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Is Email Old News? Social Networks as the New Communications Channel
By Stella Hernandez, January 2009
When it comes to online communications, social networking has huge communities of people sharing information with each other. And its rise comes as people question email’s effectiveness—are social networks replacing email as a communications channel? Read more>
Data Warehousing for Nonprofits
By Laura S. Quinn, October 2009
Data warehouses can allow larger organizations to pull information from multiple places to report on it or analyze it in a central place. We take a look at the software and processes you'll need to create your own. Read more>
Enlisting Your Supporters to Fundraise for You: A Case Study
By Andrea Berry, October 2009
How can online friend-to-friend fundraising help you to raise money and engage your staff and volunteers? This detailed case study looks at how one small school raised $3000 from mostly new donors with a minimal investment. Read more>
A Consumers Guide to Low-Cost Data Visualization Tools
By Laura S. Quinn, September 2009
You've got data. How do you transform it into charts, graphs, and maps that will help your audience understand the data and move them to take action? This 30-page independent Idealware report provides an overview of the types of graphic formats that might work for you, and then compares eight low-cost tools that can help you create them. Read more>
The Role of Email in Your Communications Mix
By Heather Gardner-Madras, July 2009
Nonprofits have a lot of choices when it comes to communications - from direct mail, to websites, to social networking sites and more. With Spam on the rise and open rates down, what role should email play in a successful communications strategy - and when should nonprofits choose to use it? Read more>
Comparing Online vs. Traditional Office Software
By Laura S. Quinn, July 2009
Is online office software likely to fit your needs better than desktop software? Or are installed applications like Microsoft Office the reigning champs for a reason? We take a look at the differences in the areas that are often important to nonprofits. Read more>
Comparing Options for Collaboration Software
By Laura S. Quinn, June 2009
If you’re looking for software tools that can help your group collaborate, you’ll find a lot of options. There are many different types of solutions that support many different types of needs. This article compares your options. Read more>
A Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems
Written in partnership with NTEN, this detailed, impartial report walks through the features that might be useful, summarizes and compares 33 different donor management systems that cost less than $4250 in the first year, and provides detailed reviews of twelve of them. Read more (free registration required) >
A Few Good Tools for Online Distributed Fundraising
by Stella Hernandez, April 2009
Distributed fundraising isn't a new thing - but the definition of distributed fundraising is evolving, and now includes the use of online tools to facilitate fundraising by supporters. Is online distributed fundraising right for your organization? Stella Hernandez explores the options. Read more>
Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Plone
March 2009
This 60-page report provides compares four free and open source systems that can help you to build and manage a website. We provide both a feature summary and detailed reviews, as well as a directory of consultants.
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