The day I bought my mother a cell phone, she cried. Believe me, they weren’t tears of happiness. She looked at all those buttons and numbers and codes and had a little meltdown. We put the phone away and gave her a new cordless phone instead. My mom is 70, and while there are plenty […]
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Honestly, who feels like delving into those voice mails and uncompleted projects this early in the week? Fill your cup of coffee and watch these five great little movies that will help polish your tech education. What Is Drupal? from help.asu.edu on Vimeo. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) basics for Non-Profit Organizations (NPO) from Firstgiving on
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[This little gem is the e-mail newsletter our subscribers just received. Want a slice of this for yourself? Sign up now.] Anybody who’s ever built a new kitchen knows that just because you hire someone to lay the granite counter tops doesn’t mean your job’s over. It’s true with websites, too. You have to be
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The good people at JFFixler Group know that the entry point to your organization is your website. That’s why they asked me to contribute an article to their blog about the 7 Best Homepage Updates you can do. They’re quick, they’re easy, they pay off. Check it out: 7 Best Website Updates on JFFixler Group
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Design is a dirty word for many non-profiters. The idea of an organization spending time money making something look polished and clean, some think, is a sign that organization is spending time and money where they shouldn’t. All resources should be funneled into the cause. That’s not saying much for design. Design may be artistic,
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[[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_large”,”fid”:”731″,”attributes”:{“class”:”media-image”,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”style”:””,”width”:”395″,”height”:”500″,”alt”:”Death Becomes Her”}}]] One of the smallest things that can go wrong with your website can damage it the most. Link rot – dead hyperlinks – are just as nasty as the name suggests. When you leave your website unattended, the inevitable happens. References to other websites become invalid. You move or delete pages. Someone
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[[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_large”,”fid”:”730″,”attributes”:{“class”:”media-image”,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”style”:””,”width”:”500″,”height”:”375″,”alt”:”Why is there silverware in the pancake drawer?”}}]] [This little gem is the e-mail newsletter our subscribers just received. Want a slice of this for yourself? Sign up now.] Websites are like silverware drawers. They start out the vision of order, with special compartments for everything. Then a grapefruit spoon gets mixed in with the
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Website 911: An Organization Specializing in Grief Gets a Massive Makeover National Alliance for Grieving Children (NAGC) is one of the nation’s largest associations for organizations specializing in grief. The website is an important channel for professionals, as well as parents and caregivers, to find local resources for addressing loss. NAGC asked Talance, Inc. (http://talance.com),
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Any veteran teacher will tell you that planning is the key to a successful course. Not all e-learning courses are taught by veteran teachers, however. Even if you don’t have years in the classroom, you can still follow some basic guidelines to develop a course that helps your learners get what they need. Here are
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