Nonprofit

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:20am

Raffles are a time-honored way for small nonprofits, churches, clubs, schools, and other good causes to raise funds at the community level. Now, Raffle.it offers UK nonprofits a fun, free, and easy way to raise funds through online raffles....(read more)

Tags: Non-profit technology, nptech, Fundraising

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 10:12pm

Fundraising topics take center stage in this round-up of free online training opportunities for associations, charities, and other not-for-profit organizations. It's surprising to see how many free webinars are squeezed into the first three weeks of December! ...(read more)

Tags: Non-profit technology, nptech, Fundraising, events, training, webinar

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 07:00am

Here are the Top 10 association stories voted up by Association Jam readers in November 2009 — one for each of the topic categories, and one bonus link that came in a close second, just for fun!...(read more)

Tags: social media, Non-profit technology, nptech, Social networking, Fundraising, Membership management

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 at 07:53am

How do other people see you and your organization? MustExist’s free List Tags tool generates a word-cloud picture of how others view your brand, based on the names of the Twitter lists you’ve been added to by other Twitter users....(read more)

Tags: social media, Non-profit technology, nptech, Twitter, Social networking, application

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 12:17am

Communications experts, social media gurus, and PR experts talk a lot about the importance of nonprofit organizations learning to tell their stories. And yes, compelling stories are key to winning hearts and gaining members and supporters for your organization. But what if, for one day, you just sat back and listened?...(read more)

Tags: Non-profit technology, nptech, Non-profit Communications, General non-profit interest, audio

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 11:00am

Google keeps on turning out small but significant improvements to Google Docs, to streamline the editing tools, add useful management options, and make online collaboration with non-Google-users more convenient....(read more)

Tags: Collaboration, Non-profit technology, nptech, office, Google Docs, spreadsheets

Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 11:30am

I’ve just visited 100+ nonprofit websites to update a major resource list, and 3% of those nonprofits just got crossed off the list. Their sites have been hacked and infected with malicious software - and the nonprofits don't even know about it. Are you sure your own website is safe for visitors?...(read more)

Tags: Non-profit technology, nptech, websites, Best practices, security

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 10:27am

One of Wild Apricot's blog readers created a Facebook Page for his nonprofit organization, but the new Page doesn’t show up in the results for Facebook’s own Search tool. "Why is this?" he asks. ...(read more)

Tags: social media, Non-profit technology, nptech, search, Facebook