Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

I’ll do another few posts for other areas, like development, system maintenance, personal web presence, and writing. (If I use it for to do lists, stuff like blogging calendars, and also the Chrome Evernote extension allows for clipping of whole web pages, which I love (there is a Firefox extension as well.).

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. Even with the consultant’s help, they had to endure a lengthy implementation period; it was months before the system was set up. Software solutions keep the nonprofit sector in motion.

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sgEngage

MAY 22, 2023

By using a shared calendar application or a project management tool like Trello or Asana, you can make sure the whole team is up to date on all finished and upcoming tasks. Fund accounting software often allows users to set up dashboards for tracking what items are still outstanding.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

My colleague Charlie Hunsaker posted the following question on the FUNDSVCS Advancement Services listserve: I have two clients who are looking for new systems and want a “cost justification” for their acquisition to share with their management. Our system is like the “roach motel” of data; the data goes in, but never comes out again.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. Cloud storage: For file sharing and storage, you can start with Drive through Google Workspace, so all documents can be stored in a convenient, accessible place.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 17, 2010

A task management system folks will actually use - When they finish a task, will they remember to go to this tool and check it off? Gantt and/or clear calendar view that includes milestones and multi-day phases - bonus if it syncs with Google Calendar. Files only as essential for project - not just to dump stuff.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Thanks to some serious development effort, we will be able to launch Community Operating System Portals with a click. This is not a small thing.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 17, 2010

A task management system folks will actually use - When they finish a task, will they remember to go to this tool and check it off? Gantt and/or clear calendar view that includes milestones and multi-day phases - bonus if it syncs with Google Calendar. Files only as essential for project - not just to dump stuff.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

There are any number of ways that nonprofits keep track of projects: manilla folders, email, databases, and, if you’re like me, often notebooks and sticky notes. File sharing (upload and share a variety of files with team members and others). The above image shows a calendar within Huddle.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Compliance : Nonprofit board management software should help you keep track of key details such as board and committee member expectations, conflicts of interest, member profiles, and levels of engagement. documents, meeting minutes, calendars etc.) documents, meeting minutes, calendars etc.)

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Store their contact info like email addresses and phone numbers and easily track donor interactions when they make a donation or volunteer for your organization. Keep supporters updated with email blasts about fundraisers they can participate and set up a social media calendar to easily post across social media platforms.

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Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

It also keeps you organized by reducing data redundancy, tracking donor activity, and providing automatic reports. What it does: Bloomerang is a donor management and fundraising software that allows nonprofits to organize their donor records and optimize donor engagement through tracking and reporting. Google Workspace.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Save those 10 minutes you spent fumbling through paper while on the phone by clicking on a computer file. Save money on files, file cabinets, printer ink, and paper itself. securely locked away in electronic files that only you can access. – lets you share secure PDF files between any computer, build PDF.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2015

Given how critical grants are for many nonprofits, having good systems in place to manage the grant-writing process from beginning to end is incredibly important. With an online grants management system, everything from the initial research to the final progress report can be managed in one centralized location. Funder Management.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The task manager allows you to assign, manage, and track the progress of action items. The member directory helps you keep track of every board, committee, and staff member so that you can nurture relationships. Trello is a project management system that helps provide a visual representation of each stage of the project’s process.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

All of the tools mentioned allow you to do things like store and share documents, calendars, project management schedules, and presentations online at no or low cost. It also has a calendar tool to build a shared project schedule and track important project dates and milestones. Additional Resources. Collaboration Tools Chart.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Compliance : Nonprofit board management software should help you keep track of key details such as board and committee member expectations, conflicts of interest, member profiles, and levels of engagement. documents, meeting minutes, calendars etc.) documents, meeting minutes, calendars etc.)

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Excel 2010: Develop spreadsheets and keeping track of data. Outlook integrates your email with calendars and contact information. And, to make navigating the program easier, we’re created the Microsoft Donation Center, where eligible organizations can track Microsoft requests, see donations received to date, and more.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

This forces us to create systems to deepen relationships with people that are fans of what we do, rather than just treating them as ‘the public’ or ‘our constituents.’ This year they are on-track to break the 70% retention barrier and have already bested their stretch fundraising goal for the year.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 29, 2015

But, anyway, they live at… oh, we didn’t keep track of that information? Right, of course that data is in an Excel file on the Invisible Man’s laptop, wherever he is. Thanks to the power of a CRM, nonprofits can keep track of their donors like never before and create more detailed, personal solicitation strategies for all.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

It’s also about creating effective systems and workflows so that you aren’t pushing through your day trying to get as much as possible done, because, yuck. Time tracking doesn’t have to be fancy. Time-block your week with an online calendar. The real benefit of using a calendar is block scheduling.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

I stay in touch and connected through integration with Microsoft Exchange and Google’s email and calendar. When I look at any piece of technology (business or personal), my first instinct is to evaluate the hardware and software eco-system around it to support the tablet in question. For me, the iPad is a great business tablet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2020

On one hand, it’s stopped everyone in their tracks physically, hunkered down at home, unable to travel. The screenshot below shows an example Resource page, where you can share images, PDFs, videos, or any type of file in Crowdstack. Forums, blogging, resource/file sharing, live chat, events, and more are all in one place.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

This forces us to create systems to deepen relationships with people that are fans of what we do, rather than just treating them as ‘the public’ or ‘our constituents.’ This year they are on-track to break the 70% retention barrier and have already bested their stretch fundraising goal for the year.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

Your calendar and sign-up or registration forms. Whenever you log in to your organization’s content management system, or CMS, to make updates or post new blog articles, you’re interacting with the backend. . If you go into your web browser and pull up your website, that’s the frontend. Your donation page and tools.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Not only that, but with the move to more and more online giving (there was a 32% increase in online revenue in 2020), events like #GivingTuesday have become an even more important part of your fundraising calendar. And make sure you track results on both ends.). All Systems Go. Be specific. Make the most of their brand.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 9, 2005

Pages can have comments, images, and a list of file attachments. You can use it as a classic wiki; but I've seen how some small organizations have used it as a poor man's content management system for their main web site. I can make a list of features I wish it had, but for $4.95 a month, it's hard to complain.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

For example, your organization could use a graphic design tool to create fundraising appeals for social media, a marketing calendar to schedule the posts, and a donation tool to host your donation form and accept contributions. With web-based reporting, you can easily track a campaign’s progress and measure specific strategies’ effectiveness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs track blog conversations and respond. While google and yahoo have blog search features, Technorati is the considered the recognized authority on tracking blogs, It finds out who is saying what right now and is currently tracking over 75.2 Write a sentence or two on why tracking these topics would be useful.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

There are lots of other software systems out there, so no longer do you have to pay $20,000 to get Raiser’s Edge. And appeals can be very specific things like your fall appeal, your calendar year-end appeal. Many mail houses and data systems. So it’s updating your data file with changes of address.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Office 365 Nonprofit also includes hosted email and calendars with Exchange Online, instant messaging and web conferencing with Lync, and company social networking through Yammer. If you need to send large files, such as image albums or reports, to your remote coworkers, try Citrix Sharefile. Donor Management and Databases.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Office 365 Nonprofit also includes hosted email and calendars with Exchange Online, instant messaging and web conferencing with Lync, and company social networking through Yammer. If you need to send large files, such as image albums or reports, to your remote coworkers, try Citrix Sharefile. Donor Management and Databases.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Many of the G Suite apps, like Calendar and Keep, are designed to help you stay as organised as possible. Keep information and files secure. With everything in one place, you won’t need to worry about losing files, either. . Google Calendar. Stay organised. Increasing your donations. Google Sites and App Maker.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Use it not only to advertise your services, but also to share files with clients, point to resources, clarify your working style/methods/contract, etc. Even having ‘touched’ a system is a lot more than not knowing what it is. Be prepared to spend some time negotiating terms (use Track Changes in Word for this purpose).

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

million organization, $900,000 of that is philanthropy, and you’re at the end of your calendar year and so far you’re at about $790,000. Do you track the results of making personal connections with your donors? . And you track the results. So you want to create a system to know your supporters.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

In a 2016 analysis, we determined that 14% of all records in nonprofitCRM systems were “un-mailable.” The PCOA® process takes data gathered from those types of organizations and applies it back to the house file, allowing organizations to keep those donor records current. Typically, this process should be run once per year.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

You can even do grant tracking in the database, which is germane to this presentation. And how will you track participation? Now, some of you who work in very small organizations might think it isn’t necessary to draft your application in a separate file, especially if maybe you’re the only person involved with grants.

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