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Kickstart Your Non-Profit or Small Business with WordPress

Rick Tuttle @ricktuttle

papasoft.com

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Mother of Future Bloggers

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Father of Bloggers

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How We Use WordPress to Mobilize Our Community to Fight Human Sex Trafficking, Restore Survivors and Bring Scumbags to Justice

What I Wanted the Title To Be…

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Startup Case Study

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Jorge Veitia !

Executive Director, SOL Media SOLmedia.net

@sol_media

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Starting Up

Multiple Websites

• SOLMedia.net

• SharingOneLove.org

• LOFCenter.org

• FreedomAndHopeRally.org

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Starting Up

• Donations

• Forms

• Newsletter

• Social Media

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WordPress Es Super Bueno!!!

Es muy fácil !

Muchos Temas !

Plugins Mejor !

Viva La Comunidad !

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Not All Good

Easy to get 90%

Absurdly painful to achieve the

remaining 10%

Custom can cost you $$$$

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Get over the 10% and…

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– Voltaire (possibly)

“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”

– Rick Tuttle

“Get over the 10%”

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papasoft.com/plugins

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Pro Theme Package

• Well worth the money

• Stick with one vendor if they have common plugins and admin features

• Be happy with the 90%

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Plugins

• Popular or Pro

• SEO

• Newsletter Integration

• Social Media

• Sensei (Training)

• Custom Post Types UI

• Adv Custom Fields

• Calendar (Modern Tribe)

• CiviCRM

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Forms

• Contact

• Event Registration

• Volunteer Screening

• Incident Reporting

• Zapier Automation

• Get Creative!

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Forms -> Custom Post Types

• Define Your CPT

• Add Custom Fields

• Gravity Forms creates CPT

• Use WP Admin to manage CPT and workflow

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Getting It Done With the 90%

• Phone Outreach Call Logs

• Street Outreach Incident Reports

• Maps Used by Coordinators and Law Enforcement

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WordPress isn’t always the tool of choice. !

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That’s OK. Pick the right tool for the job.

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Own It!

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– Rick Tuttle

“If building websites were like building a house then WordPress would be a

double-wide.”

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What if we did the equivalent of Extreme Home Makeover for a charitable organization's web presence, with a highly skilled, motivated and directed team of professionals working together to revive a local charity?

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AgentsOfKindness.org

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Questions?

Rick Tuttle !@ricktuttle !Papasoft.com !AgentsofKindness.org

Jorge Veitia !

@sol_media !

SOLMedia.net !

SharingOneLove.org !

LOFCenter.org