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Better Relationships = Better Gifts! A new online resource for beginner and experienced fundraising professionals

Philanthopy Works is a brand new website that provides resources for new and experienced Development Officers in Nonprofit organizations.

Fuse IQ delivers a site rich with detailed information for 2768 types of seafood, 300 plus suppliers

FishChoice.com is the first tool to fill a crucial missing link in the supply chain connecting buyers and sellers, making it easier to find, procure, and sell sustainable seafood products across North America.

Understanding three fundamental principles will help create a successful large-scale knowledge sharing platform.

It is rarely the case that once a knowledge sharing community is established, the members will assume responsibility to continue their interactions without the need for external facilitation and support.

April 2, 6-8pm - Digital Storytelling (and free beer and snacks!)

We are supporting TechSoup’s annual Digital Storytelling Challenge (TSDigs) this April, by making this month's Meetup a hands-on workshop to help you tell better stories and advance your organizations’ goals. We’ll be talking best practices, must-reads and emerging technologies to get the job done, so come ready to work!

Working within the 90-9-1 principle, in which only 10% of any online community might be contributing

"In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action."

A successful collaboration must provide tools that allows users to work within the context of their habits and environment

Some people are leaders, some are followers, some are doers, some are simply listeners balancing between two and waiting for their “moment” or a combination of the above.

Working with distributed international teams requires a lot of cogs working synchronously

To build an online community, many organizations are looking at technology as a turnkey solution - this is rarely the case. Technology can be the glue - an enabler - for bottom-up collaboration amongst distributed teams.

Apptio is on track to become the fastest growing company in the history of enterprise software

On January 10 Fuse IQ launched a new website for our Bellevue, WA based client Apptio, one of the Pacific Nortwest's fastest growing companies.  Apptio partnered with Fuse IQ to build the new website to coincide with the launch of Apptio's

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Incentivizing online activities using Badges and Points

In this entry I will focus on Badges (similar to points) for incentivizing users to get involved and stay involved in an online community, advocacy program or fundraising challenge. 

Fuse IQ launches a redesigned ADA compliant website for Disability Rights Washington

Launched October 24th, this project has been a great opportunity for Fuse IQ to sharpen our accessibility skills as Disability Rights Washington, as you guessed, has different levels of disabilities.  It was designed and built usign Drupal 7 with screen readers in mind, and still looks beautiful.