your nonprofit organization ultimately uses will depend heavily on its goals and the goals of your website (your site does have a purpose, right?!?). Google Analytics has proven particularly helpful for content-based sites and commerce sites. Average time on site. Which metrics will help you achieve it?

Analytics 54

Analytics Google Websites Metrics 54

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

Tools 73

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

Care2

AUGUST 3, 2009

Last week I posted an article about developing a nonprofit website on a small budget using tools like Google sites. While there are many positive aspects to building a Google site, there are also some downsides. WordPress.com also allows you to map to a naked domain, but they will charge you for it. Lets explore them.

Websites 28

Websites Build Comparison Map 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. What does web site stickiness mean in the context of Web2.0? Seb Chan, of the Fresh + New Blog, raises an interesting question about web site stickness in a web2.0 era websites. public information???

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Summary 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Offer ways for the community to create something together We designed an interactive map function on our website that shows where all the events are taking place. It has also allowed me to highlight some of the really hot areas of the map—like the UK, India, China, US, etc. Tags: online communities.

Social Media 94

Social Media Community Cancer Media 94

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Websites, Email & Constituent Management from Laura Quinn: Your website is you, online. For many people who find you online, your website is the organization. Your website should tell people who you and what you do. Google’s Mapping tools include: Google Earth. Google Maps & MyMaps.

Tools 100

Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. social bookmarking (now called Delicious ) by using their APIs on the site. (An The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0

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Netsquared Wikipedia San Francisco Iraq 52

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

Byte Technology

JUNE 17, 2021

It presents itself in the form of permission-based tools, such as device IDs, cookies, Geo-location, and IP mapping. At Byte Technology, we are experts at ensuring your website is well secured. We provide website security services and other strategies to improve your website and increase revenue.

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Track Digital Module Phone 246

NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

This leads to a common misconception: that your organization must immediately "mobilize" its website, by creating a mobile friendly version of your existing website. This approach misses two key facts: one, users are already using your website on their phones, and two, mobile web users have different needs than desktop users.

Mobile 56

Mobile Web Blackberry Phone 56

Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2010

Broadly defined, GIS refers to the use of a map format to collect and analyze data. The ESRI website also has a wealth of great information. My favorite part of the ESRI website is the ESRI Map Book , a publication that ESRI has provided annually for over 25 years. Ask your questions in the followup discussion.

Product 43

Product Resource Map Classes 43

Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

product, I highly recommend utilizing their free website grader tool. It instantly qualifies your website into easy-to-understand data. anything ranging from who specifically is viewing your site to how. YouTube branding, and free licensing for Google Earth and Maps. specific causes that can be browsed on their website.

Awareness 36

Awareness Tools Marketing Online 36

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Here are 10 sources for images you can freely use on your website or other communications channels. 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. Where to Find Free Images.

Images 36

Images Free License Camera 36

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008.

Haiti 82

Haiti Disaster Social Media Media 82

NTEN

MARCH 26, 2010

community has evolved into a world of fantastic, innovative and creative web development and mapping projects to integrate government data using APIs into websites. Like RSS feeds, when an agency updates its data, so does the website, auto-magically. Blog: [link] (revamping site, coming soon). The creation of the Gov 2.0

Professional 55

Professional Question API Org 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

A Beginner’s Guide to Making Your Site More Usable. A Guide to Creating a Minimalist Website. The most important part of a redesign process - after you map out the strategic points - is to look at a lot of blogs and identify design elements you like. Tags: streamline. The Blog Usability Checklist. Critique Your Design.

Design 85

Design Platform Map Comment 85

NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

When someone visits your website, the first impression they'll likely get is still your homepage. The homepage of your website is key to engaging your visitors by getting them the information they want and sharing your important message. . and “How can we translate that to our website in a user friendly design?” .

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Method Audience Design Question 52

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2009

Many organizations have been saying the same thing about using the Internet for many years now, “we need someone to make us a Web site!” At least, you don’t need to think of your online “presence” as being a stand-alone website. The G20 are tasked with reforming our failed economies and mapping out our future. 20 world leaders.

Network 100

Network Offline Case Study Campaign 100

Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

" Check your current website using a variety of devices, and remove any components that don't work on mobile devices. A separate mobile website should use the 80/20 rule. Therefore, if you have a separate mobile version of your site, it should focus on the most important content and functionality. Use responsive design.

Open Source 44

Open Source Mobile Open Change 44

Forum One

JANUARY 12, 2023

Many organizations look at their upcoming website redesign as a separate, standalone project. But as your digital strategy encompasses so many moving parts that often live outside your website, your revamped site has to take more than itself into account; it has to include your entire digital ecosystem. Member behavior.

Digital 56

Digital Websites Platform Newsletter 56

Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

The first three focus on “internal” strategies for keywords, content, and site organization—things you can do within your web properties to optimize them for search. The final three explore “external” tools and strategies to aid SEO once you’ve optimized your site, i.e., what else you can do to boost relevant traffic and high rankings.

International 89

International Strategy Search Structure 89

NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

They tend to have tens of thousands of members versus the hundreds of millions for mainstream sites. Don’t focus on the tool : Some of the worst-designed websites have some of the most effective and vibrant communities. Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. Why use them to spread your message? . Don’t be put off.

Social Network 74

Social Network Network Social Demographics 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

has used the Internet to disseminate its model, empowering local communities to self-organize and build their own playgrounds using free resources on its website. Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM! While KaBOOM!

Network 95

Network Case Study Social Change 95

NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

The Kitchen Sink Social Networking Site. We want email alerts, RSS, and we want widgets that people can take from our site and stick into Facebook, MySpace, Google or anywhere else for that matter. We want all of the above on a map. Several maps! Custom maps, plus Google Maps, and Yahoo too! What do we want?

Open Source 36

Open Source Open Drupal Community 36

Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

Avoid using image or flash-based navigation in your site. This will make it easier for search engines to crawl and understand your site. Its also typically easier for site visitors to use and is more accessible. Use descriptive, succinct Alt tags for images , especially if the image is used as a link.

Social Media 31

Social Media Advocacy Case Study Online 31

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

This includes things you are probably looking at already like the number of visitors to your website and subscribers of your emails; but, it also includes metrics based on the funcationality of the tools you choose and how you identified success. Tags: socialmedia strategy goals guestpost POST social media. Then…repeat!

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 190

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 24, 2022

Before you launch the sweepstakes, map out your exact moves. Most importantly – display QR codes that link to your sweepstakes website so donors can enter easily from their mobile phones. Make sure the announcement on your nonprofit’s homepage links directly back to your TapKat sweepstakes website.

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Practice Online Fundraising Track 233

Bloomerang

MARCH 15, 2024

Nonprofit SEO involves optimizing the website both on and off page, to allow the site to rank higher on search engines and ultimately get found by more people. Start by creating a Google Business Profile to show your business on Google Maps and local searches. A backlink acts as a stamp of approval from another site to yours.

Strategy 97

Strategy Press Nonprofit Charity 97

Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

While we focus on designing SEO-friendly nonprofit websites , our friends at Getting Attention work one-on-one with all sorts of nonprofits to help them to harness the power of the grant. Your website must follow Google’s website policy. Have established websites.

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Grant Google Guide Nonprofit 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2007

is our website. It's nothing over special, it's branding and image and layout is all in line with our other materials that we produce, but as well as the making and updating of our website we are also keen to keep an eye on how it is being used. One area which we (okay well me especially!)

Analytics 50

Analytics Google Culture Create 50

NTEN

APRIL 24, 2009

You can see all the virtural exhibit booths at NTConnect.org , the conference's designated social networking site, provided by Acteva. Stop by booth 19 to get on the map and on the road to a sustainable future with Mysamaris. VanDamme Associates : Can't afford a new website or database system this year?

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NTC Ipod San Francisco Alternative 36