Website Architecture vs. Web Design - What Comes First? - Mequoda Daily

Website Architecture vs. Web Design - What Comes First? - Mequoda Daily: "Do you know the difference between website architecture and website design?"



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3 Ways Gamification Will Change The Nonprofit Sector

3 Ways Gamification Will Change The Nonprofit Sector: "y transforming the staircase into a piano, they made the more strenuous option fun, and thus vastly increased the amount of people who chose the more health-conscious option.

Imagine if the mundane and arduous day-to-day tasks of a fundraiser could be transformed into fun and rewarding? One up-and-coming technology trend could make that happen."



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A third of Britons donate to charity by text message, reveals survey

A third of Britons donate to charity by text message, reveals survey: "Over 30 per cent of Britons donate to charity by text message and 61 per cent now donate through online giving websites, according to a study by online shopping scheme Give as you Live.
The results come from Give as you Live’s shopper insight study, which questioned 4,000 of its shoppers on their digital charity support. The study by the website, which allows users to raise money for charity as they shop, also revealed that half of Britons still donate to charity using direct debit payments."



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Worth Of A Nonprofit Web Visitor … 61¢ - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

Worth Of A Nonprofit Web Visitor … 61¢ - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "mail list size grew but email open rates declined while online revenue was up mainly because of growing monthly giving for some of the largest nonprofits last year. Those are some of the top-line takeaways from the 2015 M+R Benchmarks Study (#3DBench15), which incorporates data from 84 participating organizations for the calendar year 2014."



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American Red Cross takes serious look at using drones for disaster relief, holds off for now - The Washington Post

American Red Cross takes serious look at using drones for disaster relief, holds off for now - The Washington Post: "A new study, commissioned by the American Red Cross, calls drones one of the most promising and powerful new technologies to improve disaster response and relief efforts."



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Charity app allows marathon spectators to make instant donations by pointing phones at runners' vests

Charity app allows marathon spectators to make instant donations by pointing phones at runners' vests: "Marathon spectators will be able to make charity donations by taking a picture of a runner's vest on a mobile phone, a not-for-profit organisation has said.

Up to 750,000 spectators at the London Marathon on Sunday will be able to donate money by aiming the SnapDonate app at each runner’s vest and ‘snapping’ the charity logo with their phones."



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30-hour donation blitz targets $2 million for local nonprofits - The Orange County Register

30-hour donation blitz targets $2 million for local nonprofits - The Orange County Register: "Can supporters of local charities raise $2 million over a 30-hour period for their favorite cause? Maybe more?

Orange County will find out when the first-ever “iheartOC Giving Day” takes place 6 a.m. Tuesday to noon Wednesday. The slogan: “30 hours to give where your heart lives.”

An initiative of Orange County Community Foundation, iheartOC is modeled after similar successful giving days held in other communities."



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Nancy Lublin, CEO of DoSomething.org Moves to Crisis Charity She Founded - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Nancy Lublin, CEO of DoSomething.org Moves to Crisis Charity She Founded - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Nancy Lublin announced Tuesday that she is stepping down from DoSomething.org to take the helm at Crisis Text Line, the nonprofit she founded in 2013.
After 12 years as chief executive of the youth volunteerism charity DoSomething.org, Nancy Lublin announced Tuesday that she is stepping down to take the helm at Crisis Text Line, a nonprofit she founded in 2013 to provide counseling through text messages."



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Dear Associations: Stop Sending Email

Dear Associations: Stop Sending Email: "That's right, I'm looking at you, association marketers. Stop sending all those emails right now, before someone gets hurt."



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2015 “Selfie Awards” Salute Philanthropic Narcissism (Recipients Boycott Ceremony…but Need Not Be Present to Win) - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

2015 “Selfie Awards” Salute Philanthropic Narcissism (Recipients Boycott Ceremony…but Need Not Be Present to Win) - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly:



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