Free Love: Photoshop Express
A sadly underfunded client of mine who can’t get money for a full-blown version of Photoshop told me about Adobe Photoshop Express. Express is the latest of of SaaS (Software as a Service) offerings. SaaS boils down to online versions of the kinds of software you’re used to buying as a package you install on …
It’s Not All Online
A client called the other day wondering why more people weren’t using their brand spanking new synagogue website. It was a nice site, all the bells and whistles, and there wasn’t a very good reason I could see that no one was using it. But it didn’t take long to figure out what the problem …
Best Firefox Add-ons for Nonprofits
Visitors to the Talance website are split 50-50 between Internet Explorer users and Firefox users. I wonder how many of the Firefox users are really using the Web browser to their full potential. The true benefit of Firefox is the add-on. An add-on is a feature or tool that you can download to work in …
Free AdWords for Nonprofits
Here’s another good reason for you nonprofits to set up your own websites: Google Grants. If you have 501(c)(3) status, you can apply to receive free AdWords advertising on Google – this is worth it! As cited on the Google site: Google Grant recipients use their award of free AdWords advertising on Google.com to raise …
Meet me online
Now’s your chance to introduce yourself: two events are coming up where I’ll be making presentations online. One is a show and tell event about our online learning services, which you can catch on the Nonprofit Technology Network (N-TEN), a good network you should get to know anyway. The other is a web primer on …
What is a CMS, anyway?
If you’ve heard the words “Drupal” and “Joomla” but think they may be ancient tribes, have I got the online seminar for you. Since one of the most common questions I hear from a potential client is “What is a CMS, anyway?” we’ve put together a webinar to answer just this question. Sign up on …
Tips for Creating a Tech Dream Team
Which would be the smarter way to run a project: Leave all decisions-making power and creative control to a single person with a genius IQ, or Share decisions and idea-making among a team of interested people? There may be some power-hungry geniuses who could effectively argue the first choice, but my money is on a …
Tips for Organized Business Travel
Every time I take a trip, I tell myself I will be even more organized. I’m not sure if I’ll ever reach that state of packing nirvana, but here are a few tools that help take the stress off the week before traveling for business: Universal Packing List is a nifty program that lets you …
The Lesser Evil: No Website, or Old Website
My friend Aaron Spiegel from the Alban Institutes’s Center for Congregations dug up an interesting commentary on the sins of church websites, “10 Easy Ways to Keep Me from Visiting Your Church Because I Visited Your Website,” which he sites here. The original post was written several years ago, and while some church websites have …