Andy Wolber [email_address] www.NPowerMichigan.org Website and Internet Strategy

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To inspire and empower nonprofits to use technology to better serve their communities.

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TechTrek: group technology assessment and planning

Managed Services: help desk, updates, remote troubleshooting, strategic planning

www.npowermichigan.org/resources/

www.slideshare.net/awolber/

name org/job what you hope to learn today It’s all about you …

name

org/job

what you hope to learn today

Website features vary BASIC Organization news, program information, board listing, donor list, 990, contact us/directions, search, FAQs, document publishing ADVANCED Event registration, Multiple database integration (single view of customer), multi-lingual ENHANCED Email lists, donate online, communityor weblog features (discussion, calendaring), compliance with web standards / accessibility Increasing complexity

Host your own website 1993

Host your website at a datacenter 1996

Use an online application 2000

Host your own website

www.techsoup.org/stock/

www.GroundSpring.org/learningcenter

www.GroundSpring.org

www.ConstantContact.com

http://www.guidestar.org/news/features/can_e_mail.jsp

http://www.afj.org/nonprofit/research_publications/

http://www.policylink.org/Projects/eadvocacy/

http://www.idealware.org/articles/fgt_cms_simple_sites.php

www.CitizenSpeak.org

Host your website at a datacenter

www.aiso.net

wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Non-profit_Discount

http://www.nonprofittips.com/is-my-web-site-ineffective-an-introduction/

www.GrandNet.org

www.GuideStar.org / www.NetworkforGood.org

Use an online application

http://members.freewebs.com/

www.SiteKreator.com

www.DemocracyInAction.org

www.MeetUp.com

www.CivicSpaceLabs.org (Groundswell)

Weblogs Writing ordered by most recent items first Focus on a defined set of topics Publish “feeds” (RSS*) so people can “subscribe” to updates One or more authors Basic website content management system * RSS 2.0 = Really simple syndication

Writing ordered by most recent items first

Focus on a defined set of topics

Publish “feeds” (RSS*) so people can “subscribe” to updates

One or more authors

Basic website content management system

www.soscs.blogspot.com/

Common Craft’s “RSS in Plain English” http://www.blip.tv/file/205570/

www.bloglines.com

www.Vox.com

http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/webbuilding/page4998.cfm

Use lots of online applications! 2005

Use lots of online applications! Blog Flickr MySpace YouTube

www.JohnEdwards.com

Social Networking

Blog.johnedwards.com

www.flickr.com/people/forallofus/

www.flickr.com/photos/npowermichigan

www.myspace.com/johnedwards

www.MySpace.com/nonprofitorganizations

www.YouTube.com/profile?=johnedwards

www.JohnEdwards.com/action/networking/

www.epolitics.com/download-online-politics-101/

Build your own social network!

www.Ning.com

New innovations?

www.NetSquared.org

www.MobileActive.org

http://mfamobile.mfa.org/

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/09/the_sound_of_success_on_the_web/

http://www.thevision2020.com/LocateSexOffenders.aspx

http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ddnmpks4_23dh52wt

One more tool…

del.icio.us/NPowerMichigan/

Andy Wolber [email_address] 313-309-1665

Andy Wolber

[email_address]

313-309-1665