Want your organization to grow faster through a new webpage? Or maybe you’re starting a new nonprofit. Here are some keys to launching a successful nonprofit website.
If you haven’t heard of responsive web design yet, it’s only time before you will. Put simply: responsive web design means creating website content that automatically re-sizes in response to the device being used, whether it be a mobile phone or a tablet computer. With more and more people using a range of devices to access the internet, responsive web design is a massive priority for all sorts of companies, and is being rolled out across multiple sectors. Nonprofits can also reap enormous advantages from creating a responsive website, from general advantages (like improving the appearance of your brand) to more specific ones (like helping your supporter donate more easily). Here’s a summary of how responsive web design can help your nonprofit, without the technical jargon:
Nonprofit websites share many of the same traits as other websites, but the best ones typically have a little something that makes them extra special. They need to be attractive, user-friendly and informative, like corporate websites – but they also need to inspire people to come back again and again, and to decide to donate.
The dilemma over whether to use open source or propriety content management systems is one that many nonprofits have to face. But here at Elevation, we know what we like when it comes to content management systems, and we’re with open source all the way. That’s because, in our experience, open source provides the best solutions for nonprofits. We don’t want to blind you with technical jargon, so here’s a (hopefully) easy-to-understand 5-point summary of why we think open source generally suits nonprofits better than other systems. First things first though: what do open source and other key terms actually mean?