Judi Sohn

JUNE 6, 2011

I live in Google applications (Gmail, Google Reader, Calendar, etc.) You can browse or search the docs from the little drop-down window. I administer 2 Salesforce nonprofits. Click "tab" to open a new window that logs you right in. so it's almost a no-brainer for that reason alone.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. As Cara Kenien, the Center’s Social Media Manager told me, “Risa is so open to delegating and readjusting as needed and finding ways to share responsibilities, which is why we are so collaborative.”

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Social Media Collaboration Org Media 96

Judi Sohn

JUNE 6, 2011

I live in Google applications (Gmail, Google Reader, Calendar, etc.) You can browse or search the docs from the little drop-down window. I administer 2 Salesforce nonprofits. Click “tab&# to open a new window that logs you right in. so it’s almost a no-brainer for that reason alone.

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Google Doc gMail Laptop 100

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I had a lot of fun yesterday giving a webinar for the Nonprofit Webinar series ; it was a whole hour discussing community engagement! This means identifying the spaces, platforms, and applications where each group congregates and where you can communicate with them. Well, from the planning and analysis side, that is.

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Metrics Community Map Template 219

Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

With so many apps coming out all the time it’s easy to miss the ones built for social good and hard to keep up on useful apps that nonprofits and causes can use to do their work. I’d like to see this opened for all nonprofits to add themselves as beneficiaries. Frogloop has you covered. Google Drive.

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Doc Google Hurricane Charity 67

Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

With so many apps coming out all the time it’s easy to miss the ones built for social good and hard to keep up on useful apps that nonprofits and causes can use to do their work. I’d like to see this opened for all nonprofits to add themselves as beneficiaries. Frogloop has you covered.

Doc 62

Doc Google Hurricane Charity 62

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. Reliance on third party(ies). Cheaper Start-Up Costs.

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Hype Charity API Iowa 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

What does it mean that one blog has three times as many users as another blog in the nonprofit tech space? Maybe open Social Graphs will help ? Laura Whitehead of Laura's Notebook highly recommends the recent CommonCraft video on Google Docs in Plain English. Where do you think nonprofit workplaces are in the debate?

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Open Source Nptech Summary Tag 50

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. Reliance on third party(ies). Cheaper Start-Up Costs.

Hype 76

Hype Charity API Iowa 76

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Most often nonprofits want to capture information from web users. In addition, sometimes nonprofits want to expose data from the CRM to the CMS. Even if they do, it takes developer time to write the code to do the integration, and that may be resources that a nonprofit doesn’t have. What’s involved in this?

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Integration API Drupal Open Source 100

Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2013

Each of the applications included have been through a. SkyDrive, and you can open and edit these from any of your Microsoft. PDF to Word Doc Capabilities. With the release of the new Windows 8 operating system and the. nonstop commercials for the Microsoft Surface tablet, Microsoft is. Part of this push is the. Office Suite.

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PDF Skype Doc PowerPoint 40

Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. 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. Telework and the Polar Vortex.

Phone 67

Phone NSF PowerPoint Mobile 67

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. Wonder if smashups are eligible?)

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Summary Nptech Tag Tools 50

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Over the past five years of trying more web-based applications than I can count to support our infrastructure and operations and increase productivity, there have been quite a few ups and downs. Both are extensible platforms with strong nonprofit user communities. Focus on solving problems, not adapting to solutions. Didn't happen.

Lesson 96

Lesson Cancer Learning PDF 96

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Over the past five years of trying more web-based applications than I can count to support our infrastructure and operations and increase productivity, there have been quite a few ups and downs. Both are extensible platforms with strong nonprofit user communities. Focus on solving problems, not adapting to solutions. Didn't happen.

Lesson 96

Lesson Cancer Learning PDF 96

Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2017

Last week, we reported on a recent NetSquared London Meetup that investigated the IT tools that can be used to operate nonprofits inexpensively and effectively. Tweetdeck is an old favorite, and entirely free for nonprofits. Open-Source Tools. is a beautiful in-browser video conferencing application with no login needed.

Product 52

Product Tools Open Source Alternative 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

The number of low-cost or free online resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Free Mobile Nonprofit Map 280

Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Last week I posted John Elbare’s advice for new nonprofit consultants. Today I’m posting Karen Nyhus ‘ advice, originally posted on NTEN’s nptechconsult forum (for members only) in response to a request for “resources and tips for our nonprofit technology community to help them start things off right in 2007.&#

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Consultant Advice NPO Files 136

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

Web 262

Web Tools Free Mobile 262

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

Web 276

Web Tools Free Mobile 276

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

Web 241

Web Tools Free Social Media 241

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

But, in any event, by the end of an hour or so of hacking, I’d turned a template that I found online at Open Web Design into a Drupal template. Drupal and google docs single sign on. Unfortunately, the module Drake , which is meant to be a bridge allowing you to run Cake applications within Drupal, seems moribund.

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