Weblog for Blue Utopia http://blueutopia.com/index.php?page=blog 2012-05-18T01:04:28+01:00 text/html 2012-05-16T14:38:01+01:00 http://blueutopia.com/ http://blueutopia.com/index.php?page=blog&full=16 I recently saw a slideshow from NPower here in Washington State. That slideshow aimed to help non-profits approach their content and avoid some of the common pitfalls. They boil it down to thesePublish useful and unique content. Design your website and articles for your visitors not for search enginesCreate unique. text/html 2012-05-10T21:28:53+01:00 http://blueutopia.com/ http://blueutopia.com/index.php?page=blog&full=15 For several years now weve offered the ability for our users to manage their Blue Utopia email from mobile phones. Weve done this through our email partner Rackspace. Our users have alwas been able to manage email via 2 methods a POPIMAP support or b Browser-based mobile email site. Now text/html 2012-05-07T08:58:20+01:00 http://blueutopia.com/ http://blueutopia.com/index.php?page=blog&full=14 If your nonprofit has yet to start a blog or already blogs but struggles with ideas for fresh content heres a great list of 11 ideas from Nonprofit Tech 2.0 for you to create the missing piece in your social media campaignShare and Comment on Breaking NewsPost Calls to ActionShare text/html 2012-04-26T16:29:17+01:00 http://blueutopia.com/ http://blueutopia.com/index.php?page=blog&full=13 New Organizing Institute has a basic but decent checklist of effective email writing. It covers basic process and techniques. What I liked about it was that its simple and to-the-point and doesnt attempt to make email more complicated than it really is. text/html 2012-04-09T20:46:40+01:00 http://blueutopia.com/ http://blueutopia.com/index.php?page=blog&full=12 This is reposted from Mashablenbsp 4 Ways to Rethink the Press Release because I thought it very applicable to our users not only because there is considerably less use and more confusion about the press release but also becuase there seems to be increasing confusion about the role and place text/html 2012-04-05T16:41:06+01:00 http://blueutopia.com/ http://blueutopia.com/index.php?page=blog&full=11 I got an email the other day from some political consulting firm.nbsp Spam really.nbsp Theyrsquod skimmed my email and now send me worthless stuff but somehow Irsquove become too lazy to opt-out.nbsp Anyway one of the articles they were touting made me take notice because itrsquos something that strikes a text/html 2012-04-05T09:06:29+01:00 http://blueutopia.com/ http://blueutopia.com/index.php?page=blog&full=10 Newly published research shows that online fundraising is the dominant giving channel for new donors 64 years old and younger. While the majority of giving still comes from offline channels revenue and household income for online acquired donors is significantly higher than for offline acquired donors.Additional online fundraising trends and text/html 2012-02-21T11:46:01+01:00 http://blueutopia.com/ http://blueutopia.com/index.php?page=blog&full=9 We get asked a lot for our help on building an audience on twitter and facebook. The folks at e-Politics put together a very basic set of rules for campaigns wanting to get started called Twitter 101 How to Influence the Conversation. text/html 2012-02-08T09:56:04+01:00 http://blueutopia.com/ http://blueutopia.com/index.php?page=blog&full=8 Heres a fairly comprehensive and handy social and mobile media technology checklist excerpted from Social Media for Social Good A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Its broken down into three sections covering the Web Social Media and Mobile. There are some great ideas and tips included many of which are services text/html 2012-02-03T13:21:11+01:00 http://blueutopia.com/ http://blueutopia.com/index.php?page=blog&full=7 The number of low-cost or free web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices -- and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your