Robert Weiner

APRIL 11, 2009

Several friends who have decided to explore WordPress have asked how I built my site. I now know enough to tweak the site myself, but sometimes need guidance from Robyn. Robyn also installed, or pointed me to, widgets that added new features, like the search box and a plug-in that pulls my blog posts from TechSoup into my site.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Creating a bridge between your social media and nonprofit website can help set up two-way traffic between these two key channels, allowing you to increase your social media follower count and organic traffic on your site. Let’s jump into how you can realize these benefits and successfully connect your social media with your site.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The truth is that most inexpensive, lower-end website options are designed to support e-commerce sites, even if they’re listed as having “nonprofit options.” Trying to tailor these sites to support your organization can require custom coding, reconfiguration, and quite a few support tickets. Others do, too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

a big hat tip to Michelle Martin from the Bamboo Project for pointing me to these two articles in the business press about widgets. The Typepad Hacks blog writes has a great introduction to widgets and describes the community building aspects: Ultimately, widgets, like the web itself are about connections???

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Ask any WordPress site owner what they most want and you’ll undoubtedly get an answer somewhere along the lines of “repeat visitors” or “loyal users.” But how does one go about ensuring that their site doesn’t get just one-time visitors but rather garners a consistent and dedicated user base? Loyalty.js

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

Based on photo entitled " Gear " from Flattop341's Flickr Industrial Set. If you've been following my widgets category , you know that I'm working on a screencast and have been researching and playing with widgets. What is a Widget? " Since this is a movie or visual, it has to be explained in a visual way.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Videos and photos help tell your organization’s story better, and often inspire donors and supporters to give and take action in a way that text by itself simply cannot. Use Third-Party Widgets Only if They Add Value. The Web has become overrun with widgets! As a general rule of thumb, keep widgets off your home page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

In addition to online donation capabilities, they offer giving circles, giving vouchers, and Facebook widgets. You can add a summary of your organization, photos, post news and articles, join/create communities , etc. They also have some great widgets and Apps, and the corporate giving angle is just damn smart.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

But you’re just scratching the surface with those two mainstream social media sites. At the 2014 AFP International Conference on Fundraising in San Antonio, Lisa Chmiola and David Tinker helped us through some of the lesser known social media sites that can help your nonprofit with efficiency and productivity. Nonprofits pay a 2.5%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

I was delighted to discover his newly redesigned drupal blog and all the widgets he has installed. He also wrote an excellent response to my query, "What do you think about widgets?" Asking whether widgets will foster community is a tricky question. If you come to them with static sites, you???ve

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

It recently launched a ning site - a branded social network for its community of nonprofits. Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning (branded social network) site? A Ning site was developed in order to answer this specific need. How are you measuring your success with the site?

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

Many non-profits have embraced features such as forums, blogs, user profiles, and photo/video sharing as a means to extend their reach. These needs may relate to accessibility and the user-friendliness of your site for those with auditory, visual, cognitive or mobility impairments. User Accounts & Profiles. Social Conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Thank Yous So far, other bloggers have added the badge to their site or linked to the campaign and I want say a big thanks and in Khmer too ! I scanned, uploaded, and organized photos of Leng as well as our communications into photo sets on flickr. Is that built into the system? What's the protocol? What is the checklist?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

In the meantime, nonprofit staff can prepare for the launch of the new brand pages, also known as Google+ Entity Profiles , by creating a Google Account and then setting up your personal Google Profile (which then also becomes your personal Google+ Profile when you get invited to join Google+ or the site comes out of beta). e-Newsletter.

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NetWits

AUGUST 11, 2011

Don’t forget to shut down registration, and be sure to update the site with appropriate awareness messaging around the event. June: Extend the reach of your event by having participants add fundraising widgets and badges to their Facebook® profile pages and other web properties, including personal blogs and photo site profiles.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

The site, which serves as a learning and sharing center for nonprofits and social change organizations, debuted today at [link]. A first-of-its-kind Twitter widget that tracks tweets about nonprofits or social causes in real time. Lasica, a social media pioneer who co-founded Ourmedia.org, the first video hosting and sharing site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

In addition to information on subscribing by keyword and short code, you should also embed an online form or widget (provided by your vendor) on the page that easily allows people to type in their mobile number to subscribe instantaneously. Create a “Text-to-Subscribe” Graphic for Social Networking Sites.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Q: So, an API is similar in some ways to a website widget or plug-in? KizunaCranes.com was an engaging site designed to raise funds for the Japan earthquake relief efforts in 2011. Featured Photo: Give Argentine Youth a Chance by Fundacion Cimientos. API For Disaster Response. LEARN MORE.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Click the “Add a Button” button on the top right of the page directly under your cover photo. Place a Donate Button on Your Site. Make sure you have a “donate” button prominently placed on your site to reach them. Here’s how you can do it right now: Sign into your Facebook page as an admin. A menu will pop up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Matthew Field. Give them a name, find a photo of them on a stock photography site and flesh out their biographical details. You could simply ask one question each month in a poll widget in your monthly email newsletter. ” My answer is: ”Don’t ask me, ask your audience.”

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Global Giving

AUGUST 21, 2018

Q: So, an API is similar in some ways to a website widget or plug-in? KizunaCranes.com was an engaging site designed to raise funds for the Japan earthquake relief efforts. Featured Photo: Bridging the technology gap in Denver and Kenya by Technology Partnership. API For Disaster Response. Q: Those examples are so exciting!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. Take for example the Community Media Workshop's Ning Site which is used to complement their face-to-face training session. What did set out to accomplish?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

I looked at a few popular crowdfunding sites and dissected their cost plans, nonprofit support, and special features. The Scoop: Indiegogo stakes the claim of being the first "perks-based" crowdfunding site. Depending on what you donate, you'll receive notes, photos, or a calendar from the students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

I took that photo of Marshall at the NTC in Seattle last year when I finally met him face-to-face! I've been researching widgets recently and the last section of the interview covers that: Marshall Kirkpatrick : I??? I've been researching widgets recently and the last section of the interview covers that: Marshall Kirkpatrick : I???ve

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2011

Once you've got fresh content, spice it up with a photo or video. If your audience is accessing your site with limited bandwidth, you may want to keep your content basic with no unnecessary bulk. So, if you're serious about video, and like the control of hosting it on your site, try a content delivery network (CDN).

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 1, 2017

Squarespace leaves out all the hubbub and gives visitors to your site a clear call to action. If you’re okay with giving up some control to maintain an elegant site, then Squarespace is the place to be. You should use Squarespace if: Your nonprofit has an arsenal of stand-out photos to use. Video is in your wheelhouse.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2009

Last week marked the launch of the newest resource site and treasure trove for the nonprofit community – Socialbrite.org. Lasica, creator of the site, at this year’s NTC and have been anxiously awaiting the launch since then. Contributors to the site (at this point at least) include: Beth Kanter of Beth's Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Photo by Christine As you know by now, Hurricane Gustav looks even more destructive than Katrina (see this round up from Lisa Stone, BlogHer , of the news reports and links). The widget's resources. discussion on Gustav Information site. This time, online organizing efforts using social media are happening before the storm hits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2006

Deborah Finn has been playing with widgets and decided to install the MyBlogLog widget today. By default MyBlogLog users join the community of a site using MyBlogLog after ten visits to that site, but you can increase that number or require manual joining. She writes about her experience here. (I s page looks like.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2008

Flickr Photo by Jacques de Goldfiem Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar last weekend devastating five regions. The photos, videos, and blog reports are giving us vivid citizen accounts. They have put up a mini site that is tracking the latest news and information from Burma and how to help. Hundreds of thousands are now homeless.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

I looked at a few popular crowdfunding sites and dissected their cost plans, nonprofit support, and special features. The Scoop: Indiegogo stakes the claim of being the first "perks-based" crowdfunding site. Depending on what you donate, you'll receive notes, photos, or a calendar from the students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

The young and the wired are moving at an accelerating pace away from old-school destination Web sites and toward the social media ecosystem embodied in the real-time Web. A sharing and learning hub We invite you to cruise around the site — and we hope you'll help us spread the word. You’ll notice that we’re not starting from scratch.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Even if you are sending visitors off to social media or a third-party fundraising site, it’s important that your website introduce potential donors to your campaign quickly and efficiently. Think of creating an embeddable photo gallery or a place to add videos, all of which can be easily viewed and shared. The photo helps, too.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

You can make use of their donation widget and place it on your website or Facebook page. It basically allows you to merge all of your major communications media (Dropbox, Google Spreadsheet, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, mobile photos, mobile notes, and more). Share photos and videos of your organization and its events.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Therefore, if you have a separate mobile version of your site, it should focus on the most important content and functionality. If you use an open-source CMS, such as Drupal or WordPress, there are themes or widgets that allow you to do this without making major changes. Photo : Timothy Appnel. Use responsive design.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2021

It’s also recommended not to overload your website with images, photos, or embedded videos. While using media to engage your audience is wise, too many prompts, links, and photos lacking context will just serve to confuse and overwhelm your audience. Don’t miss out on their engagement because your site isn’t mobile-friendly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

Photo by Geodog Speed Geeking Session at Advocacy Dev - complete flickr stream here. I keep running into NpTechers posting vacation photos and blog posts. If it isn't vacations, it's photos of restaurant and a fun evening out. Another online social networking cause-related fundraising site ! Marnie Webb is on a road trip.

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