Is it Really Critical to Update my CMS?
After paying a sizable up-front cost to have your website built, you may be wondering if it's really necessary to install regular CMS updates as they become available. Many nonprofit professionals mistakenly assume that websites are a one-time expense,...
What’s in a Logo?
Does your nonprofit organization have an established and easily recognizable logo? If not, it may be time to consider what type of logo would best represent your brand. In our last post, we addressed the topic of effective branding for nonprofits. While...
Four Steps to Create an Effective Nonprofit Brand
Have you ever considered what your brand says about your nonprofit organization? Is it identifiable? Is it effective? When thinking about nonprofit branding, it's important to realize that a brand encompasses so much more than a logo and graphic design. It...
Why Choose an Open Source CMS?
As an organization that develops systems on both open source content management systems as well as custom-built platforms, we fully understand the benefits of both options. While custom-built systems have many benefits for complex projects, open source...
How to Create an Effective Nonprofit Blog (Part 2)
In our last post on creating an effective nonprofit blog, we talked about focusing on the quality of your content. Once you've crafted some engaging content and you've carved out your unique voice on the web, there are a few other considerations that will...
How to Create an Effective Nonprofit Blog (Part I)
The key ingredient to any nonprofit blog is quality content. So before considering design features, commenting, or social sharing, it's important to begin with an audit of your content. If you're new to blogging, take a look at our posts on content...
Facebook Launches New Website for Nonprofits
If your nonprofit has yet to delve into the world of Facebook, what better time than now? Just yesterday, Facebook released a new website to give nonprofits all of the help they need to get started. With information on everything from setting up a Facebook...
7 Critical Questions to Ask a Potential Website Designer Before Hiring
Is your nonprofit organization looking for a new website? Before you enter into an agreement with a web designer, you'll obviously want to take a look at his or her online portfolio to be sure the site that you envision will be feasible based on the...
Website Checklist to Start the New Year
What better time to review your website and do a little cleaning than the start of a new year? Now that we're just a couple weeks into 2016, it's a great time to go through your site, do some testing, and remove the clutter. Here's a quick...
ServanTek’s 2015 in Review
The ServanTek team understands the needs of nonprofit organizations whose specific requirements extend beyond the confines of an open source system. So in order to better serve these organizations in 2015, ServanTek began utilizing a PHP framework to...