Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. Now let’s look at Excel , which a lot of nonprofits initially use to track their data. Nonprofits can use this software to track fundraising campaign progress or assign roles within a larger project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

And, Google documents allows you export and import pretty easily without too much reformating hell. I'm finding it very annoying to having to open an attached document from email, save it to my hard drive, and work with track changes or comments though. And, with google groups you have an option of reading via a RSS feed.

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Byte Technology

MAY 31, 2016

Of course it should come as no great surprise that Internet giant Google has some great solutions for uptime website monitoring. Using a combination of their free services—Google Spreadsheets, Google Docs and Google Scripts—you can actually construct your own uptime monitoring page to track any number of websites.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

First, we created an open Google Doc where we put in the introduction language, so anyone that clicked through from someone’s blog or Twitter post would have context about what was happening (and included a numbered list up to 53, so people could easily see where to add their name and blog address). Some tweeted.

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Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

It also keeps you organized by reducing data redundancy, tracking donor activity, and providing automatic reports. What it does: Bloomerang is a donor management and fundraising software that allows nonprofits to organize their donor records and optimize donor engagement through tracking and reporting. Google Sheets.

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sgEngage

JUNE 14, 2022

With opportunities for virtual peer networking and small group discussions, there will be tracks for admissions and enrollment, the business office, student and learning management, and technology and innovation. They had Google forms and docs, emails, databases, digital files, and even hard copy binders. Use the Tools.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We recommend creating an excel doc to track the bids and give grades across desired criteria for each vendor. Reporting and analytics needs : Google Analytics configured with goal tracking , website forms that are stored online and/or emailed. Filter out the junk and only share the top proposals with the team.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

It’s core is a very powerful and flexible ticket tracker, but it includes all of the important project management features you want and need, milestones, time tracking, wikis, file repository, even discussion boards, and it connects with version control repositories. I think it knocks Basecamp right out of the water.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 23, 2010

Integration : I think that the ability to pull in a google document, slides, notes, and so on really adds to the value of the tool – it also separates it from many of the other tweet-pooling tools out there. Or, for use in campaigns, either for those wanting to track a campaign or as part of the public-facing campaign map.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). Metrics Tracking. >> The tracking documents you use can be living, evolving documents. Presentation.

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NetWits

JUNE 6, 2011

Think about the websites you most visit: Facebook , Google’s Gmail , Calendars and Docs , Yahoo , Netflix , NYTimes , Friendster –what, you don’t use Friendster anymore? There are many reasons for logins, including security, functionality and personalized content–but also for tracking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats. Google Mobile :: google.com/mobile.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

First Aid by American Red Cross - Google Play. The app tracks your progress and the distance you cover while walking, running, or biking. Charity Miles - Google Play. If you are walking home in a potentially unsafe area you can allow a friend to track your location as you walk and alert them when you arrive at your destination.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

First Aid by American Red Cross - iTunes App Store First Aid by American Red Cross - Google Play Charity Miles iOS/Android: Charity Miles is an app that connects your commitment to fitness with your commitment to the causes your support. The app tracks your progress and the distance you cover while walking, running, or biking.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Google recognizes the power of search engine marketing and shares free access to its paid marketing platform with eligible nonprofits. Through the Google Ad Grants program, Google empowers charitable organizations to tap into pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, connecting them with likely prospects online.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

So for some groups Zoom and a google doc, and the occasional Jamboard, will be a perfect match. Something as simple as asking them to open a google doc and write their name at the top of the document. It is hard enough to keep everyone on track when you are together in a room. Distraction, Distraction, Distraction.

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Tech Soup

JULY 7, 2014

Is your activity being tracked? " Doc Searls, the author of "The Intention Economy" and the current lead of ProjectVRM at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, delivered the keynote at the event. Web Pal is currently free and at the moment, only available for Google Chrome via the Chrome Web Store.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Get a legal pad and a pen or pull up a Google Doc or a Word Doc. Then set quarterly goals and monthly goals to keep you on track. It’s too easy to drop parts of your imaginary plan, shift others, and back off your goals because you don’t feel like following through. And start writing. How much money do you need to raise?

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2009

When you can share edits, track changes, insert comments, and brainstorm without needing to print, there's less paper wasted and a lot of pricey ink saved. The green benefit of this is that if you can collaborate online, it may enable you to commute or travel less, which means lower CO2 emissions.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

When it came to blogger outreach, a Google Doc was the preferred and successful tool. is a URL shortener that allows you to track your links across social media as well as customize the shortened link. Epic Change used four planning tools, but much of the work was really in just two: a private Facebook group and Google Docs.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

The current software does not interface with our current/new technical environment (MS-Exchange and Office, or Google g-mail, calendar, docs, etc.). But the right database can help people with: Prospect management and tracking. This is an area of new or expanded emphasis for us. Stewarding current donors. Time-management.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

So, take the time to track your data this year and you’ll be all set for this step next year! A Google Doc or Sheet is a great place to start, because you can collaborate with your team. Staying on track Review your plan at the beginning of each month. Often an event brings in the cost plus a few thousand dollars profit.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Google Drive Mobile is a free app for viewing and editing Google Docs on an Android phone or tablet. Google Drive for iOS is a free app that allows you to view and edit Google Doc office documents on iPhones and iPads. It tracks a teleworkers’ activities including duration and applications used.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

It renders documents well on the screen, nearly as well as on a laptop, and allows users to do a surprising amount of formatting, particularly within Word docs. It is also well-integrated and can store documents in the cloud to several services including Google Docs, Dropbox, Box.net, Evernote, Huddle, and several others.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Sometimes we get off track with Board members and them with us. Use Google docs to share information and materials. Send information using an email program like Constant Contact to be sure everyone can receive the materials and you can track if there was a problem. In person, email, fax, mail, Twitter?

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

You can upload an existing PowerPoint or Google Docs presentation, and it’s instantly online and ready for folks to view. If you use presentations for fundraising or outreach, note that SlideRocket keeps track of viewer data and provides analytics tools that let you to see how popular a presentation is.

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2010

It has its own Google Doc.) The idea isn't to start something totally new, but rather to continue doing what we do daily -- and keep track of it, so we can do it better as we go along. It's necessary to have a place to document and track the evaluation of our experiments. What makes it official? Trust your instincts.

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

Dropbox also tracks versions of documents across the team. Dropbox sits nicely between formal, full featured project communications tools such as Basecamp (which we also use), Central Desktop , or Google Apps and Docs. Google's new Cloud Connect is not ready for prime time. Central Deskop has also added a tool.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Cloud computing basically means services you use over the Internet like Google Apps, Microsoft Office Web Apps , Live Documents , or One Hub rather than installing software and housing the document or information in-house. And be sure and check out the great online video, Google Docs in Plain English. Collaboration Tools Chart.

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2010

Service providers should conduct training on free tools, such as Google Docs, that are more widely available for those on tight budgets. Here are some additional volunteer service web sites I tracked down after our discussion.

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

There are a number of web conferencing options on the market today, as well as freebies like Skype and Google Hangout. Audio, video, application, and screen sharing (jpg, ppt, pdf, flash, mp3, doc). If a meeting is getting off-track, speak up and steer the conversation. Adobe Connect. Webcam sharing (multiple users).

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Sarah - use google alerts and a page that we update with mentions. Qui - for clients that are larger, we set up media citation reports (like a word doc with titles and links and relevant info about the mentions and how they should respond). and pop.url for tracking retweets (Check out Laura Lee Dooley’s URL shortener report!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2008

Otherwise easy to lose track of where you've documented what in an internal wiki davidLeeking give all staff access, make it easy, say you want their contributions Seth Schneider Prepopulate the wiki with documents/information that people inherently need to access. Wikis aren't intuitive EricaG Categories & crossreferencing.

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Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Learn more How it works All-in-one donor management Track every single interaction with your donors and effortlessly manage relationships through a unified supporter record. Learn more “This is a lot of money we were dealing with and you can’t use Google Docs for everything.

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2012

To help you keep track of files while keeping your sanity, here are 5 of the tools that will make organizing your conference a breeze. Jeff Ramos. Community and Content Manager. Games for Change. Many of us in the nonprofit space know how much effort goes into organizing large, annual events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. " Holly Ross from NTEN has the final word with a brilliant post sharing all the metrics they track and putting them into context.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. There was one database of projects, one set of guidelines for project management and shared progress-tracking system across boundaries, time zones, and domains of expertise.

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