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Design

Matte Stephens is Awesome

Just ran across Matte Stephens illustration via Grain Edit. I'm loving his work. It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling like I'm in 2nd grade flipping through illustration books in '83. Have a looksy at Matt Stephens work…
February 13, 2009
Design

Font Generator…Free?

I've always wanted to design and create my very own font, but haven't  had the resources to do so...Until now. As part of our daily resourcing - to keep up with the latest innovation, we came across yourfonts.com. It's a free online font generator that allows any one to create their own OpenType font within a couple of minutes! Not only can you do that, but make as many fonts as you want...and the process is easy. (more…)
February 12, 2009
Marketing

Tweet & Donate @ the Same Time

Those of you who have put off joining Twitter may want to jump in today, just to get a taste for how big this thing is getting. The San Francisco-based start-up is hosting a Twestival, a global fundraising event for charity:water, a non-profit group that facilitates funding for freshwater projects in developing nations. More than 200 cities around the world will host events in their local communities such as a dance event in New York City to help raise money and awareness. Or you can…
February 12, 2009
Marketing

Five Tips to Help Non-Profits Enchance Online Presence

Today's charities face an increasingly competitive and online environment. With challenges like government funding cut backs, an aging donor base, increase competition and more marketing directed at one's disposable income, is it any wonder more charities are scrambling to stay a float? In order for non profits to succeed, they need to embrace emerging ways or marketing to current and future donors. Here are 5 tips we believe (and know) will help... (more…)
February 12, 2009
DesignMarketing

What Can Non-Profits Learn from Borack Obama’s online success?

It’s no secret that much of President Barack Obama’s campaign for getting elected “the leader of the free world” had a lot to do with reaching out to the denizens of cyberspace in ways no other candidate, including his opponent, John McCain, ever has. While Al Gore may have (erroneously) “invented the Internet”, Obama, and his Net-savvy campaign handlers, and a vast amount of volunteers, used online marketing techniques to virally/successfully get their word out. “Obama built an incredible national…
February 12, 2009