Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We’ve grouped these solutions into the following categories: Donor Management Fundraising Project Management Communication Design Forms Marketing Events Website Content Management System As you assess each option, keep in mind that seemingly “free” platforms may still come with costs. The Bloomerang Payments processing fee is 2.2% + $0.30

Software 89

Software Free Tools Adobe 89

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If you’re not sure how much time to provide, consider these conservative timelines: Creating a posting for the open position | 1 Week. Posting the open position | 1 – 2 Months. A Google doc or Trello board can be great for organizing project-based work or listing duties. Interviewing/Reference Checks | 1 – 3 Months.

Leadership 81

Leadership Practice Nonprofit License 81

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

So often I find that we are too quick to say that because a website doesn’t have our domain, a tool is downloaded to our computer, or a platform doesn’t have our developers working on it that we can’t be responsible for measuring and analyzing the way we use it. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Do-It-Yourself.

Metrics 219

Metrics Community Map Template 219

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If you’re not sure how much time to provide, consider these conservative timelines: Creating a posting for the open position | 1 Week. Posting the open position | 1 – 2 Months. A Google doc or Trello board can be great for organizing project-based work or listing duties. Interviewing/Reference Checks | 1 – 3 Months.

Leadership 41

Leadership Practice Nonprofit License 41

NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Two or three years ago, you could have a conversation out in the open and have people organically join in. Stacey does feel that it's a useful and simple tool that can help spread your story, but had there not been volunteers in the public relations industry involved in the group, she may not have made the time to use the platform.

Case Study 80

Case Study Tools Studies Community 80

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

They support and extend the larger trends that are shaping both charity and business operations -- whether those trends are flex time, impact measurement, real time data, or open APIs -- and allow you to gain the benefits of those larger trends without really having to think about it much. Lower Costs. Reliance on third party(ies).

Hype 82

Hype Charity API Iowa 82

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

They support and extend the larger trends that are shaping both charity and business operations -- whether those trends are flex time, impact measurement, real time data, or open APIs -- and allow you to gain the benefits of those larger trends without really having to think about it much. Lower Costs. Reliance on third party(ies).

Hype 76

Hype Charity API Iowa 76

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

One sets up a page (often donation or event page) on the CRM vendors web platform and link your page to their pages. I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.) To some extent it also depends on how open the CMS is with regard to extensibility.

Integration 100

Integration API Drupal Open Source 100

Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

During the polar vortex winter 2014, telework has done some unexpected things like keeping federal government services open for business during one of the really bad snow storms. Android is by far the most prevalent tablet and phone platform. From 2005 to 2012, telework growth in charities has been 87 percent.

Phone 67

Phone NSF PowerPoint Mobile 67

Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

I invite you to take to every platform you have to advocate for financial resources for our sector and org. Let’s make the doc a living document to help us make informed decisions. Is there a good comprehensive google doc, growing list of museums that are closed, closing programs, etc? Be the look so many dads are on FB.

Museum 20

Museum Work Time Doc 20

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

First of all, while there are many choices for collaboration tools, a few simple filters will get one 90% of the way there (if you want to control the content but get some feedback, use a blog tool; if you need to develop a written product, use a wiki or Google Docs; if you want group discussions and networking, use a social network tool; etc.).

Internet 50

Internet Tools Strategy Learning 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

Hybrid meetings are where some participants participate remotely through a video conferencing platform like zoom, while the rest of the participants are gathered together in a conference room in an office or several in-person group clusters. When you use the chat box, those at their own device have easier access to read.

Facilitation 180

Facilitation Tips Camera Nonprofit 180

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

First of all, while there are many choices for collaboration tools, a few simple filters will get one 90% of the way there (if you want to control the content but get some feedback, use a blog tool; if you need to develop a written product, use a wiki or Google Docs; if you want group discussions and networking, use a social network tool; etc.).

Tools 40

Tools Strategy Learning Collaboration 40

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

While lots of other great sharing platforms exist, we like Google because pretty much anything you’d ever need to do on a computer falls under its big, convenient umbrella. Pretty much every Google Drive platform (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar) allows you to work on documents simultaneously with your coworkers. Collaboration.

Google 46

Google Problem Doc Slides 46

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

You can read the summary of how the free agent community came together to self-organize and create a public action as well as a full report of the lessons learned and reflections on the #TakeBackThePink campaign in this public google doc. 10 Lessons from Community-Driven Organizing. and Facebook, plus Stephanie’s graphic design expertise.

Reflection 150

Reflection Doc Lesson Cancer 150

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

The conventional wisdom on museum memberships is that they are "one size fits many" programs whose primary benefits are free entrance to the museum and insider access to exhibition openings. Remember, these are people who come to First Saturday--which is already free--and they're at work when we’re open Monday through Friday.

Museum 24

Museum Audience Program Artist 24

Connection Cafe

JULY 19, 2017

Baratunde is not only a comedian and entrepreneur who is passionate about several key causes, but he’s also a high-Klout influencer on platforms like Instagram and Snapchat. You can actually search within social media platforms for keywords and hashtags that are relevant to your nonprofit’s issues.

Influence 46

Influence Donor Doc Social Media 46

Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2017

Open-Source Tools. Open Data Kit helps you collect and manage data through a mobile app that works offline. Open Function is an automated data integration tool that connects anything to anything (think Internet of things sensors connected to water pumps in mines). Accounting. The Noun Project has a fabulous supply of free icons.

Product 52

Product Tools Open Source Alternative 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. JustCoz.org is a platform that enables charities, nonprofits, and NGOs to increase their social media reach by way of tweet and status update donations. It also has a “Charities and NGOs” section.

Fun 258

Fun Resource Mobile Social Media 258

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Both are extensible platforms with strong nonprofit user communities. Create hubs and extend platforms. Instead we've focused on building on the platforms that have already been successful for us, repurposing the data to be most effective. If someone prefers to create a Word file rather than a Google Doc, that's fine.

Lesson 96

Lesson Cancer Learning PDF 96

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Both are extensible platforms with strong nonprofit user communities. Create hubs and extend platforms. Instead we've focused on building on the platforms that have already been successful for us, repurposing the data to be most effective. If someone prefers to create a Word file rather than a Google Doc, that's fine.

Lesson 96

Lesson Cancer Learning PDF 96

NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

As one of you noted in the survey: My favorite thing about the conference is how open to sharing everyone there is. The opening plenary was wonderful - a big surprise for a tech conference. So, we''re sharing these with both/all angles together. You: The Community The community will never NOT be #1. Talk about generosity.

NTC 73

NTC Report Ideas Badge 73

Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

So you’re going to need to send several in order to get through, and you’re going to need a really good job writing really compelling subject lines to get them to open it. They only read the ones that speak to them with compelling subject lines that they want to open. This is the reality of end-of-year. And who knows.

Video 80

Video Fundraising Guide Test 80

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

I’m very platform agnostic. And, hey, here’s a Google doc parking lot that we set up that we want anybody who’s got issues or ideas about our technology, you can put them in here. So I am going to, let’s see, open Q&A. Remember faxes. And now it’s complicated. It’s complicated.

Technology 105

Technology Video Nonprofit System 105

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2008

You can set up a free blog via Blogger (my preferred platform) and set it to private, identifying a key set of people who are allowed to author and read posts. Many people use Google Docs for this, though I find the interface a bit confusing. applications (Google Docs and Google sites). Google Apps.

Tools 20

Tools Web Communication Wiki 20

Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Thus was born Craigslist, which soon expanded into a web-based platform where users could connect directly with each other at will to sell, trade, and donate goods, services, and gigs. It was the early stirrings of what we now call the “platform economy.”. The early promise of this emerging platform economy seemed fantastical.

Platform 140

Platform Technology United States New York 140

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

JustCoz.org is a platform that enables charities, nonprofits, and NGOs to increase their social media reach by way of tweet and status update donations. HopeMob is a crowdfunding platform built for individuals who are in financial need and in crisis. Change.org is the world’s largest petition platform. intl/internetstats.

Free 280

Free Mobile Nonprofit Map 280

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Change.org is the world’s largest petition platform. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. Change.org :: change.org.

Web 262

Web Tools Free Mobile 262

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. JustCoz.org is a platform that enables charities, nonprofits, and NGOs to increase their social media reach by way of tweet and status update donations. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. JustCoz.org :: justcoz.org.

Fun 259

Fun Resource Mobile Social Media 259

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. It is a must download! GreatNonprofits :: greatnonprofits.org.

Web 276

Web Tools Free Mobile 276

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. It is a must download! GreatNonprofits :: greatnonprofits.org.

Web 241

Web Tools Free Social Media 241

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. JustCoz.org is a platform that enables charities, nonprofits, and NGOs to increase their social media reach by way of tweet and status update donations. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. JustCoz.org :: justcoz.org.

Fun 100

Fun Resource Mobile Social Media 100