Technology support program for local nonprofits. We assist in handling growing demand for online presence and communication with constituents. Last week at the NCTech4Good conference I had the pleasure meeting Kivi Leroux Miller, a non-profit marketing consultant. Her presentation on Social Media was excellent. No one wants to talk to a 501c3 – be personal, take us back stage! Kivi Leroux Miller on Social Media #nct4g2010 Photo: Nancy Shoemaker (@nes49) & Kivi Leroux Miller [...]
June 10, 2010
Our currrent partners, Nonprofits and groups hosting their websites with the Naples Free-Net, will learn how to transition from their Storyboard or Frontpage web site to WordPress. We scheduled “Storyboard/Frontpage To WordPress” workshops on the following Fridays: July 9th, July 23, August 6 and August 20, all 9:30 to 11:30, and our NFN4Good team will [...]
May 31, 2010
On July 1st, 2010, the Naples Free-Net will establish memberships for local and regional non-profit organizations. After multiple years offering Storyboard as a content management system, the NFN team has decided to abandon this proprietary system, and offer WordPress as a more comprehensive, easy to use solution, in a self-hosted installation for any non-profit becoming [...]
May 20, 2010
Last month, as one of the first organization, St. Vincent De Paul transferred their web site from a Storyboard site to a WordPress site. See below screen shots of the Storyboard site as well as the new WordPress site.
May 15, 2010
In April, NFN and Design Donation found each other. It seem it would be a magic fit to form a collaboration regarding supporting the non-profit community. All our NFN4Good members that host their Site with us, or want to host their site with us, will be able to tap into the creative energy of graphic [...]
May 5, 2010
By Lynn Dickerman, Administrator, Shepherd of the Glades Lutheran Church In the Fall of 2009, my new employer asked that I update their website, which was quite old and out of date. Having no experience in website maintainance or design, I started asking around. The previous webmaster was no longer involved with the church and [...]
April 30, 2010
By Dennis “Duke” Vasey, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Collier Soil & Water Conservation District. I began a long-term relationship with Naples Free Net as an early subscriber and member of the Help Team. Several years as a board member and for the past 10 years as an on call Help Team member. Since creating the [...]
April 17, 2010
RSS Feeds and Other Social Media Tools View more presentations from Birgit Pauli-Haack.
April 15, 2010
The Digital Photography & Imaging Special Interest Group of the Naples Free-Net (DPI-SIG) is p offering photography services free of charge to not-for-profit organizations in and around Naples. The SIG boasts a membership of over 100 amateur and professional photographers of every skill level and special interest. Should your association or organization’s special outing or [...]
April 14, 2010
As part of domain hosting setup, we will also configure a self-hosted WordPress installation. During the second half 2009, we looked at several content management systems, blogging engines, and other open source web page creation tools. We installed them, tested them, and discussed them extensively. As a result, we came to the conclusion that WordPress is the [...]
July 8, 2010
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