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More online than local: Why I love Google Docs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Not everyone I work with has moved away from Word/Excel -- so I'm finding myself with one foot in the web-based collaboration tools and the other foot stuck in Microsoft Office. So, I can easily respect other people's tool preferences as long as I don't get too annoyed. I'm not going to ditch email or listservs anytime soon.

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ROI for a donor database

Robert Weiner

My colleague Charlie Hunsaker posted the following question on the FUNDSVCS Advancement Services listserve: I have two clients who are looking for new systems and want a “cost justification” for their acquisition to share with their management. We need better tools for reporting, analysis, and business intelligence.

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Attention #NPdataNerds: Report back from the first-ever Do Good Data Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After much discussion about Etherpad, Piratepad, okfnpad, Storify, and other tools, we settled on good old Google docs. By the time we all arrived at the event, Heidi had created a separate collaborative note-taking doc for each session, and one that served as a table of contents. right here.

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Advice for Consultants - Part 2

Robert Weiner

3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. Even a word doc you update every time you’re on site for a client is better than notes scribbled on post-its. It’s easy and cheap, accessible from anywhere, and will help you define your work. (3)

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Wikis: What, When, Why

Museum 2.0

But wikis are a very specific tool. The wiki has to be the best tool for the job. When is a wiki the best tool for the job? This ability to organize content segments, like moving post-its around on a table, makes wikis more useful than other collaborative document creation tools like Google Docs. a conference).

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September Net2 Think Tank Roundup: Curating Content

Tech Soup

Share your tips, tactics, tools, and techniques for effectively curating to serve your audience. topic, with all of us sharing the tools, methods, and ideas we have. This tool includes. further reading on the process and tools you can use for curation. " Topic: What are your best practices for curating content?

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