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NonProfits: improve donor communication with better receipts!
Tips & Tutorials

How to Create Dramatic Donation Email Receipts

If you’ve ever wanted to really go to town with your Give donation email receipts, this is how you do it. It’s also a good tutorial for learning a bit about themeing in WordPress in general. Out of the box, Give has a

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Being Unselfish on Social Media by Adam Fout of Blue Steele Solutions
News

Being Unselfish on Social Media

Clownfish, Reciprocal Altruism, and How Guatemala Taught Me About Social Media. About 9 months ago, I visited Guatemala. It’s probably one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been to. And it was filled with crushing poverty. The kind of poverty you see on television—the

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closed software (or what some might call Proprietary software) controls you. It's time for a divorce.
News

Divorcing Your Closed Software Platform

As proponents of open source software, we often find people stuck in bad relationships — with their software. People tease me often because when faced with a seemingly difficult decision around eating lunch I’ll say, “You’re not getting married — just choose a

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Giving Made Easier -- Theresa will be pain-free soon.
Give Stories

Giving Made Easier — Theresa will be pain-free soon.

WordPress developer Theresa crowdfunds her brain surgery with Give. “I wish I’d done my own website using the free Give plugin a lot sooner, because I did the math on GoFundMe…” Theresa Jennings About Theresa: Theresa Jennings is a Southern Californian designer and

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Release Notices

Version 1.4 Released

We released version 1.4 today. This point release has some great new features as well as important improvements. I want to specifically highlight: New Email Access to view donation receipts for non-logged in users Goal Formatting options Featured Image Size options Donation Receipts by

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How to load a Donation form in a Popup with Give
Tips & Tutorials

How to Load a Donation Form in a Popup with Give

Have you wanted to implement a popup donation form on your site but didn’t know how? Today’s your lucky day. There’s nothing better than a big “DONATE HERE” button for making your donation form as easy to access as possible. Here’s a quick

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Every nonprofit needs a great website to tell their story, recruit new donors, and easily accept donations online. WordPress does all of that -- well.
WordPress

WordPress Websites and Nonprofits: Better Together

Every nonprofit needs a great website to tell their story, recruit new donors, and easily accept donations online. WordPress does all of that — well. The WordPress.org Website Content Managment System is a natural fit for nonprofits because of one key core value

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Increase Donations through storytelling, with a computer background
News

Increase Donations Through Storytelling

Are you trying to increase donors and increase donations on your site? Why not tell your story? Nonprofits need content marketing, too. WordPress Day at the Nonprofit Technology Converence This past Tuesday, Give attended and sponsored WordPress Day for the Nonprofit Technology Conference

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Laptop and growth chart with the words "Growing Your Nonprofit with WordPress"
WordPress

Tim Sisson: Growing Your Nonprofit With WordPress

Besides collecting donations, what WordPress tools do nonprofits need? Tim Sisson of InMotion Hosting gave this presentation at WordCamp Baltimore in 2015. He is the head nerd for Special Operations Care Fund, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. He says “I’m just the nerd. I make it

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