In today’s increasingly tech-mediated world it is absolutely essential that your company or organization have an effective and compelling website. Your website serves as the public face of your organization and in order to place your organization in the best light possible your site needs to be informational, aesthetically pleasing, and user-friendly.
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Creating a website with a Content Management Systems allow you to update the information on your site without knowledge of programming. But how do you know which content management system to use? This white paper from idealware helps you compare the pros and cons of 4 major systems: WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and Plone.
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Looking to redesign your website or upgrade your agency’s branding and putting out a Request for Proposals (RFP)? Make sure you get the best consultant you can by making your RFP the best it can be. Consider this list of what to include gleaned from our 17 years of responding to RFPs.
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As spring rolls around and you are planning your fundraising events, you will undoubtedly want to take photos for use on your website and in your fundraising materials. You’ll want to make sure that you have the best quality images you can t0 reflect positively on your organization. Naturally, it’s best to hire a professional photographer. But if you can’t do that, consider these tips.
In the recent issue of Good magazine, Iqbal Quadir, the founder of Grameenphone, and Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of One Laptop per Child, debate the merits of these specific technologies in the developing world.Continue reading
At the CT Association of Nonprofits 6th Annual Conference, Ami Dar, the founder of Idealist, spoke about using online tools to communicate more effectively within an organization. His 70-person company uses Google Docs to share documents and Skype to hold video calls with each other around the world, using the internet and avoiding phone bills.
He urges nonprofits to embrace these tools, which bypass traditional hierarchies, and create a more streamlined organization. His organization’s adoption of these methods was driven by the younger generation – provided the tools, but without a mandate to use them, they naturally tended to them – a fine formula for nonprofits.
WAKE UP CALL: Will you allow the younger generation to drive change in your organization? What steps will you take to lead the change? The next time you email a document to a colleague, try posting it on Google Docs instead.
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