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40+ Web Design and Development Resources for Beginners. For the boot-strapping nonprofit marketer - here's a nice consolidated list of web design and development resources that, with a little practice, will help you significantly improve your organization's web site. As...

http://techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/google-launches-non-profit-portal/ this is worth checking out - especially for smaller nonprofits. most of this was already available but Google has consolidated much of its back office functionality and made it non-profit-centric.

As if the nonprofits sector isn't fragmented and competitive enough... Anyone involved in the nonprofit sector should take note of this article in TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/18/the-many-bottom-lines-of-businesses/ It discusess the existence and growth of 2 new types of legal structures for corporations;...

Avoid the middleman. With lots of options for personal fundraising software, nonprofits need to choose a vendor that gets their donations to them the most quickly and securely. A surefire way to cause delays is to allow a software company...

Wilderness Heals is a three-day pledge hike to raise funds for the Elizabeth Stone House. The event has posted some impressive numbers thus far including one hiker who is personally responsible for raising over $6500. Elizabeth Stone House is well...

http://www.firstgiving.com/Riding4Renal_CircaRigel "Due to delays in FirstGiving forwarding funds..." YIKES. The problem with legacy systems is that it's really tough to change anything. There is absolutely no good reason for FirstGiving or any other vendor to have a nonprofit's donations before...

Tri-ing for Kids!! http://sch.tri-ingforkids.org/ is a grassroots fundraising group started by Doug Rabin. This year, Doug and his team of triathletes competed in the Mighty Montauk Triathlon and in the process raised over $100,000 for Schneider Children's Hospital http://schneiderchildrenshospital.org/. They...

Look at one of Kintera's Friends Asking Friends sites is like going back in time to the mid 90's. Look at these screenshots: Seriously? The fonts, the graphics, the layout. It's all so antiquated. Where are the Social Media links?...

Here's a thought-provoking abstract regarding ideas being floated by lawmakers that are designed to give significant tax benefits to socially active for-profit organizations. http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/nonprofit/2010/06/hines-horwitz-nichols-the-attack-on-nonprofit-status.html There is even a mention of creating a whole new tax exemption status, a hybrid nonprofit/for-profit...