Comments on: 15 UK organisations competing for 2009 Non Profit Website of the Year

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十五家机构角逐2009年英国非营利组织最佳网站 | E惠社—专注于非营利领域互联网应用 — Sun, 02 May 2010 08:25:06 +0000

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By: jwaddingham

jwaddingham — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:58:29 +0000

@Netutgamer, I can say that we (at JustGiving) were surprised to be nominated too. Obviously we ourselves are not a not-for-profit business, yet we provide our service to not-for-profit organisations. I asked the organisers why we were in that category, and this is what they said:

“Though you are not an NGO, we did list you there since you are working for them on a daily basis and in the end help the world make a better place.”

Jonathan

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:49:09 +0000

To be honest Gabriele, I think awards like this are probably best just seen as a bit of end of year fun – and, as suggested, an opportunity to easily compare and contrast a range of different sites and see what can be learned from the way they are trying to engage with online consumers.

They are certainly very different from more formal and results focused (and thus far more prestigious) awards like the International Echos (http://www.dma-echo.org/index.jsp)

Bryan

By: netutgamer

netutgamer — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:46:46 +0000

I find it intersting to see JustGiving in the list for this category

Its been well discussed online that they are a profit making organisation (and I’m not really wanting to start that debate again here) so I’m not sure by definition how they fit in this category.

To me it just feels a little odd, as they don’t really fit/compare with the rest of the sites up for selection, and yes I know they provide a “valuable” service to charities, but compared to the other entries in the categery they just stand out as odd to me.

I agree with Gabriele Bryant’s comment too, its really just a popularity contest without a panel/focus group prize that’s awarded to one of the web-sites.

By: Gabriele Bryant

Gabriele Bryant — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:24:35 +0000

Hm, please remind me, ya’ll… We’re talking about the “best” NPO websites, right? Not about an advertising award or a Twitter popularity contest?

Should the criterion for a functioning NPO website not lie in how many real donors, supporters, interest, reactions a site gets – from regular people?

What is this contest supposed to prove? Who does it help?