Passwords Are Growing On Us
NetRaising has always encouraged the use of strong passwords, and we now require our clients’ website passwords to use:
- at least 13 characters
- upper and lower case letters
- an integer
- a dot, dash, or another symbol the software will accept
- and avoid using common words that can be found in a dictionary
In April of 2022, we ran across this nice chart at Hive Systems that helps…
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Legal Basics for Nonprofit Websites
This article was written for NetRaising as a public service by: Cheryl R. Olson, CPA, CGMA, Software Operations & Nonprofit Solutions Strategist, Clark Nuber PS, and Paul L. Havel, Partner, Intellectual Property Team member and Alcoholic Beverage Team Leader, Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP
What Legal and Financial Information Should be Posted?
Legal Basics for Nonprofit WebsitesYou’ve created the perfect website. You’ve spent countless…
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Top 6 Tax Risks for your Nonprofit Website
This article was written for NetRaising as a public service by: Cheryl R. Olson, CPA, CGMA, Software Operations / Nonprofit Solutions Strategist, and Karen Dunn, Senior Tax Manager at Clark Nuber PS »
Your website may inadvertently cause tax risks to your organization. A website communicates an organization’s mission, programs, and events to donors, volunteers, and the community. That is a valuable service.…
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Keeping Technology Safe When Someone Leaves Your Organization
This article was adapted by NetRaising from an article by: Cheryl R. Olson, CPA, CGMA, Nonprofit Solutions Strategist, and Peter Henley, Chief Information Officer at Clark Nuber PS »
When an employee, volunteer, contractor, consultant or vendor leaves your organization, they might be taking valuable information with them. People who are working internally and also externally with your organization may have had access to…
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Protect Your Domain, Beware of Scams
Your domain name is also called your URL/URI or web address and looks something like www.YourDomainNameHere.org.
Your domain name is likely registered with an ICANN certified registry and some of them publish your mailing address and the date that your registration expires on their website. Some companies use this information to solicit you.
Unfortunately, there are domain name registries that try to…
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Does my organization have appropriate website oversight?
Co-written By: Cheryl R. Olson and Kurt Deutscher
While the website is an extension of a nonprofit organization’s brand, it also has some important compliance functions. Every organization struggles with the right balance of oversight in many areas, but here are three areas that organizational staff could consider for sufficient website oversight.
Accountability. There needs to be an employee at a nonprofit organization who…
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