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Our website and domain have been in operation for some time now (ergo a number of years). We recently went from straight html coding to a php-based front door. We use Paypal for all our online financial needs - donations, purchases, even placing order for supplies. PHPNuke 6.0 is free, opensource software, and even a relative novice that's willing
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I'm not 100% sure what "blogging" is, but slashdot's site sure lays out like mine does, so I'm guessing that what I'm using is at least similar in function. I use PHPNuke. It's free, it has a strong developer community behind it, and even a novice like me can figure out "most" of the tweaks to customize it. http://www.phpnuke.org
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Visit http://www.igive.com to get an idea of what this is. We still have had no success using this for a fundraising tool, but we are not a "member organization," so don't have an existing body to promote it to. We do experience some success by creating "donation opportunities" through Amazon.com and Paypal.com. Donations have ranged from $1-$50
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Our organization is registered with iGive.com for quite some time now. So far, this has not provided any funding for us. Fortunately, sign up was free, so it is not costing us anything either. We have been approached by causelink.com, but have not made a decision on that particular service yet. We also recently subscribed to amazon.com's "honor
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This is based on my observations of another organization I volunteer with: 1) There is an inherent "fear" of technology that needs to be overcome. If they fear what's coming, it doesn't matter how easy or smooth you make it. Simple, straight-forward explanations in layman's terms are necessary to overcome any fears. 2) Creating an "inhouse
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"I am interested in what the mission is for your nonprofit and what you are doing. Who is the recipient of what you do and what you want to do? Tell me somethings about the group, the board and some measurable goals. What is the name of the organization? Where are you (state)?" Our organization is Wisdom Keepers, Inc. ( http://www.wisdomkeepers.org
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Thanks, and I have to say, this is becoming a "haunt." Techsoup led me to nonprofitexpert.com for a few days, an adventure which has resulted in a redesign of our new (less than two weeks old) virtual boardroom area! I spent all of today putting together info for my Board on how to go about creating a Strategic Plan. I'm going to ask one of my Board
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Thank you for moving this, Susan. I'm anxious to hear from others in my category as well as from the larger organizations that "remember" being in my category! Valerie
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I'm enjoying what I'm learning through techsoup.org, but most of what I'm reading appears (imho) to be geared to larger, fairly well funded non-profits who have paid staff, and money for purchasing services, consultants, etc. Like many, MANY non-profits, ours is relatively young, very small and, at this time, unfunded except for contributions
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My organization is lucky - our space is donated and what web development I don't do myself is done by the donor of the space (one of our Board members). However, we're not unaware of what it "could" cost us. The donor charges $250/year for a (slightly more limited) comparable private-sector business site. He also pays $35/year to renew our domain