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Chromebook for Nonprofits: Are Web Apps All You Need?

Tech Soup

I can migrate their Microsoft Access applications to a free Salesforce account. They can take them anywhere they need, access all their applications and data, never worry about malware, backups, disaster recovery, etc. I use Google Docs , Zoho Writer , and Office Web Apps. Backups, when done, are to external hard drives.

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Cool App Roundup: Office Apps for Smartphones

Tech Soup

The usual price for such apps is now around $10 each but some of them come preloaded on several models of smartphones at no cost. 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. Access cloud storage.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

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. As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops. Tablet adoption is very brisk. Just under 200 million of them were sold worldwide in 2013.

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8 Tips for Facilitating Nonprofit Hybrid Meetings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Leaders can leverage the hybrid meeting model to change this by looking around the table and making sure all voices are seen and heard, whether participating on-screen or in-person. When you use the chat box, those at their own device have easier access to read. 50-50 Time Split: This model allows staff to work from home half the time.

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Advice for Consultants - Part 2

Robert Weiner

The tech underground model (loose yet organized affiliation of npo techs who share skills and back each other up) is one of the good models out there. It’s easy and cheap, accessible from anywhere, and will help you define your work. (3) I also have a remote connection to my home (business) laptop available at all times.

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[VIDEO] How to Get a Return on Your Nonprofit Technology Investment

Bloomerang

The chief operating officer in the ’50s developed this model that is true for all of us, and it’s called the J Curve. You have to model being a coach, and you’re going to wait so you can see over time, eventually, you start to see some tangible benefits. Japanese car manufacturer, I believe it was Toyota. Make change.

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Wikis: What, When, Why

Museum 2.0

While there are some criticisms of its consensus-based model for information-vetting, there's no doubt of its success as a collaborative knowledge-creation project. We used a wiki to document all of the sessions so that after the conference, participants (and people who weren't able to come) could access the notes from session they missed.

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