Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The evolution of technology has, however, made it easy to rapidly put credible solutions in place, and, in many cases, this internet strategist is here to tell you that you just need to dispense with the rigor and go for it. And often, there internet strategy should be to do just that. The tools are now there.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. You may feel like you are doing everything yourself, but at some point you will be collaborating with others on documents, and you will need Docs and Sheets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. Internet Archive Wayback Machine :: web.archive.org. This tool allows nonprofits to easily create Web-based Internet “TV&# stations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2014

Doc Searls on VRM. To get a better sense of VRM in context of nonprofits, we spoke with one of the movement's volunteers, Doc Searls. An author, photographer, journalist, Searls is also the current lead of ProjectVRM at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. VRM operates on the customer or individual's side.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 27, 2009

Ten years ago, Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger laid out 95 principles for communicating with customers online. The Cluetrain Manifesto , sounded a visionary wake-up call that the Internet would change — was already changing — the fundamental nature of the relationship between businesses and their markets.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Brazil is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but the cost of broadband Internet is hobbling cloud adoption in the region. Its mission is to offer products and services that help telecenters become self-sustainable while providing low-cost public access to computers and the Internet.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

They use Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, and Internet Explorer. I use Google Docs , Zoho Writer , and Office Web Apps. He stressed that without an internet connection, you can't do very much with it. A few web apps can work when you're not connected to the Internet. Backups, when done, are to external hard drives.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

Some meeting or course participants do not have stable internet connections. I had asked my contact whether participants were comfortable using Zoom with Google Docs. Here are five guidelines I’ve created after learning from experiences over the past year: 1) Design the technology experience with the lowest barrier to entry.

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Tech Soup

JULY 7, 2014

" 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. DuckDuckGo is an Internet search engine that doesn't collect or share personal information.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 5, 2010

gSyncIt can get my notes into Google Docs, but those don't sync with the Pre and I don't want to have to get Internet access just to read or write a note. Also, gSyncIt also brought my Google Docs into my Outlook Notes, which wasn't good. Calendar: Google Calendar Sync. Notes: Evernote.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2009

Do they do that with their employees' Google Doc passwords? Does anyone think to disable those employees' access to docs in the cloud? Tags: Physical Security Privacy Security Security Staff Training Using the Web and Internet. IT staff can test the security of passwords on their own networks.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2009

Here is how the CyberOptic Group describes it: Essentially, cloud computing enables computer software and hardware resources to be accessed over the Internet without the need to have any detailed or specific knowledge of the infrastructure used to deliver the resources, much like a utility model. What Is Cloud Computing?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. The processing power of our mobile phones roughly doubles every 18 months as does storage capacity, as do Internet speeds with the advent of faster 4G and 4G LTE mobile networks.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Google Docs and Google Sites are also used by some groups and not others, depending on the familiarity with these applications and individual preferences. Since they can access their mail from anywhere with Internet, working from home is much easier (previously, staff would ask coworkers to email their personal account for the day).

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I often explain cloud computing over-simply as using the Internet as your hard drive. It also goes by the name software as a service (SaaS), which is basically using Internet-based software or services like Google Docs , Salesforce CRM , and Microsoft Office Live Workspace.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2009

The recent theft of confidential documents from Twitter's Google Docs account points out the dangers of insecure passwords. Tags: Privacy Security Security Using the Web and Internet. NTEN's blog discusses the details of the break-in and lessons we should learn from it. The chief lesson: good passwords are key to good security. .

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Tags: Green Office GreenTech Physical Security Privacy Running Your Organization Security Security Software Using the Web and Internet.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2011

While many nonprofits are probably using tools like Google Docs or YouTube in their organizations, Google for Nonprofits attempts to consolidate the many different parts of the Google portfolio into one site, and simplify the process to receive a donation of YouTube for Nonprofits , Google Grants , Google Apps , and Google Earth Outreach.

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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. Tags: Running Your Organization Staff Using the Web and Internet Volunteers Web 2.0 As was the case at many NTC sessions , this panel had a heavy online component.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

If your in that camp it’s likely you are using Google Drive, Google’s document collaboration tool and its replacement for Google Docs. This new dedicated app for Google Drive will allow you to edit your Google Docs offline for the first time. When you have internet access later on, your changes will be synced up.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2009

Kevin warns of a newly discovered security weakness in Google Docs. Tags: Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 In case you missed it, here are a few things that have been on our minds over the past week. From the TechSoup Community: TechSoup Blog. Elliot asks what your nonprofit can learn from the YMCA about IT alignment.

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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? Well, my point is that all of these sites have user logins.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

If your in that camp it’s likely you are using Google Drive, Google’s document collaboration tool and its replacement for Google Docs. This new dedicated app for Google Drive will allow you to edit your Google Docs offline for the first time. When you have internet access later on, your changes will be synced up.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2009

Tags: GreenTech Office & Productivity Software Using the Web and Internet.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2010

This fantastic doc from MIT will walk you through your office to help you pinpoint places where you can do more to help Mother Earth. Did you know that the age of the Internet has actually increased our paper consumption ? The first step is to admit you have a problem, right? Print green.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Use virtual tools to manage campaign internally (Yammer, Google Docs, Listening Dashboards, Private Facebook Groups, etc). Internet Director. Encourage brainstorming. Give staff space and time for creativity and to think. Develop shared language. Cross disciplinary teams. Web Producer. Online Campaigner. Database Manager.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

In the course of this work we have found that the state of cloud adoption is largely personal (for example, Google Mail, Google Docs) and not yet institutional. They operate with donated computers and often are located in remote areas with a lack of Internet infrastructure and therefore do not have access to cloud products.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

It still requires the hardware and operating systems, and databases that more traditional applications that are inside your network require, but, generally, you hand off that responsibility to the folks that host your application, and access the application through the internet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2007

I looked over Allan Benamer’s post on the Convio and Kintera initiatives, I looked harder at the Convio Open and Kintera Connect docs, and I also had a chat with some Kintera folk. I have a few comments. Allan is right – the Kintera API is more comprehensive, and provides for more flexibility than the Convio API.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

I personally liked the definition presenter Peter Campbell, of Earthjustice , used: an outsourced platform, application, or suite of applications delivered over the Internet. Full-fledged applications that live in the cloud: for example, Google Docs , Microsoft Office 365 , Zoho , or NetSuite. Cloud Opportunities (The Good Stuff).

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

Audio, video, application, and screen sharing (jpg, ppt, pdf, flash, mp3, doc). Anytime, anywhere access from any internet-enabled device. Sharing of specific applications (not just full screen). Attendee polling and statistics. Whiteboards, breakout rooms. File uploading and downloading. Ease of use for nontechnical users.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2011

Reconciling the transactions could be easier, but you can download the data from your online Square sales record into an Excel doc. Money is transferred to your Square account, and then deposited directly to your bank account at the end of the day. In the end, we have a couple of suggestions for improvements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

This video of Doc Searls talks about two of the competing metaphors that exist on the Internet - the static Web vs. the dynamic Web. This video of David Weinberger makes the case for NPR to trust the public when it comes to uploading user-generating content and discerning the differences between NPR content and user content.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Here’s a quick overview of both initiatives.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because many residents of Visitacion Valley don't have Internet access at home and/or don't speak English, it can be difficult for them to find local information. To collect and organize data, the team members used Google docs and Google forms. Technology and Volunteers Make It Happen.

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2010

billion in Recovery Act grants and loans to improve internet access in American communities.). Service providers should conduct training on free tools, such as Google Docs, that are more widely available for those on tight budgets. Last December, the Obama administration started awarding over $7.2

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

And yeah after reading the docs, I agree, it’s bad. Speaking of the responses of the old guard, eTapestry, which was bought by Blackbaud last year, is opening up it’s API this week. Allan, in his inimitable way, points out how bad the API is. So is it good news, when companies open APIs that don’t make it easy to really use?

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