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Ning: Phoenix or Fizzle?

Amy Sample Ward

We tested a few different platforms such as wordpress, webs, social go etc. is that there is a wiki and polls feature that isn’t available on ning. Tags: issues socialmedia webtools community community building free gardeningbook ning platforms tools. How did your team decide on a new platform? Yes, although grou.ps

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Optimizing Your Site for Social Media Visitors

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Tags: jeff patrick Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Web Sites Communications. We see this a lot in event fundraising, where FB badges and other tools are deployed for event participants (to help them raise more $$ for the charity), but all peer-to-peer giving actually takes place BACK on the organization’s website. .

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9 Captivating Content Ideas to Enhance Your Nonprofit Blog

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This could include: Games Quizzes Polls Maps Petitions Ensure your interactive content is directly related to your nonprofit’s mission. However, keep in mind that a user-friendly CMS like WordPress makes it simple to add engaging content like quizzes and polls to your blog content.

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09NTC Nonprofit Radio: How to Make Podcasts That Promote Your Brand and Engage Supporters

Amy Sample Ward

Poll your constituency to see what they are already listening to to find themes that are appealing etc. ID3 tags - can use itunes for this, drag album art and file over. let’s you listen to mp3 format before you upload it to be sure it sounds right, add tags, etc. Wordpress - has plugin to help with podcasts.

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Screencast: Using Widgets to Build Community on Blogs Featured on NTEN Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, linking a poll to a post on the topic. One of the most used widgets by nonprofits are the audience poll widgets. Polls are a great way to get reader feedback too. I used the Vidzu poll to get feedback on a blog post here. The Flickr widget lets you select all your photos, a particular tag or group.

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Evolving Project Management for Evolving Website Technologies

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And open source systems such as Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, and Plone have brought these features within reach of organizations with limited budgets and staffing. . Tags: CMS Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN Planning steve backman Web Sites.

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Let's Go Widget Shopping!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Here's a few widget/badgets that I ended up installing and keeping: Flickr Widget/Badge : If your organization is using flickr to say run a photo content or a community tagging project, it makes sense to add a flickr badge to your web site. The Flickr widget lets you select all your photos, a particular tag or group.

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