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

Two WordPress Concepts

www.wordpress.com

• Hosted at WordPress• Free, free, free• Fastest way to get online

with your site• Limited themes• Restrictions about the kind

of content you can use—no online donations, no Google Map

• www.wordpress.com/yoursitename

www.wordpress.org

• Download the open source software

• More themes• Host at DreamHost or

GoDaddy or another host

• eCommerce, maps, online donations, fancy photo gallery plugins

• Almost free…

Ten Reasons to Love WordPress

Functional Reasons

1. Ease of installation & development2. Ease of training staff and volunteers to use it3. Scalable– start small and grow…grow…GROW4. Lives in the cloud: Access it from anywhere5. Accessible for handicapped people6. Different user levels – great for volunteer help7. Community Support: Lots of developers

creating new plug-ins, because it’s open source

Marketing Reasons

1. Search Engines can find you2. Need a change? Find a new theme3. A-B testing for outcomes you really want

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

Local WordPress SitesDemonstration

Make a Plan!

• Install WordPress• Decide on a theme• Gather your photos• Build your pages• Update, update, update

Posts and Pages

• Static Pages are regular website pages that you can easily create.

• Posts are the twice-weekly updates you provide your readers

DashboardYour web development at a glance

Upload media

Plugins

WordPress Mobile

Questions?

Contact Me

trish@cloud4good.com336-471-5927Facebook and everywhere: travelertrish