Jim O’Reilley and Birgit Pauli-Haack discuss ways to streamline scheduling social media publishing and cross-posting. Use analytics tools to find out when your followers, fans are online so you can optimize visibility of your posts. Make a plan for your online activists’ volunteers to spread out their reposting, retweeting and sharing of your information. Learn […]
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Why WordPress for Nonprofits?
There are plenty of content management systems available in the internet space. In 2009, in the context of finding a replacement tool for a proprietary, highly-outdated, web app at the local Community Network Naples Free-Net, I took about 12 months to test plenty of content management systems. Non-Technical Aspects of Content Management Systems How can […]
Episode #14: Using EditFlow in WordPress Publishing with Our Guest Jeff Chandler, WPTavern
In this episode, Birgit Pauli-Haack and Jim O’Reilley have a casual discussion with Jeff Chandler of WPTavern. After welcoming Jeff, Birgit asked about how he got started with WordPress and then WPTavern. Jeff speaks about how he was blogging using a different Content Management System, Joomla, but began looking for another CMS with better features […]
Content Management Systems in the 21st Century
In the 20th century, websites needed webmasters who could write in HTML to render the code into a visual framework. In fact, every time a site manager wanted a change to the content on a site, the HTML code needed to be changed on every page to reflect pagination as well as content changes. If […]
Episode #7: Connecting Your Website to the Social Networks
In this episode, Birgit takes us through the essential mechanical steps to ensure that you are connecting your website to the Social Networks. She describes the important tasks done by the Content Management System (Episode #2) which supplies the programming support necessary for your content to go to your desired places on the Social Networks. […]
Episode #6: Online Fundraising Tips and Tools
In Episode #6 Birgit and Jim discuss Online Fundraising. Birgit begins by telling us about the most successful types of fundraising in 2015. She breaks it down into five different ways to raise funds. Jim then recommends some strategic questions nonprofit organizations should explore before they even think about software. Birgit then describes the history […]
Happy #PodcastDay – New NPTech Podcast available & more
Just in Time for International #PodcastDay, we released our first episodes of our new podcast. Your hosts are Birgit Pauli-Haack and Jim O’Reilley. One of our prime objectives at NPTechProjects is to assist nonprofit organizations with 21st-century technology. If you are not sure what we mean by that, read on. If you are not using […]
Episode #2: Content Management Systems
In the second podcast for NPTech Projects, Birgit Pauli-Haack and Jim O’Reilley discuss Content Management System (CMS). Initially, Jim makes the point that although NPTechProjects does not sell any of the products mentioned, they will make recommendations backed up by data. In this episode, Birgit discusses her experiences in evolving from HTML based work environments […]
Episode #1: What, Who and Why of NPTechProjects
In the first podcast for NPTech Projects, Birgit Pauli-Haack and Jim O’Reilley introduce themselves and the goals of NPTech Projects. They discuss WP4Good Club as well as the plans for future episodes including Content Management Systems, How to get started with your organization’s website, Search Engine Optimization, and Google Analytics. In this episode, they discuss […]
Workshop: July 14: Using WordPress to Increase your Search Engine Visibility
We offer regular workshops on technology topics, that combine streamlined processes with technology skills. A stable, simplified and modern website is essential to survive in the world of multi-channel online publishing! Although the impact social networks have regarding online behavior is prominent, search engine visibility is still a primary criterion if you want to attract new […]