Associations, Clubs and other non-profit organizations

An Association, Club or other non-profit organization website is intended to be a forum for members to get information about current activities, and for persons interested in becoming members to get information about who you are and what you do and thus be encouraged to join.

Most local association or club Websites have such things as:

• Mission statement.
• Information on what the group is and what it does.
• Membership information, which could include a means of signing up online.
• Recent activities announcements and pictures.
• Downloadable newsletters.
• Upcoming events calendar.
• Contact information for the Board or head of the group.
• Links to other similar associations and websites of interest, which often are set up on a reciprocal basis with the other websites.

Such a website does not require a lot of time to design and create for a competent website designer, but if intended for communication to existing members it will require regular updating to remain interesting to the group. If your site is intended to interest new members more than to be a source of news for your current members, you can cut down on the amount of updating required.

After your site is built and online, the next thing is to make it pop up when someone searches for information about something related to your association. This is the key, otherwise only your existing members really see your website. Key words must be included in the description and your site itself, and actions taken to have it included in the main search engines currently in use.