WordPress for Nonprofits- TechTuesday
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The document outlines the benefits and challenges of using WordPress for nonprofit organizations, emphasizing its ease of use, scalability, and accessibility. It provides essential features that nonprofits desire in a website, such as affordability and good support, while also acknowledging the criticisms from traditional web developers. Additionally, it offers resources for further information and training on WordPress implementation.
WordPress for Nonprofits- TechTuesday
- 1. WordPress for Nonprofits Can a website get any easier?
- 2. Who’s Trish? • Nonprofit systems analyst and designer • Affordable nonprofit technology consultant • Trainer— Google, Salesforce, Offic e, Video, Social Networks, WordPress web sites
- 3. We do cloud computing solutions
- 4. Where is your WebSite Pain? Tell us about your org and your web issues…
- 5. What do nonprofits WANT? A website that is: • Easy to update • Easy to maintain • Easy to customize • Quick learning curve • Cheap • Good support network
- 7. Ten Reasons to Love WordPress
- 8. Functional Reasons • Ease of development • Ease of training staff and volunteers to use it • Scalable– start small and grow…grow…GROW • Lives in the cloud: Access it from anywhere • Accessible for handicapped people • Different user levels – great for volunteer help • Lots of developers creating new plug- ins, because it’s open source
- 9. Marketing Reasons • Search Engines can find you • Need a change? Find a new theme • A-B testing for outcomes you really want (see the Google Analytics TechTuesday in April!)
- 10. Update Regularly • Give value to your visitors. Develop relationships. • Identify your constituents and then identify a “success point” with each. Plan the path. • Create an editorial schedule for your “News and Events” or blog.
- 12. HandyCapable
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- 18. Cons
- 19. • Traditional web developers hate WordPress: Google “I Hate WordPress” to hear their reasons. • Themes are never EXACTLY what you want, EXACTLY the way you want it to look • If you understand the code, you don’t like it; if you don’t, you can’t do anything that requires coding.
- 20. Things that are NOT free • Time to develop the site • Time to update WordPress and Plug-ins • Time to train users – or to let users train themselves
- 21. Get more info • WordPress for Dummies – borrow from HCN • WordPress Codex: http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start • Free WordPress Training: http://freewptraining.com/ • The Complete Guide– used in STOLEN FOR today’s presentation http://wpmu.org/wordpress-for-non-profits-the-complete-guide/
- 22. Contact Us [email protected] (336) 457-0400 Facebook & everywhere: travelertrish
- 23. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- #5: Pain, by Nathan Phillips via Flickr