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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The concept was genius — providing an app and free cell phone to the individuals in exchange for filling out the surveys. Completing the survey would get them more cell phone time. The concept included enlisting a telco partner who would provide the phones and data cards. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Connect with TechSoup at NCVS!

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Check this chart for a comparison of web conferencing tools. Facebook — We post frequently to our TechSoup Facebook page from our laptops, tablets and phones by tagging @TechSoup in our updates. Skype — Offering an easy way to talk to anyone with an Internet connection for free, Skype.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd and How To Find Them!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The group’s leader is Martin Brookes , a British economist at a hedge fund, who got the idea after a phone call. Or if you are good self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials. .” I hear this too often from nonprofits. The skills are out there.

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The Next-Generation Office Is Here!

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For example, you can add comments to a Word document, and colleagues can respond to them directly within the document or via email or Skype. Excel recommends charts and graphs for you based on the data you’re trying to display, and it allows you to display selected workbooks collaboratively via Lync.

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What are your most useful synchronous online facilitation practices?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

4) There isn't a place inside of the virtual world where you can easily post the agenda and I haven't found a virtual flip chart yet. I've always had chat as a back channel to a conference call and used it to summarize key points as a sort of electronic flip chart. This gets me back to wanting that virtual flip chart.

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How Telecommunications Is Changing Work for Nonprofits

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Phones using VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) with a hosted PBX (private branch exchange) solution are running over the Internet connection from any location. Examples include AOL Instant Messenger, Skype, Google Talk, and many others. The IT and Telecom Solution Mix. Systems for Measuring Results and Accountability.

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