Web Design

Do you have a special page dedicated to monthly giving on your website? If not, consider creating one. Since building monthly giving has one of the biggest payoffs for charities, a page just for this program seems like a no-brainer. Here are several monthly giving pages that stand out, starting with the National Audubon Society.…

When I heard about Jerry Seinfeld’s roadside lemonade fundraiser run-in with the East Hamptons Town Police Department, I was excited. Why? Because I love when nonprofits and stand-up comedy come together. (Police involvement or not). As someone who spent years in the stand-up world, I think there’s about a hundred things that nonprofits can learn from stand-up comedians, particularly about their online experience. So in honor of Jerry’s lemonade uproar and the ultimate rule of comedy, here are three of them...

The average person worldwide has five social media accounts and spends an average of one hour and 40 minutes browsing these networks every day. In 2005 Facebook was only open to college students and professors, Twitter didn’t exist, and the iPhone was still in concept mode. The Internet was primarily a desktop PC or laptop…

On July 10, 1985, dot-org was born. That was the registration day of the first website to use the Internet domain, mitre.org, owned by a nonprofit that operates federal research centers. As the domain turns 30, its administrator, Public Interest Registry, is celebrating with a commemorative digital timeline, happy30th.org, which depicts when popular nonprofit websites…

Today, NonProfit PRO is proud to introduce our brand new, fully updated website at nonprofitpro.com—a top-to-bottom makeover designed to assist us in our goal of continuing to provide the best analysis, education, insights and coverage of fundraising and the nonprofit sector.

This infographic from online fundraising platform provider MobileCause, Online Giving Tips for Maximum Donations, lays out ways nonprofits can maximize online giving. Here are the seven tips MobileCause provides.

To best serve your multiple constituencies it's vital that your site functions as more than a simple online brochure. Here are 25 nonprofits website musts.

How does your website look to your "silver surfers"? Let's define this audience as your 66+ aged online audience. Now we know that these supporters are just as likely to donate to you online as your younger crowd. And I bet they're much more likely to read your "Leaving a Legacy" page about your wills and bequests program. But is your font big enough? And how does your legacy page look on a tablet, which we know from other studies trends much older than smartphones.

Right before the end-of-year fundraising push, Blackbaud's Brandon Granger examined 105 nonprofit websites to glean data on if responsive design raises more money for nonprofit organizations.

Lots of money will be flowing to nonprofits next week at the very end of the year. When online donors visit your site, here's what they want out of their giving experience.