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🐲🧚 Define the guardians of your web pages
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🐲🧚 Define the guardians of your web pages

🐲🧚 Define the guardians of your web pages

Does the term “nonprofit website governance” sound like something that requires a three-ring binder and a consensus-building retreat in the mountains? It doesn’t, of course. It just starts with a simple, slightly uncomfortable question: Who owns what? Websites don't get messy because people are careless. They get that way because no one clearly owns the individual pages. Good nonprofit website governance prevents that. By defining roles, you can make the…
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How web visitors digest complex information

(30 min, free subscription required) Decades of research show that people approach complex information online completely differently than in print. Online readers scan rather than read, prioritize concise information, and navigate content in non-linear ways. In this recording of a 30 min webinar, I’ll walk through what you need to know and what it means as you write the information.

This is webinar will be useful not only for those who are in charge of websites, but to pass along to subject matter experts, technical staff, or anyone who tends to create content that’s rich in information but challenging for online audiences.

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💲🕊️ Put your website dollars where your values are
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💲🕊️ Put your website dollars where your values are

💲🕊️ Put your website dollars where your values are

Right now, many of us are reexamining where our dollars go—and that should include website spending. Nonprofits put real thought into whether their messaging reflects their values. But what about the platforms and processes behind the website itself? While there's…
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❤️📈 Stories + stats are better together
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❤️📈 Stories + stats are better together

❤️📈 Stories + stats are better together

Many nonprofits are working on annual reports right now. That makes this a good moment to think about how you show your work year-round. Because your annual report content shouldn’t live in a PDF and disappear—you can (and should!) reuse…
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Best of the web 2025 🎆✨
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Best of the web 2025 🎆✨

Best of the web 2025 🎆✨

It’s that joyous time of year when my inbox is flooded with the “10 best of the year” lists from all the (many) eNewsletters I’m subscribed to. I actually love these because they’re a great way to spot trends and…
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