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WordPress for Nonprofits
Can a website get any easier?
Who’s Trish?
• Nonprofit systems analyst and designer
• Affordable nonprofit technology consultant
• Trainer—Google, Salesforce, Office, Video, Social Networks, WordPress web sites
We do cloud computing solutions
Where is your WebSite Pain?
Tell us about your org and your web issues…
What do nonprofits WANT?
A website that is:• Easy to update• Easy to maintain• Easy to customize• Quick learning curve• Cheap• Good support network
Jason King’s Slides
Ten Reasons to Love WordPress
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
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!)
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.
Local WordPress Sites
HandyCapable
FaithAction International House
Interactive Resource Center
Music Academy
Greater Kirkwood Community
WordPress.COM site
Cons
• 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.
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
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/
Questions?
