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Monday, August 16, 2010
Slidehare www.slideshare.com has been around for a while. Basically, it's a "youtube for powerpoint presentations." Recently slideshare announced pricing for its premium offerings. link] The basic account is free and has powerful SEO (search engine optimization benefits. Most orgs have.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
40+ Web Design and Development Resources for Beginners. For the boot-strapping nonprofit marketer - here's a nice consolidated list of web design and development resources that, with a little practice, will help you significantly improve your organization's web site.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
[link] this is worth checking out - especially for smaller nonprofits. most of this was already available but Google has consolidated much of its back office functionality and made it non-profit-centric.
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Monday, December 29, 2008
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present" Abraham Lincoln Clive Thompson points out that the future of video use is only limited by our collective imagination. Capturing video and getting it on to a computer
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Shifting Platforms: What Mobile Can Do for Entrepreneurs - ReadWriteStart#comment-207892#comment-207892. This could just as easily be entitled, what Mobile Can Do for Nonprofits. If any of the following items are long-term objectives for your organization, then consider mobile platforms as.
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Monday, April 26, 2010
We learn a lot from our clients and we like to pass that information along to you. We also use this information to hone SWEET Walkathon and Pledge Event Fundraising Websites into the perfect pledge event software. Here are some.
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Monday, April 5, 2010
The IPad has landed with much fanfare and impressive early sales. Not only does device possess the ultra-usability if it's predecessor, the IPhone, but it also combines a large viewing area, touchscreen, long battery life, and unprecedented connectivity.
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Monday, January 25, 2010
According to post in Mediate,[link] $400,000 has been raised through Global Disaster Relief fan page on Facebook. This is a fraction of what has been raised through txt donations. That's not to say that the page is a complete waste.
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Friday, September 3, 2010
My dad, Scott Rampy, is a free agent advocate, activist, and fundraiser working to end multiple sclerosis. He’s also humble. Below, read about his latest effort in working to crush MS and where he finds his inspiration. Reading the post and typing this intro, I have tears in my eyes. Our family’s fight is real. It’s personal.
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Friday, September 3, 2010
The Hogg Foundation sought to understand internal and external perceptions of their key stakeholders, with plans to use the information gleaned from research to guide messaging, vision, and impact for the future. At the same time, the foundation leadership knew they needed to take immediate action to improve their website experience.
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Friday, September 3, 2010
What would you do if your nonprofit’s only web presence and online fundraising were in Facebook? recently loaded Facebook but got this page. Apparently, Facebook was experiencing instability. While it still happens frequently with Twitter, this is rare in my experience of Facebook. But it serves as a good warning. c) Marc A. Engage 3. Ask 4.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
How many of you have taken Andy Goodman’s storytelling seminar ? Pretty mind-blowing, huh? Andy unlocks the secrets of good story-telling, decoding a formula for narrative going at least back to Aristotle’s Poetics. There are easily thousands of non-profit communicators who have passed through Andy’s program. Not for lack of trying. They are.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
I am completely biased in this post because of my own studies in journalism. That said: Newspapers are downsizing. Jobs are being cut. The journalism field is in the midst of a re-invention. Despite the landscape and view people may hold when they think of today’s journalism, enrollment in journalism school has INCREASED ! Get ready. Cliche?
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
By my most recent count, there are 106 fundraising blogs out there. My definition of "fundraising blogs" is deliberately broad -- these are blogs that are touch on fundraising in some way, at some time. That's a lot of talk about fundraising. More than a normal person can (or probably should) read. But I do. The Agitator. Endless Plain. forimpact.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
I can guarantee you this: A lot more people hate the US Air Force than hate your nonprofit organization. For that matter, a lot more people love the Air Force. And that means people say all kinds of things about the Air Force in blogs and other social media places. And the Air Force is doing something about it. And here's the cool part.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Let's face it: People have short attention spans. Especially when it comes to the Internet. We're all clicking around furiously trying to nab the quickest, most-reliable answers to our questions. And, often, we're just browsing for things to entertain our instant-gratification-seeking minds.) Effectively. And, oh yes, quickly. Funny-we did, too.
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