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How to Keep Your Virtual Meetings on Track, Inclusive, and Engaging

Top Nonprofits

I was just meeting some of these students, I was just setting the tone for class. In past days of in-person training, I presented a slide deck in front of the class and distributed a paper course reader that students could hold in their hands and take notes on. We weren’t sure. It didn’t matter! And now the tone was…#TechFail!

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Get Organized and Increase Your Nonprofit Productivity

Get Fully Funded

Here are some of my favorite tools and how I use them to stay organized and be productive: Google Workspace, formerly known as G Suite: I cannot imagine a more important set of tools for nonprofit productivity than these free tools from Google: Google Docs , Google Sheets , Google Forms , Google Slides , and Google Calendar.

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20+ Nonprofit Tools You Need to Get Your New Nonprofit Up and Running

Get Fully Funded

With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. You may feel like you are doing everything yourself, but at some point you will be collaborating with others on documents, and you will need Docs and Sheets. Ask before signing up!

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. Now let’s look at Excel , which a lot of nonprofits initially use to track their data. Nonprofits can use this software to track fundraising campaign progress or assign roles within a larger project.

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Nature vs. Nuture, or Why You Should Follow Your Gut on the Social Web

NTEN

It has its own Google Doc.) On the cusp of generation X, I nonetheless took computer classes in primary school and had my very first AOL screen name at the tender age of 12. The idea isn't to start something totally new, but rather to continue doing what we do daily -- and keep track of it, so we can do it better as we go along.

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July Is Web Conferencing Month

Tech Soup

Adobe Connect is considered the best-in-class for professional web conferencing. Audio, video, application, and screen sharing (jpg, ppt, pdf, flash, mp3, doc). If a meeting is getting off-track, speak up and steer the conversation. Here’s just a few of the features: Instant access; no download required.

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Advice for Consultants - Part 2

Robert Weiner

3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. Be prepared to spend some time negotiating terms (use Track Changes in Word for this purpose). get a good time tracking system. Attend conferences. Build this into your time and budget plans.