Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 31, 2009

It’s taken me a while to write this blog post, mostly because I have been working hard at various things (like building a business and building new websites.) So what is the state of Drupal/Salesforce Integration? sf_webform – Makes integration with webforms in Drupal fairly easy. Salesforce.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

A strong nonprofit website engages supporters, educates visitors about your mission, and accepts online donations. Since your website is such a vital component of your online outreach strategy, you’ll need to choose the right content management system (CMS) to build and manage it. Work with a website consultant.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 24, 2011

I’ve had a bit of time now to work with Drupal 7. The basic user interface is much improved over Drupal 6, and unrecognizable if you’ve only been using Drupal 5 or earlier. The basic user interface is much improved over Drupal 6, and unrecognizable if you’ve only been using Drupal 5 or earlier.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

With individuals increasingly turning to search engines to help them understand health issues, user-friendly healthcare websites are more crucial than ever. Consider your healthcare organization’s website — is it a useful resource that serves your community, or is there room for improvement? Assess website analytics.

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2014

After thinking and talking about it for a long time, this year we at NTEN are finally beginning a website overhaul and re-launch in earnest. After all, the nonprofit association for people working at the intersections of tech and social change should have a website to match that mission and vision.

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Forum One

MAY 12, 2021

An increasingly central MarTech approach to achieving this impact is through website personalization, a strategy that centers on the behaviors and interests of individual website visitors. What is website personalization? Personalization is important because it helps your website stand out.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 14, 2022

Website visitors only need 50 milliseconds to form an opinion about your website. Visual appeal is the most important aspect of how visitors assess your website upon their first visit. That’s why you must choose your nonprofit website’s images carefully. Reflect diversity. Set quality standards. Leverage A/B testing.

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Forum One

AUGUST 13, 2024

If you are out there doing a job you don’t really think makes a difference in the big scheme of things, but has within it the possibility of making your website accessible, you can indeed make a difference. Make your website accessible. Your job is important. Go make a difference in someone’s life.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2016

If you’ve ever designed, built, managed or administered a website, you’re no doubt intimately involved with a Content Management System (CMS), a specific software application or set of programs used to create and manage digital content. But a newbie to web design and management may be asking themselves “what CMS should I be using?”

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2012

You want an attractive, functional website. You want an attractive, functional website. Tip 1: Assess the importance of your website. Is your website the lifeblood of your organization, mostly just gravy, or something in between? or only need a basic web presence, you can get by with a simple site.

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2024

Be it web, mobile, social, or emerging technologies such as voice, AR/VR, or mixed reality, Composable Architecture allows for the creation of personalized experiences that are seamless to users and in line with how they’re interacting with organizations and their digital solutions today.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 6, 2011

I’ve had a web presence of some sort since way back when most personal URLs looked something like: [link] In 2002 or so, I ditched HTML for a series of CMS systems for my personal stuff. Drupal – I use Drupal for my personal blog and also other purposes, like the website for my intentional community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

For more insights on branding, messaging, strategy, print and web design, sign up to receive Bureau for Good’s once-monthly articles here. How often do you revisit your nonprofit website with an eye to better engagement? As the technology landscape changed, the organization’s website needed to adapt. “We

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2022

What is a web content manager? Are you interested in or have proficiency in using digital and web technology? For people interested in career paths that combine these skills, a position as a web content manager is a good one to explore. What does a web content manager do? Designers create a website’s look and feel.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

After an action-packed Drupal Day event at the 14NTC, Stephanie Gutowski shares her key takeaways for those looking to dive into Drupal. I spent the last four months preparing for Drupal Day , a Drupal-centric, day-long workshop that ThinkShout coordinates as part of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC).

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Michelle Murrain , Drupal Developer, OpenIssue. x something, and a developer and user of Drupal since 4.7, I figured that with the release of Drupal 7, this would be a great time to do a comparison of the two. Drupal started out primarily as a web content development platform, with a strength in community features.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2021

From targeted ads on social media to emails from websites they bought one thing from years ago, how can you ensure that your nonprofit’s online marketing efforts shine through the noise? One of the most vital tools that can support and bring your multi-channel marketing strategy to the next level is your nonprofit website.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2011

I know a lot of pretty serious geeks read this blog, but I also know some folks who aren’t do too, and I figured it was time to do a quick outline of web application frameworks, and how they differ from things like a CMS. WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla are CMS systems that are written in PHP.

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Velir

MARCH 26, 2021

There's an increasing demand to create decoupled or hybrid experiences ( progressively decoupled ) on the web. This means treating your back-end system as your data/content storage and using client-side frameworks to power your website's user interface instead of using traditional theming methods. Technical

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

When technology systems like donor and membership management, email marketing, and website content management are selected without cross-department communication, they won't integrate. Drawing from experience, we have a few ideas about why that could be, and how Drupal can help. Drupal can connect to almost anything.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

When you started researching to build your nonprofit’s first website, what did you encounter? Web Hosting?”), development fees that were well out of your young nonprofit’s budget and a lengthy process. We’re going to cover the following topics: How to Create a Nonprofit Website: Frequently Asked Questions. Let’s get started.

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Forum One

JULY 6, 2021

Website personalization relies on data to optimize the content on a website to cater to a particular visitor. Optimizing website content requires analyzing the hierarchy of information on a platform to improve website traffic and outreach. These digital strategies work hand-in-hand to elevate a website.

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NTEN

MARCH 2, 2012

If you didn't have enough reasons to attend the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , here's one more: the first ever Drupal Day for Nonprofit IT Professionals. ThinkShout is facilitating an NTC Drupal Day on April 3rd, 2012, the first day of the NTC. 12-1 pm: Drupal BOF sessions during a working lunch. 10:45-11am: Break.11-12

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

was awarded fourth place in the 2016 Best of the Web Awards. The annual Best of the Web Awards recognizes city, county and state governments for their work to increase engagement among citizens while also providing them with cutting-edge web services. Achieve client, City of Tampa, Fla., Phase Two.

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Forum One

MAY 16, 2024

This post is adapted from a presentation at Drupal GovCon in November 2023. After all the work to ensure your new website is accessible and in compliance with Section 508 and WCAG standards, you shift into day-to-day operations, and… things change. There are a few common reasons: Web managers and content creators fall into old habits.

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NTEN

JULY 16, 2014

Whether it's making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or designing the architecture of a new website, attention to detail is critical, and clarity is king. We talked about the fundamental elements of a Drupal site, how they relate, and—most importantly—the order in which elements need to be determined. Chad Cappellman.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Not only did we make the list one time – we made it eight times with two gold wins for non-profit and cultural institution websites and six silver wins for apps and websites in non-profits, health, families and kids, the environment and sustainability, science, and education. Check out all of our w3 Award winners below!

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Forum One

AUGUST 27, 2024

This post is adapted from a presentation at Drupal GovCon in August 2024. All our mission-driven partners want an accessible website that helps users easily find information and perform important tasks. All our mission-driven partners want an accessible website that helps users easily find information and perform important tasks.

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Forum One

JANUARY 24, 2023

Be it web, mobile, social, or emerging technologies such as voice, AR/VR, or mixed reality, Composable Architecture allows for the creation of personalized experiences that are seamless to users and in line with how they’re interacting with organizations and their digital solutions today.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 13, 2013

Additionally, Carr Systems remains more committed than ever to Open Source solutions such as Drupal Gardens, CiviCRM, and WordPress. Custom Development – Carr Systems principally uses Open Source technologies to create custom technology applications (Web and mobile) for its clients.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Davey Award winners have been announced, and we’re proud to say that Forum One and our amazing clients have officially won 10 awards in website and app design for nonprofits, health, government, cultural institutions, and more. Forum One worked with the National Rural Health Resource Center to design their new website in Drupal 9.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal, Joomla and Plone! April 15, 2007 At NTC , there was a lot of talk about the “big three&# open source CMS packages that most people these days in our sector are using: Drupal , Plone , and Joomla.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Your website is one of your organization’s most important assets and should anchor your entire digital marketing strategy. Effective nonprofit web design matters more than ever before. For instance, there are a few foundational nonprofit web development strategies your team should definitely implement. Mobile-responsive design.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

These include awards for best-in-industry websites and even an app. March of Dimes was also honored with an Outstanding Website WebAward for its redesigned site. This work not only included launching a new website but also revitalizing the entire American Jazz Museum brand as a whole. Department of Energy.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Which provide the most flexibility in setting up your website? Which provide the strongest features for website community features, workflow, or ease of maintenance? Which are easiest to use?

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Forum One

MARCH 7, 2023

Forum One partnered with March of Dimes to consolidate their more than 40 web platforms to develop an easy and streamlined experience for audience members to engage as they like, as well as create a website that could clearly communicate their mission. Now the new website is meeting audience members where they are.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

SEO – Search Engine Optimization – (if you don’t already know) is the practice of improving and promoting a website in order to increase the number of visitors the site receives from search engines. Good examples are WordPress and Drupal. Learn more about the ways you need to adjust your SEO strategy to be prepared for SGE.

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