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More online than local: Why I love Google Docs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm finding it very annoying to having to open an attached document from email, save it to my hard drive, and work with track changes or comments though. Wikis and wiki spreadsheets are so much more efficient than sending back word and excel spreadsheets with comments or track changes. Spreadsheets can be viewed by everyone.

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Recap: Community Organizing Tools from the Experts

NTEN

Leave a comment below! For more information, view the entire presentation on Slideshare , and event Storify. Advocacy Communities of Practice community community organizing CoPs tech club tools webinar'

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New Book: How To Implement Multichannel Online Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” The book offers some recipes for culture change.

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How to Write a Successful Annual Fundraising Plan in 6 Steps

Get Fully Funded

But seriously, 100% retention is unrealistic because life is fluid and peoples’ situations change. It’s too easy for you to change course or let things slide if you don’t have a written plan, and that leads to lack of accountability. A Google Doc or Sheet is a great place to start, because you can collaborate with your team.

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

Carefully consider fee structures to find the right balance between access to features and a high net donation amount. You may not want to change how you currently manage donors, which means you’d like to invest as little as possible in a different solution or approach to donor management. Is it worth it to spend the money?

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Advocacy Policy, Part Two - And Why Now is an Especially Good Time to Create One

Museum 2.0

We reviewed a handful of existing policies from other institutions (local and national, museums and not), discussed their attributes, and started drafting/stealing/reworking with a Google doc. We wanted enough of a process to provide clarity and structure without too many hoops. We incubate a youth art and social change program.

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Rebecca Leaman, Guest Post: What Else Can We Talk About? 10 Years Since The Cluetrain Manifesto

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ten years ago, Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger laid out 95 principles for communicating with customers online. The Cluetrain Manifesto , sounded a visionary wake-up call that the Internet would change — was already changing — the fundamental nature of the relationship between businesses and their markets.

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