Social Media for Good

Exploring the use of digital communications tools for NGOs, non-profit organizations and to support humanitarian relief

One of the nice things about WordPress is that you can easily change the look and feel of your website by swapping one design (aka “theme”) for another. It’s really not much different from changing clothes – the content remains remains the same, but the appearance changes. Here is a list of things you should keep in mind when looking for a new WordPress theme.

I have come across two reports that I’d like to share with you. Both give excellent and free advice on how to choose a blogging platform or content management system (CMS) for you non-profit website.

I’m planning to write a book that will help non-profit organizations, NGOs and charities to select suitable content management systems for their websites. If you have any experience with CMS selection or implementation I’d love to hear from you.

What would you do if you could build a non-profit website from scratch without worrying about any integration issues? That’s exactly what I’m doing at the moment. In this post I’m sharing my ideas and I’d love to hear your’s.

My organization is currently working on a major web relaunch: we are moving our public facing website and our two extranets to a CMS and will give them a new, similar look and feel. In a series of articles  I will describe what I have learned during the process. This is the first part. Lesson learned: Don’t split the contracts for the design-part and the technical implementation! If I could go back in time and do one thing differently, this would[...]

Rebecca Leaman has created a list of “100 Online Tools for Non-Profits”. What I like most about it: she doesn’t focus on the cool and trendy but on the workhorses that help to run any organization.