John is a media and intellectual property attorney for a local international media and broadcast nonprofit.  He volunteers on the boards of several nonprofits and churches — and over the years has learned how to use WordPress in a variety of settings, from zero resource organizations to giants with dedicated design and creative staffs.  He’s learned from seeing (and sometimes designing himself) some incredible web mistakes and disasters that had crazy silver linings (like the train wreck design that managed to half bounce rates), and how the twenty twelve theme drove more site traffic than a custom theme.  Along with practical and down to earth tips on web site function, John has had good experience and developed tips to:  help determine when frameworks, themes, and custom development can help a nonprofit and when they just get in the way or worse;  a number of resources readily available to nonprofits that can get your nonprofit fully functional online, email lists and all, for free or very little money; and, even the best ways to build your donor list and collect donations online.