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Nonprofit Volunteer Management: Three Tips to Increase and Maintain Engagement

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The best way to do this is to require volunteers to fill out an application. Volunteer applications may vary depending on the nonprofit. Volunteer applications can also uncover valuable skills, interests, and certifications. Giveffect, for example, offers online applications with options to customize fields and questions.

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The Ultimate Nonprofit RFP Guide

Whole Whale

The RFP will outline the purpose of your website; the need, timing, and overview of the project, site features, and other requirements for applicants. Internal evaluation Create clear guidelines for your project and try to rank the proposals across different attributes.

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#NTCFail: When Things Don't Go as Planned (or Your Plan Stinks)

NTEN

We have over 100 sessions across 6 tracks at the NTC, so it's really hard to find ANY application that can display all that data in a meaningful but user-friendly way. One of the most common complaints on session evaluations is that the session was to basic or too complicated, or that they came prepared for a lecture, but got a discussion.

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Charities in the Cloud: Why the Hype Might Not Be Quite Hypey Enough

NTEN

The cloud refers to a number of different technical components -- from applications to databases to server virtualization to web services. This enables free services (Google Docs) and cloud vendors can offer product donations as part of their corporate citizenship programs (NetSuite.org). Reliance on third party(ies).

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Clearing Up the Cloud at NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit

Tech Soup

I personally liked the definition presenter Peter Campbell, of Earthjustice , used: an outsourced platform, application, or suite of applications delivered over the Internet. Platforms as a service: you rent server space, bandwidth, and the tools to help you build or customize web-based applications ( Salesforce , for example).

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Charities in the Cloud: Why the Hype Might Not Be Quite Hypey Enough

NTEN

The cloud refers to a number of different technical components -- from applications to databases to server virtualization to web services. This enables free services (Google Docs) and cloud vendors can offer product donations as part of their corporate citizenship programs (NetSuite.org). Reliance on third party(ies).

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

Google Drive Mobile is a free app for viewing and editing Google Docs on an Android phone or tablet. Google Drive for iOS is a free app that allows you to view and edit Google Doc office documents on iPhones and iPads. MySammy software essentially evaluates how a person spends time on a computer and/or mobile device.

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