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Ed. Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions.

Speaker: Alia McKee, Sea Change Strategies

Session: Homer Simpson for Non-Profits: The Truth About How People Really Think & What It Means for Promoting Your Cause: Behavioral Economics for Non-Profit Leaders



3. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?

People are not rational beings, but the patterns of irrationality are consistent, and understanding them is key to effective marketing and fundraising.

4. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?

Janice, the lead guitar player in the Electric Mayhem – women rock, for surely.

5. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? 



Posted: 2010-03-01 13:21:21

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]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:21:21 +0000 Building Websites for a Mobile Phone http://www.twintelsolutions.com/idealware/building-websites-for-a-mobile-phone.html
As more and more people use mobile phones, how do you ensure they can see your website on it?

Well, there's nothing magical about it. Most mobile phones can view sites using the same HTML that you would use for regular websites So it's very likely that people currently can see your website on their phone. However, mobile phones tend to intepret HTML standards much more harshly than other browsers, and mobile screens are tiny compared to a computer screen. So what your site looks like or whether anyone can actually use it on a phone is another story.

There's two possible ways to go to create a better mobile experience. You can optimize your current site so that it's more viewable by folks on a mobile phone. This would mean making sure your code is compliant with XHTML standards and moving key content and navigation to the upper left -- so it's more likely to appear without a lot of scrolling. Highlighting the text that's currently selected is also very important for mobile phones, as it's often hard on these devices to tell exactly where your cursor is.

If people on mobile phones are a key part of your website audience, you'll be able to support them much better by making a mobile specific website. This would be a separate website, designed specifically for smaller screens, with less images and text, and to allow people to get the information they're likely to be looking for faster. You could either have a separate URL for your mobile site (like mobile.idealware.org), or you can try to detect that a user is accessing your site through a mobile device, and show them the mobile optimized site accordingly.

Want more information? Here's some good links:

How to Design a Mobile Website

7 usability guidelines for websites on mobile devices

Jakob Neilsen's Alertbox: Mobile Usability

Others have tips or links to share?

Posted: 2010-03-01 12:08:00

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Author:Laura S. Quinn]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:08:00 +0000 Last Day to Register for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference at the Regular Rate! http://www.twintelsolutions.com/non-profit-technology-network/last-day-to-register-for-the-2010-nonprofit-technology-conference-at-the-regular-rate.html

Just a reminder that the fees for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference increase after today. If you're planning on joining us in Atlanta, April 8-10, you should register today to save $100.

> Fees increase after March 1st ! Register today at the regular rate 

We like to talk about the great time you'll have at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, but it is, first and foremost, a place for you to learn the skills you need to help your organization meet its mission.

When you look at some of the technical innovations and fundraising numbers coming out of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, you gain a renewed appreciation for the power of nonprofit technology -- and it's not just the big organizations that are using it.

We believe the knowledge you gain at the at the NTC can help you prepare not just for the next disaster, but to use technology every day to make your organization more effective.

> Fees increase after March 1st ! Register today at the regular rate

The conference fee -- currently $459 for NTEN Members -- goes up after March 1st, so register soon to join more than 1,000 of your peers, colleagues, friends, and potential clients in Atlanta. You'll meet folks like Hussein Farah, from the African Development Center in Minnesota, who says:

I was very fortunate to attend last year's conference and I was blown away with the impact of such a gathering and how small nonprofts like ADC can effectively utilize technology to meet and exceed their mission. I was also very impressed with the dedication and effectiveness of the NTEN staff and I made a promise to myself that I will attend each year's conference and network with my peers as well as help my organization serve our clients better.

> Register for the 2010 NTC today

I mean, just look at some of the sessions in the Communications track:

That's just a tiny sampling of the 90+ sessions you can attend. You can view all of the breakout sessions in all the tracks here.

And, because transforming technology into social change is hard work, we plan to have some fun while we're in Atlanta, as well.



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