I’m at the Connecting Up conference in Brisbane, Australia. Rather then me tell you all about it, find out what’s happening here from various conference delegates’ blogs.
Today I gave a presentation about how to plan the development of your nonprofit’s website, and here’s the slideshow that accompanied it.
Baptcare is large nonprofit organisation providing care services in the state of Victoria, Australia. With over 760 staff based in several dozen locations, working in very different projects, good internal communication is vital. That’s why their Intranet is so important to them.
An Intranet is like a website except that it’s only available to people working within the organisation. It’s used to share information internally rather than to publicly promote the organisation’s services. Recently I designed their Intranet’s home page. Read the full article »
A charity recently contacted me because through no fault of their own their website had vanished. Their calls and emails to the hosting company were simply being ignored and many weeks later they had received no explanation or resumption of service. These are the decisions we had to make quickly to get their website up-and-running again… Read the full article »
If you’re developing your charity’s website, what’s the worst that could happen? Well, here are some horror stories that I’ve been told by nonprofit organisations and a few lessons we can draw from their experiences. Read the full article »
Planning your charity’s new website should be a structured task. You need to think about who your audience is, what images to use, the look and style, what content you’ll be publishing, and your hosting requirements; and you should consider all these points before commissioning a web designer. Sounds daunting? Not if you use this worksheet to help you plan your organisation’s website (PDF, 80kb). Read the full article »
When I ask charities about their backup routines, they all know they should backup their documents, their emails and so on but few mention their website. That’s an unfortunate oversight because it’s fairly easy to lose control of your own website and it’s good practice to have backups and documentation to hand - just in case. Read the full article »
Buying a .org.uk domain name is inexpensive, from £20 per year, but once you’ve put a website address on your letterhead and email addresses on your business cards, losing or changing it can be costly. Unfortunately, the ownership of domains can sometimes be disputed, requiring negotiation, arbitration and associated costs. Read the full article »
On 18 August 2007, a team of volunteer web professionals from Australia and a team from New Zealand competed to build a complete website for a non-profit organisation in just 24 hours. Read the full article »
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