Social technology has become such a natural habit for most people. If you’re not on Facebook, then Twitter is your first port of call. Communication has become so digitalized that in this day and age, it’s a necessity. MORE
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As I pondered the lessons I’ve learned in my career and how to drive social good to greater impact, I landed on eight recommendations for escalating collaboration to advance the social economy. We call this cross-sector collaboration, and we could use more of it. MORE
Nonprofits today are increasingly asked to collaborate. Despite these pressures, rarely does anyone define what is meant by “collaboration.” Based on this nine-month experience, we produced the Collaboration Report , a comprehensive analysis of our learnings and best practices. MORE
Box.org provides organizations with the Box file-sharing, content management, and collaboration service. You can use Box's cloud-based storage and collaboration tools to replace traditional on-premises file servers and traditional file-sharing processes. MORE
Chris Bernard, Senior Editor, Idealware (Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the feature article "Boosting Board Collaboration " , which appeared in the first issue of NTEN's new publication: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. board collaboration Change Management change management Collaboration collaboration tools idealware Leadership NPTech NTEN technology adoption technology buy-in MORE
Each month has its own tab containing LightBox Collaborative’s ideas on 2012’s opportunities for your organization to share ideas and information and generate conversation. Flickr Photo by Yandel. MORE
A wiki is a website maintained collaboratively by a community of contributors focusing on a particular subject or project. This wiki was built as a collaboration between TechSoup and the Corporation for National and Community Service. social media online community NetSquared online collaboration wiki DIY wikisHave you ever thought about building an online space where different people can easily share their expertise on a subject or project? MORE
That’s when we knew that collaboration—bringing people together and unifying them around a common language—would be a vital part of our solution. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all speak the same giving, measurement and outcomes language? MORE
Helping your organization's board find better ways to connect and collaborate is a worthwhile endeavor. A nonprofit’s board of directors requires a lot of collaboration—with other board members, committee members, and organizational staff. That collaborative work requires the ability to review, comment on, and even vote on an enormous amount of material. Kyle Henri Andrei. Senior Researcher. Idealware. MORE
Marshall''s book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book''s section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M. MORE
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" Equal Access Through Online Collaboration. The organization also uses GoToMeeting for collaboration with people from across the country, who use this tool to work together on education issues in their own communities, spreading the New Heights education method beyond the Ohio area. MORE
Marshall''s book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book''s section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M. MORE
Like a seesaw, organizations that collaborate can keep moving forward if they remain focused on their collective push, that is, their mutual mission. There is no one size fits all approach to collaboration. MORE
Unfortunately many organizations still struggle with rigid top down management structures and teams that squash innovation and collaboration. One of the best ways to create a more collaborative environment is to stop relying on consultants so much and start listening more to your own team. MORE
It transforms how organizations create, collaborate, and publish social media content at the national and local levels. Our platform uses a workflow process to create a collaborative environment where users (your hand-picked team of employees!) MORE
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UConn building ‘data collaborative’ for nonprofits | Hartford Business : "The University of Connecticut has been chosen by the Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority to develop the “Connecticut Data Collaborative,” a shared, web-based tool for nonprofits and state policy makers MORE
Marshall''s book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book''s section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M. MORE
Marshall''s book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book''s section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M. MORE
CoF’s work with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a great example of collaboration in action. As foundations convene and collaborate to effect change, they have a great opportunity to build a collective story of progress and impact. MORE
and ” Re-inventing Collaboration: CRM as Social Technology ” for more details on “orders of engagement.” Facebook, Twitter and the other social networks are where I ‘ collaborate ‘ with my friends because that’s where I keep my social graph. Flickr Photo by smemon. MORE
Marshall''s book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book''s section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M. MORE
Inability on both sides /either side to see the strategic value in collaborating? Socially driven collaboration infographic from Vanessa DiMauro. Apparently not – despite all the evidence showing that they need to. MORE
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The truth is that if ever there was a nonprofit activity that needs to be collaborative across departments, it is the preparation of a grant application package. From this perspective, the role of a grant writer is really that of facilitator of internal collaboration. posted by. MORE
Here are a few observations on how fundraisers—the ones making the asks—and grants managers—the ones managing the application process—can better collaborate to achieve strong grant results: Build a partnership. Collaborate with other internal teams to grow your organizational effectiveness. MORE
One of my organization's core values is radical collaboration. But radical collaboration with our community only works if we also collaborate internally as a team. We all collaborated to develop programs, strategies, and community partnerships. MORE
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collaboration tools can help team members in multiple locations communicate smarter and faster with each other. We suggest testing them out with small teams to see how they can help you become a more social and collaborative organization. Habitat for Humanity, UNICEF and World Vision are a few of the nonprofits using Huddle , an online collaboration workspace that’s free for nonprofits with budgets under $7 million. Collaborative scheduling. MORE
Collaboration is the most important ingredient in developing your nonprofit’s budget. Regardless of the process used, collaboration is the most important ingredient in the budget. The expense budget is developed in collaboration with the program managers who will be expending the funds, and the revenue budget is developed in collaboration with the fundraisers who will be generating the funds. MORE
To develop cooperation with others and to collaborate, you need to understand what you have in common. This is the chimera of collaboration culture composed of elements from many different segments of culture and between people. Analyzing Collaboration Culture Clash from Rawn Shah. MORE
Marshall's book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book's section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M. MORE
The session is designed to answer three questions: Why does collaborative technology overload lead to loss of nonprofit workplace productivity and what are the best practices to avoid it? What is Collaborative Overload? There are ways of working that can reduce collaborative overload. MORE
My colleague, Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans have just published an important piece over on the Harvard Business School blog called “ Understanding the New Power ” that gives us a great high level analysis of how collaborative economy is operating in the social good sector. MORE
Marshall's book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book's section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M. MORE
What he envisioned was a single place for board members to go to find and add information, collaborate, schedule meetings and access reference materials, but he didn’t want the expense or effort of building a private portal like a larger organization could afford to do. “I He said the document-sharing capabilities of the site are limited, but sufficient for formal board book type collaborations. Google Docs will win out for collaborative document capability every time,” he said. MORE
Biblica is a worldwide publisher and translator of the New International Version Bible, the most read English Bible in the world. The organization produces both written and audio translations in more than 100 major languages around the world and focuses.( read more ). MORE
Last month, his writing focused on collaboration – one of the culture markers we measure in the Workplace Genome. The Dark Side of Collaboration. In this particular case, the management team used this as an opportunity to dig into the real value of collaboration. MORE
A Growing Need for Collaboration. The Bay Area chapter underwent dramatic organizational changes in recent years that required better collaboration tools. " This collaboration and organization of data is paramount for an organization that is largely volunteer-based. MORE
A connected nonprofit is a successful nonprofit when it comes to collaborating and working in teams. Nonprofit Technology News reports on the top 4 tech characteristics to consider when collaborating through technology. Image courtesy of The Journal. MORE
Collaboration Related Topics Connection Cafe
OCTOBER 18, 2016
Like a seesaw, organizations that collaborate can keep moving forward if they remain focused on their collective push, that is, their mutual mission. There is no one size fits all approach to collaboration.
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
As I pondered the lessons I’ve learned in my career and how to drive social good to greater impact, I landed on eight recommendations for escalating collaboration to advance the social economy. We call this cross-sector collaboration, and we could use more of it.
SocialFish
MARCH 1, 2017
Last month, his writing focused on collaboration – one of the culture markers we measure in the Workplace Genome. The Dark Side of Collaboration. In this particular case, the management team used this as an opportunity to dig into the real value of collaboration.
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 4, 2016
That’s when we knew that collaboration—bringing people together and unifying them around a common language—would be a vital part of our solution. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all speak the same giving, measurement and outcomes language?
Connection Cafe
APRIL 24, 2017
CoF’s work with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a great example of collaboration in action. As foundations convene and collaborate to effect change, they have a great opportunity to build a collective story of progress and impact.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 21, 2017
The session is designed to answer three questions: Why does collaborative technology overload lead to loss of nonprofit workplace productivity and what are the best practices to avoid it? What is Collaborative Overload? There are ways of working that can reduce collaborative overload.
SocialFish
OCTOBER 17, 2013
John Stepper has an awesome series of posts about the value of collaboration, which I wanted to point you to if you haven’t seen it. The Value of Collaboration #1: Reducing internal service costs. The Value of Collaboration #2: Reducing how much your firm prints.
NTEN
MAY 4, 2015
Helping your organization's board find better ways to connect and collaborate is a worthwhile endeavor. A nonprofit’s board of directors requires a lot of collaboration—with other board members, committee members, and organizational staff. That collaborative work requires the ability to review, comment on, and even vote on an enormous amount of material. Kyle Henri Andrei. Senior Researcher. Idealware.
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
Inability on both sides /either side to see the strategic value in collaborating? Socially driven collaboration infographic from Vanessa DiMauro. Apparently not – despite all the evidence showing that they need to.
SocialFish
JULY 31, 2015
Are plans created internally and then directly implemented or are they developed “by doing,” such as through small pilots and collaboration with customers? From The Demand Perspective Leading From the Outside.
Museum 2.0
DECEMBER 19, 2016
One of my organization's core values is radical collaboration. But radical collaboration with our community only works if we also collaborate internally as a team. We all collaborated to develop programs, strategies, and community partnerships.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JUNE 12, 2015
Marshall's book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book's section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M.
Tech Soup Blog
MARCH 9, 2015
Do you daydream about having a single repository for every asset, picture, file, document, storyboard, spreadsheet and want to be able to manage and collaborate with all of those in the cloud? Learn: Ways to collaborate with staff and supporters in the cloud.
SocialFish
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
To develop cooperation with others and to collaborate, you need to understand what you have in common. This is the chimera of collaboration culture composed of elements from many different segments of culture and between people. Analyzing Collaboration Culture Clash from Rawn Shah.
Tech Soup Blog
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
Box.org provides organizations with the Box file-sharing, content management, and collaboration service. You can use Box's cloud-based storage and collaboration tools to replace traditional on-premises file servers and traditional file-sharing processes.
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
Social technology has become such a natural habit for most people. If you’re not on Facebook, then Twitter is your first port of call. Communication has become so digitalized that in this day and age, it’s a necessity.
NTEN
MARCH 24, 2011
Chris Bernard, Senior Editor, Idealware (Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the feature article "Boosting Board Collaboration " , which appeared in the first issue of NTEN's new publication: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. board collaboration Change Management change management Collaboration collaboration tools idealware Leadership NPTech NTEN technology adoption technology buy-in
TechImpact
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
A connected nonprofit is a successful nonprofit when it comes to collaborating and working in teams. Nonprofit Technology News reports on the top 4 tech characteristics to consider when collaborating through technology. Image courtesy of The Journal.
Tech Soup Blog
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
A Growing Need for Collaboration. The Bay Area chapter underwent dramatic organizational changes in recent years that required better collaboration tools. " This collaboration and organization of data is paramount for an organization that is largely volunteer-based.
Tech Soup Blog
MARCH 10, 2015
" Equal Access Through Online Collaboration. The organization also uses GoToMeeting for collaboration with people from across the country, who use this tool to work together on education issues in their own communities, spreading the New Heights education method beyond the Ohio area.
Frogloop
MAY 31, 2011
collaboration tools can help team members in multiple locations communicate smarter and faster with each other. We suggest testing them out with small teams to see how they can help you become a more social and collaborative organization. Habitat for Humanity, UNICEF and World Vision are a few of the nonprofits using Huddle , an online collaboration workspace that’s free for nonprofits with budgets under $7 million. Collaborative scheduling.
Frogloop
NOVEMBER 25, 2011
Unfortunately many organizations still struggle with rigid top down management structures and teams that squash innovation and collaboration. One of the best ways to create a more collaborative environment is to stop relying on consultants so much and start listening more to your own team.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
My colleague, Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans have just published an important piece over on the Harvard Business School blog called “ Understanding the New Power ” that gives us a great high level analysis of how collaborative economy is operating in the social good sector.
Tech Soup Blog
JANUARY 31, 2012
Our ability to collaborate effectively in the cloud and create meaningful media together is quickly evolving as more nonprofits expand their borders. On February 8, Nonprofits Live will explore how to collaborate on video stories across borders and office boundaries.
Tech Soup Blog
MARCH 23, 2012
A wiki is a website maintained collaboratively by a community of contributors focusing on a particular subject or project. This wiki was built as a collaboration between TechSoup and the Corporation for National and Community Service. social media online community NetSquared online collaboration wiki DIY wikisHave you ever thought about building an online space where different people can easily share their expertise on a subject or project?
Tech Soup Blog
JANUARY 8, 2016
Biblica is a worldwide publisher and translator of the New International Version Bible, the most read English Bible in the world. The organization produces both written and audio translations in more than 100 major languages around the world and focuses.( read more ).
ASU Lodestar Center
DECEMBER 19, 2012
The truth is that if ever there was a nonprofit activity that needs to be collaborative across departments, it is the preparation of a grant application package. From this perspective, the role of a grant writer is really that of facilitator of internal collaboration. posted by.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
APRIL 19, 2015
Marshall''s book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book''s section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 7, 2011
Each month has its own tab containing LightBox Collaborative’s ideas on 2012’s opportunities for your organization to share ideas and information and generate conversation. Flickr Photo by Yandel.
SocialFish
AUGUST 19, 2014
With access to a bountiful supply of new and tested collaboration tools and services, there certainly are no excuses for fouling up on managing your online marketing campaigns. Introducing a collaboration tool into your business may be the kickstart your teams needs.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 5, 2014
Marshall''s book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book''s section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M.
AFP Blog
JUNE 6, 2011
UConn building ‘data collaborative’ for nonprofits | Hartford Business : "The University of Connecticut has been chosen by the Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority to develop the “Connecticut Data Collaborative,” a shared, web-based tool for nonprofits and state policy makers
BoardAssist
JULY 8, 2014
Collaboration is the most important ingredient in developing your nonprofit’s budget. Regardless of the process used, collaboration is the most important ingredient in the budget. The expense budget is developed in collaboration with the program managers who will be expending the funds, and the revenue budget is developed in collaboration with the fundraisers who will be generating the funds.
NTEN
APRIL 25, 2012
What can small nonprofits do to benefit from collaboration? Second, it helps build a community of trust and collaboration: the "I know I will get three or more good ideas" as well as, "I had that experience!" Why would nonprofit want to collaborate on IT Strategy? if you are willing to collaborate and share. Collaboration Community Leadership nptech nten Organizational Culture Strategy
Eric Jacobsen Blog
AUGUST 22, 2015
Marshall's book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book's section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
Marshall''s book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book''s section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JUNE 13, 2014
Marshall''s book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book''s section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M.
NTEN
MAY 13, 2011
What he envisioned was a single place for board members to go to find and add information, collaborate, schedule meetings and access reference materials, but he didn’t want the expense or effort of building a private portal like a larger organization could afford to do. “I He said the document-sharing capabilities of the site are limited, but sufficient for formal board book type collaborations. Google Docs will win out for collaborative document capability every time,” he said.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
DECEMBER 4, 2014
Marshall''s book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book''s section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Edward M.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 20, 2011
and ” Re-inventing Collaboration: CRM as Social Technology ” for more details on “orders of engagement.” Facebook, Twitter and the other social networks are where I ‘ collaborate ‘ with my friends because that’s where I keep my social graph. Flickr Photo by smemon.
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