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Nonprofit Volunteer Management: Three Tips to Increase and Maintain Engagement

Nonprofit Tech for Good

And the current estimated national value of each volunteer hour is $29.95 (Independent Sector). Shockingly, according to a Software Advice research report, 52 percent of nonprofits are still using Excel and Google Docs to run their development operations. Adopting the right software can completely transform your volunteer program.

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A View of the Cloud from Brazil

Tech Soup

Brazil is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but the cost of broadband Internet is hobbling cloud adoption in the region. We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. Needless to say, the expense of Internet affects cloud adoption.

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A View of the Cloud from India

Tech Soup

This is a communique on the current state of cloud adoption in India from Prashant Pandit and Pooja Jayna from TechSoup Global's, NASSCOM Foundation BIGTech Program , which is an NGO committed to building ICT capacity in civil society in India. It is one of the BRIC nations with its economy growing at 8% annually.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. Used widely throughout the globe, FrontlineSMS has empowered a texting revolutionat the grassroots by nonprofits in developing nations and has become a beacon for social good in mobile technology. Based in the U.K., 4096 Color Wheel :: ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. Tablet adoption is very brisk. Google Drive Mobile is a free app for viewing and editing Google Docs on an Android phone or tablet. That's around 1.3 billion of us doing it. Telework and the Polar Vortex.

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How to Write a Successful Annual Fundraising Plan in 6 Steps

Get Fully Funded

This strategy helps educate them that you have a lot on tap already and that you won’t be dropping everything to sell poinsettias, publish a cookbook, enter a national contest, or write a letter to a celebrity asking for money (or whatever else they’ve come up with). When you strive, you thrive. But you need something to strive for.

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8 Tips for Facilitating Nonprofit Hybrid Meetings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A recent McKinsey survey suggests that 90% of organizations will adopt some version of the hybrid workplace. Hybrid meetings are familiar for many nonprofits, particularly larger international nonprofits with many country offices or national networks with affiliate office locations.