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Selecting the right website content management system (CMS) and technology can make a huge difference for your nonprofit’s website. From sorting out tradeoffs and scoping projects to comparing CMS options like Squarespace and WordPress, these resources help you make smart, practical decisions and get the most out of your website platform.

“Minimal Viable Products” in the nonprofit world
“Minimal Viable Products” in the nonprofit worldArticleProject Management & StrategySelecting Technologies

“Minimal Viable Products” in the nonprofit world

You’ve may have heard the term “Minimal Viable Product” (or MVP) if you spend time around tech projects. Eric Ries, best known for his book The Lean Startup, popularized the idea. The concept is simple: instead of building a big,…
Website tradeoffs: staff time, money, scope and polish
Website tradeoffs: staff time, money, scope and polishArticleDefining Strategy & VisionProject Management & StrategySelecting Technologies

Website tradeoffs: staff time, money, scope and polish

When you're planning a website, you need to find the right mix of three important things: the staff time you spend on it, the money it costs, and the scope of your final site. And then there’s a four element—…
A guide to managing your website project tasks
A guide to managing your website project tasksFeaturedPrioritizing TasksProject Management & StrategySelecting Technologies

A guide to managing your website project tasks

Managing nonprofit website tasks can feel overwhelming, but with the right approach, you can turn an endless to-do list into a clear, actionable plan. This article walks you through practical nonprofit task management techniques—like smart prioritization and realistic estimation—to help…
✨✨Avoid shiny website feature syndrome
✨✨Avoid shiny website feature syndromePrioritizing TasksProject Management & StrategySelecting TechnologiesTip

✨✨Avoid shiny website feature syndrome

It's exciting to get a shiny new feature or article up on your website. But that doesn’t make it more important.
Webinar: Squarespace vs. WordPress for smaller nonprofit sites…a head-to-head comparison
Webinar: Squarespace vs. WordPress for smaller nonprofit sites…a head-to-head comparisonProject Management & StrategySelecting TechnologiesSubscriber OnlyVideoWebinar

Webinar: Squarespace vs. WordPress for smaller nonprofit sites…a head-to-head comparison

(1 hr, free subscription required) Laura S. Quinn, an unbiased expert in nonprofit tech comparisons, hosts Ed Harris from Blue Hills Digital, who has extensive experience implementing both SquareSpace and WordPress for nonprofits. They dive into the key differences between…
Eight underused technology roadmap tactics
Eight underused technology roadmap tacticsArticleDefining Strategy & VisionProject Management & StrategySelecting Technologies

Eight underused technology roadmap tactics

In the nonprofit sector, we underuse many useful technology planning methodologies. Too often, the process of defining what will be included in a technology project—like a website or a new implementation—is based more on a gut feel and a prayer…
Updating website features in bite-size chunks
Updating website features in bite-size chunksArticleDefining Strategy & VisionProject Management & StrategySelecting TechnologiesSitewide improvements

Updating website features in bite-size chunks

Too often, nonprofits think about the functionality on their website as something that’s built in a big redesign project. They then leave it alone for years, or even until something breaks. This “big bang” approach has a lot of downsides,…
Webinar: Ohio Legal Help’s “Listen to Article” feature
Webinar: Ohio Legal Help’s “Listen to Article” featureCompelling contentProject Management & StrategySelecting TechnologiesSubscriber OnlyVideoWebinarWebsite Fundamentals

Webinar: Ohio Legal Help’s “Listen to Article” feature

(25 min, free subscription required) Laura S. Quinn interviews Susan Choe of Ohio Legal Help about the nonprofit legal website's Text to Speech feature. Susan demos this functionality, which allows users to listen to the text of pages and articles,…