TechImpact

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

This Friday we need three volunteers to help organize pies for the county fair over the weekend.” Always appear professional, organized, and start meetings on time. Getting people involved is the first hurdle every volunteer based organization must leap. We really need help this weekend!” Respect a volunteer’s time.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 21, 2013

For many nonprofits, maintaining effective communication and cooperation between employees who find themselves spread across wide areas is often a challenge. Our Impact'

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TechImpact

AUGUST 27, 2014

This ultimately requires more staff in the field to babysitting, instead of working. In contrast, an engaged volunteer is not only more reliable and self-sufficient, but is also more likely to work with your nonprofit in the future or become an advocate for your cause. Help your volunteers create memories by organizing teams.

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TechImpact

APRIL 15, 2014

One of the biggest complaints employees of nonprofit (and for-profits, for that matter) organizations have is the lack of transparency between management and the employees. Whether it be during the work day, or at events outside of normal work hours. Whether it be during the work day, or at events outside of normal work hours.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Most nonprofit organizations are small. of the world’s workforce employed in the nonprofit sector, a vast majority of those individuals are working as individuals, or in organizations less than 50 people. In fact, with over 7.4%

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TechImpact

JANUARY 1, 2014

What makes doing your work annoying or difficult? Think about what makes your work, or your employees’ work, difficult and follow these bread crumbs to a solution. What will change about your organization when this tech is fully implemented or removed? Will this tech switch improve productivity?

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

However, nonprofit technology is booming and your organization might be looking for a more sustainable, automated management solution. Dean Graham, Tech Impact’s Senior Manager of Application Services, has been working closely with nonprofits for 6 years, consulting on topics ranging from business continuity to applications.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 8, 2014

We all know technology increases productivity, makes working easier, and better connects us to our missions and our organizations. And in recent years, this has shown with nonprofit organizations consistently increasing the investment in technology every year. And with the advent of the cloud, this number might continue to rise.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 28, 2014

However, mismanagement of volunteers due to other budgeting restraints could turn a fun, giving-back experience into a stressful, this-feels-like-work one. Here are our top 10 tips for managing your volunteers, especially if you’re working with a small budget: Look like a team. Can’t afford shirts? Say “Thank you.”

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TechImpact

APRIL 3, 2014

On-site servers are not scalable, a thing of the past, and borderline ridiculous; while cloud servers allow contemporary businesses the ability to work exactly how they need to. A cloud allows you and the rest of your nonprofit’s employees the ability to work independently from anywhere. Think lean, think connected. The answer is none.

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TechImpact

JUNE 9, 2014

As clouds become even more powerful and, and packages and services become more comprehensive, organizations become more receptive to the idea of migrating to the cloud. One reservation many organizations have with making the switch is how difficult the migration process could be potentially. Image courtesy of US News.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

A connected nonprofit is a successful nonprofit when it comes to collaborating and working in teams. While each organization varies in size, locales, and causes, technology can help facilitate workflow. The ability to save, share, and collaboratively work in one area without duplicating efforts can save organizations a lot of time.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Encourage your volunteers to ‘check-in’ at an event or the nonprofit’s organization via Facebook, Instagram, FourSquare, and other social sites and apps that help spread awareness to new networks your charity might not be reaching. email, phone, and social), and identify your nonprofit’s top volunteers.

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TechImpact

JUNE 2, 2014

Between running a nonprofit’s website, blog, and social media, not to mention working in the day to day, jumping into video seems terrifying for a lot of nonprofits. There are so many profits all vying for the public’s attention and each one of those organization’s boasts an equally dedicated group of employees who care about their mission.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 29, 2014

However, mismanagement of volunteers due to other budgeting restraints could turn a fun, giving-back experience into a stressful, this-feels-like-work one. Here are our top 10 tips for managing your volunteers, especially if you’re working with a small budget: Look like a team. Can’t afford shirts? Say “Thank you.”

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TechImpact

JANUARY 2, 2014

These questions and more are likely being asked right now by you or someone in your nonprofit organization. With a cloud computing system you can rest assured your cloud provider has invested in meeting strict security needs than your individual organization could not meet alone. High risk work areas. High turnover.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Gartner , a tech analyst firm, created a list of trending technology resources nonprofits and organizations are taking advantage of to make a greater impact using more robust resources, at a lower cost than traditional IT. Image courtesy of Wisepreneur. Virtual Information. Integrated Systems.

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TechImpact

JULY 15, 2014

Technology is enabling organizations of all kinds the unprecedented ability to communicate directly with all of their constituents. Why is this important? It’s been said on this blog and on many others, but your nonprofit blog’s importance can not be understated.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 15, 2015

There are many critical responsibilities that come with working for a non-profit organization. Promoting your cause, organizing your volunteers and raising money for your mission are just a few of the major responsibilities that can make or break your organization.

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TechImpact

MAY 28, 2014

Software is an integral part of running any business or organization effectively. It allows your nonprofit to communicate effectively, save files, work faster, and accomplish your mission sooner. Ask questions to the right people, both inside and out of your organization. Image courtesy of Pingnroute.com. Define a budget.

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TechImpact

JULY 8, 2014

A used guide is a step-by-step instruction guide that can cover data entry, reporting, policies, field definitions, and information on how the work should be flowing. We live and work in fluid working environment that is constantly changing. And as your needs at work change, the way you use your nonprofit CRM will change, too.

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TechImpact

MARCH 27, 2014

But, what is the best way to organize my webpages? Organizing your navigation. Because you’ve determined which pages are primary and which are secondary, you are ready to organize your content into more concise lists. All of the information contained on your website needs to be organized in thoughtful clear manner.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Strategic planning is your organizations road map. It’s a defined strategy for the organization that helps to clearly defines how your nonprofit will achieve its mission. Working from the outside in ensures your nonprofit is accounting for factors outside of its control. Sometimes (maybe most times) these words mean nothing.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 9, 2013

While in Liberia, Kendima never used a computer; however, through dedication, hard work, and a little help from ITWorks , Kendima’s dream of working in IT has been realized. “I Each student enrolled in the highly competitive, free program works a 5 week internship, generally in the nonprofit sector.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

What nonprofits should understand is that the cloud is not only helpful, it can be organization altering. It has the power to connect departments of an organization and empower employees to work from anywhere. How many times have you, or someone at your nonprofit, had to ask if a spreadsheet is the most up to date version?

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Smile Train consistently shows the dramatic impact of its work via Twitter. In this case, the photo draws you in, and when you click through to the website , you can read full length stories and see great photos of children who have been helped by the organization. Donors love to see the behind-the-scenes work of the organization.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 30, 2014

While the ROI of storytelling is a difficult one to measure , what’s important to understand is that it does work. These people your nonprofit is working to provide help to are people with stories. For example, donating money to charities that are associated with that great story or narrative. Every nonprofit has a story to tell.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Getting to know you nonprofit’s budget, specifically how it is planned, what budget changes or larger expenditures might require your board and executives approval, and get to know your organization’s CFO–they might have some ideas you haven’t thought of for moving your CRM implementation forward. Work backwards.

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TechImpact

JUNE 12, 2014

The truth is, when the two work together in harmony, some pretty incredible things can come of the collaboration. And that’s good news for your nonprofit that is constantly looking to maximize the effectiveness of the tools it already has, and in some cases, add a new tool that works in harmony with the rest of its arsenal.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 21, 2013

The organization served over 347,500 Floridians last year in a wide range of philanthropic efforts, and that work is only … Continued The post Heart of Florida United Way Uses Office 365 to Gain Some Peace of Mind appeared first on Tech Impact.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Build-up and personalize to avoid the “hard sell” Sending monthly personal messages to past and potential donors, informing them about your work and results can make a soft appeal at the end of the year more successful. Put the work in ahead of time and really get to know your donors.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Traditional corporate approaches to inspiring employees to create a bigger impact, like giving them more responsibility or compensation, do not work with volunteers. This feeling of inclusion and importance will resonate with your volunteers, they’ll feel more involved and important to your organization. Create team leaders.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 28, 2013

Moving your nonprofit organization to the cloud is not as hard as you think and the benefits include saving approximately 30% on email services, increased storage space per user, and a more reliable email server, according to an article on The Daily Beast. Image courtesy of IT Pro. 5 Steps To Migrating Email. Gmail, or AOL.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Boards and nonprofit executives play a big role in determining the allocation of funds, trying to put as much of the “after expense profit” towards the organization’s cause. Don’t over-think it. “#socent is the new black,” Lee says, “don’t over-think categories. Just do what you do.”

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TechImpact

MAY 27, 2014

This is someone that may have otherwise never known about your organization. Even if they do not become an ardent supporter, your name has been introduced to someone who otherwise may have never known your organization existed in the first place. Try following people who live in the same state or city as you to start.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Volunteers are the life blood of many nonprofit organizations. How many of your volunteers have been with your organization for over a year? So, if volunteers are so important to your nonprofit, why don’t you spend more time making sure they come back and continue contributing their time and hard work to make your nonprofit a success?

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Crowd-funding websites allow individuals and organizations to create a page on their website and promote donations for a cause, product, or service. For nonprofits, these sites work off of a base of able and willing donors who. Select a very specific project your nonprofit is focusing on. Have a marketing plan in place.

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