Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

This updated blog post from the campaign explores some ways to increase online collaboration and also reduce travel and work efficiency. Online collaboration is one of these generic terms that seems to lose meaning the more people use it. Why Is Online Collaboration Green? Cloud Services for Collaborating.

Collaboration 55

Collaboration Wikispaces Online Wiki 55

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Building an organization from the ground up is a challenge, but with the right nonprofit tools, the heavy lifting gets easier. Office Tools No matter how small your organization is when you start, you need a basic office setup. Accounting: You need an accounting tool, even if your organization is very small or just getting started.

Tools 105

Tools Nonprofit Doc Google 105

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Breaking up is hard to do…even when it means splitting with your organization to move on to a new adventure. If you’re part of the organization being left, use these as a guide to help the exiting person leave well and feel free to download our sample transition checklist here. . Communicate Clearly and Collaboratively.

Leadership 81

Leadership Practice Nonprofit License 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

There’s no doubt that social networks are allowing organizations to connect with and recruit non-traditional volunteers in new ways. At the same time, volunteer service organizations need to rethink how they work and what technology they use. The central question of the Networked Nonprofit is how organizations can embrace the change.

Volunteer 104

Volunteer Network Organization Help 104

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If your organization falls in this range, you may be interested in free, discounted, or affordable software solutions to help carry out your strategies while staying within budget. which will make it harder to organize and sync your data. Accessibility: It may not be easy to share the sheet with others at your organization.

Software 84

Software Free Tools Adobe 84

fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

By holding shorter sessions via video conference over a period of time, we have found that organizations actually make progress more quickly and end up with better results. All of this is done virtually combining video conferencing with a collaborative tool to capture notes and ideas along the way. But What About Zoom Fatigue?

Online 52

Online Doc Group Chart 52

Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2016

Many nonprofit organizations rely on outdated software and legacy systems, mainly because of low funds and generally restricted access to cutting edge technology. All Day, Anywhere Collaboration. Cloud technology can act as a great simplifier for many organizations, including nonprofits. A Green Initiative.

Benefit 36

Benefit Doc Comparison Africa 36

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

Given the many ways a fundraising plan can make your life easier, it’s hard to understand why so many organizations don’t have them. You’ll have the confidence of knowing when the time is right to spend money on programs, something many young and small organizations struggle with. Or the search for the perfect template. Or enough data.

Fundraising 134

Fundraising Activities Active Activism 134

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Breaking up is hard to do…even when it means splitting with your organization to move on to a new adventure. If you’re part of the organization being left, use these as a guide to help the exiting person leave well and feel free to download our sample transition checklist here. . Communicate Clearly and Collaboratively.

Leadership 41

Leadership Practice Nonprofit License 41

Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

This week I found apps that will help your collaborate, communicate well, and stay safe and fit! This is a natural fit for the organization and they have plans for future apps focused on earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and flood preparedness. If you regularly manage your organization’s Facebook Page this could be helpful.

Doc 67

Doc Google Hurricane Charity 67

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2012

” The thesis: For nonprofit organizations there are two key processes that lead to social change: To become networked, and to use measurement. What’s Up Doc? This panel will dramatically demonstrate how the practice of measurement, social media, social change, and networks have evolved over the past 5 years.

Doc 101

Doc ROI Measure Austin 101

Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Learn how to become a social organization with tips from Yammer 's director of community. See how one organization plans to bypass the crowds by teleworking during the Olympics (and the tools they’re using to do it). arts organization , and a Canadian wildlife organization to better fulfill their missions.

Global 52

Global Adobe Connect Storytelling Library 52

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

People had a lot to say about the roles that cloud computing plays in their organizations. I mentioned one way the cloud has been transformational in my work : it makes it much easier to collaborate with people outside of the organization. " But, as Jon Hardie interjected , it's not that easy.

Australia 65

Australia Canada Doc Collaboration 65

Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

But that doesn’t mean you can’t have the tools you need to operate your organization effectively. Nonprofit software helps organizations manage their day-to-day functions like administration, fundraising, donor relations, accounting, marketing, and more. Free and affordable contact management software. Bloomerang.

Software 52

Software Free Paypal Google 52

Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

This week I found apps that will help your collaborate, communicate well, and stay safe and fit! This is a natural fit for the organization and they have plans for future apps focused on earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and flood preparedness. If you regularly manage your organization’s Facebook Page this could be helpful.

Doc 62

Doc Google Hurricane Charity 62

NTEN

MAY 1, 2012

Learn about the latest and greatest online fundraising platforms and how to leverage them to raise money for your organization. What tools in the cloud can be employed for Collaboration, Social Media, Marketing, Website/Content Management and more? May 14 - Communication Tools, Services & Opportunities in the Cloud.

Service 59

Service Tools Doc Work 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

.” The book offers up advice and techniques on how to make your online channels – email marketing, web site, and newer tools like mobile and social media work together in a sophisticated strategy or your organization to reach its advocacy, fundraising, or community building goals. Click to see larger version.

Campaign 97

Campaign Online Chapter Model 97

Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2015

At TechSoup, we're all about community organizations coming together to improve the quality of life for citizens. So when I heard about a collaborative project between nonprofits, city agencies, and the local library happening in my own backyard (almost literally!), Designate a lead person or organization.

Guide 36

Guide Resource San Francisco Community 36

Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

Web conferencing is a technology that can be a game changer for an organization. Web conferencing excels where rich collaboration and close interaction are needed and teams are dispersed. Audio, video, application, and screen sharing (jpg, ppt, pdf, flash, mp3, doc). Today, that’s just about everything and everyone.

Adobe Connect 55

Adobe Connect Web Adobe Audio 55

NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

This may be you, or a bit of you; I'm often collaborating with folks, including other staff here at Database Designs, who slice up the tool pie differently. Collaborative Files I couldn't get through my day without Dropbox , which I have blogged about before. Dropbox also has essential team collaboration built in.

Tools 60

Tools Synchronous Doc Jing 60

Forum One

MAY 5, 2010

" The event, Participation Camp , was organized by volunteers recently and sponsored, in part, by Forum One. A volunteer opportunity database is needed to connect service organizations with volunteers who have web and technical skills. Raw, collaboratively-written notes from this session are also available.

Unconference 44

Unconference Digital Government Doc 44

Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

As a conference organizer, even when the conference finally ends, you breathe a sigh of relief only to realize that you have to update the conference website, send thank you notes, and put out your next ask. Conference organizing should be a collaborative effort with a few people from every department.

Conference 69

Conference Registration Doc Badge 69

Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2010

Ian and company had even set up a Google Doc where the audience could post their notes on the panel as it was taking place. But with the fun of introducing the tech goodies out of the way, Ian began by explicitly laying out that the session wouldn't focus on online collaboration and communications tools.

QuickTime 58

QuickTime Communication Tech NTC 58

Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

The museums of the world are collaborating to bring you #MuseumGames every Sunday, with a new crossword puzzle each week featuring clues from all sorts of museums. ??: Let’s make the doc a living document to help us make informed decisions. And, given how resilient our field is, I know we can. These dates will be changing.

Museum 20

Museum Work Time Doc 20

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Full-fledged applications that live in the cloud: for example, Google Docs , Microsoft Office 365 , Zoho , or NetSuite. A few that I noted were: Cloud tools facilitate real-time collaboration. Identity Management: you may not be able to use your organization's domain name when using cloud tools. If you want to just dip.

NTEN 52

NTEN Synchronous Doc Internet 52

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Nowhere is this truer than in the online collaboration space. In cases where an organization wants to engage in collaboration online but doesn't know exactly how, they could certainly evaluate the options and do a detailed software selection to find the "right" solution. A serious organization CAN launch and learn.

Internet 50

Internet Tools Strategy Learning 50

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Nowhere is this truer than in the online collaboration space. In cases where an organization wants to engage in collaboration online but doesn't know exactly how, they could certainly evaluate the options and do a detailed software selection to find the "right" solution. A serious organization CAN launch and learn.

Tools 40

Tools Strategy Learning Collaboration 40

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

So I’m going to try and lay out the details of what cloud computing is, and how it’s useful for nonprofit organizations. As the bandwidth available increases (via FiOS , and other methods) cloud computing will get even more attractive to organizations and people. at 5:17 am TechSoup Blog 09.16.09

AJAX 134

AJAX Application Open Source Plugin 134

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

When the Afghanistan crisis reared its ugly head again this year, a group of veterans, active-duty service members, former government officials, civil servants, and nonprofit organizations came together to work online to help individuals and families evacuate the country. But what about those tools that weren’t?

Collaboration 59

Collaboration Impact Technology Amazon 59

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook.

Social 65

Social South America Disaster Mobile 65

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook.

Social 61

Social South America Disaster Mobile 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

A recent McKinsey survey suggests that 90% of organizations will adopt some version of the hybrid workplace. The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Beware of Power Imbalances and Group Dynamics.

Facilitation 180

Facilitation Tips Camera Nonprofit 180

NTEN

MAY 13, 2011

By Chris Bernard, Idealware When [NTEN Member] Andy Wolber worked for NPower Michigan—first as a consultant, then later as executive director—the organization had a geographically spread-out board of 10-15 members. He said the document-sharing capabilities of the site are limited, but sufficient for formal board book type collaborations.

Case Study 69

Case Study Michigan Collaboration Studies 69

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2005

as “an emerging network-centric platform to support distributed, collaborative and cumulative creation by its users.” I think this really sums up the user-centric view of a lot of the discussion. Why can't you just send her a doc like you did last week?" But what do my non-profit users want from the internet? I've tried.

AJAX 40

AJAX Doc Bookmarking Adopt 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

2 ) that discusses how to lay the groundwork for board signoff on an organization's social media in initiatives. I Collaborate blog has a post about how to lobby for skype in your organization, if you're working internationally. Social Media: Adoption, Strategy, and Measuring Success ZUP4Nonprofits has a two-part post ( pt.

Summary 50

Summary Nptech Tag Tools 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

In the early 1980s, I began writing software programs for friends in various nonprofits organizations located in an office building where I rented office space. Gradually and actually pretty much by accident other organizations found us and we eventually had a very diverse clientele. My first clients were "solidarity" groups.

AJAX 50

AJAX Wiki Oakland Doc 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Organizing a community and serving it well has a lot of dimensions poorly reflected in webstats alone. Michele Martin has a very useful post about how to use a set of 3 tools to support a group or collaborative blog. Laura Whitehead of Laura's Notebook highly recommends the recent CommonCraft video on Google Docs in Plain English.

Open Source 50

Open Source Nptech Summary Tag 50