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/

Contact Us

handycapabletrish@gmail.com(336) 457-0400Facebook & everywhere: travelertrish

Questions?