Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The October edition of Nonprofits Live examined the topic of online collaboration. Online collaborating requires an extra dose of the same skills we use when we collaborate in person and a number of tools to bridge the physical distance between collaborators. Barriers to Collaboration. Useful Collaboration Tools.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

kicked off with a special edition of Nonprofits Live on the topic of collaborative storytelling. Collaborative storytelling refers to working with a team, sometimes distributed, to produce video. Starting a Collaborative Project. If you need to look outside of your organization for collaborators, look to your network.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

This updated blog post from the campaign explores some ways to increase online collaboration and also reduce travel and work efficiency. Online collaboration is one of these generic terms that seems to lose meaning the more people use it. Why Is Online Collaboration Green? Cloud Services for Collaborating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

That’s where I connected with Miriam Brosseau who recently shared this awesome post on Facebook profile. It was such a terrific post I invited her share it here. Docs are like super-simple wikis, and probably the most truly collaborative aspect of a Facebook group. Monitor accordingly. Who’s replying?

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

This post was originally published on The Ross Collective ; it is being shared here with the author’s permission. I was reminded of this recently, at the first evening of the online course in Grant Proposal Writing: Our fifteen working adult students logged in to Zoom and were welcomed into our shared virtual classroom.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

Additional resources: Mail merge with Google Drive and MailChimp DocumentMerge Text expansion utilities: We spend much of our days typing the same thing over and over, but a text expander app can remove the drudgery from your life and make you appear to be the fastest typist ever Mac: TextExpander ( A Comprehensive Guide to TextExpander ) Windows: (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

A good deal of my work involves collaboration with remotes colleagues and includes tasks as writing articles, curriculum, research, etc. Not everyone I work with has moved away from Word/Excel -- so I'm finding myself with one foot in the web-based collaboration tools and the other foot stuck in Microsoft Office.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

I was perusing Social Source Commons (something I don’t do nearly often enough,) and catching up on the SSC blog , and I thought it might be worth sharing with this audience what tools I use for basic consulting workflow. I love the collaboration features. It is an awesome web-based password management tool for teams.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2009

Online collaboration is a great way to work with colleagues without having to be face-to-face. Whether I'm in a remote office, on the road, working from home, or just sitting down the hall, sharing documents and using other collaborative tools online saves time, money, and the environment.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Accessibility: It may not be easy to share the sheet with others at your organization. And, the more people you share the spreadsheets with, the more potential security risks there are. Individuals or nonprofits can create fundraising pages to share their missions and raise many individual donations that add up over time.

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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. 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.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Communicate Clearly and Collaboratively. Communication will foster questions, so it’s important that relevant details are agreed upon ahead of sharing the news. A Google doc or Trello board can be great for organizing project-based work or listing duties. Of course, a long notice period isn’t always possible. Best of all?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2016

All Day, Anywhere Collaboration. Those who work within a nonprofit can benefit from the numerous team collaboration tools, including calendars, video chat, file sharing, and so on. Additionally, the cloud makes it easier for individuals to collaborate with people from outside the organization. A Green Initiative.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Blackbaud guest bloggers share expert fundraising tips and simple steps for creating a Facebook page that rocks. TechSoup Global reflects on collaboration and inspiration at the TechSoup Global Contributors Summit. TechSoup is keeping busy this July. Here's a roundup of what we've been doing. From the TechSoup Community.

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Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

In this post, we’ll share our favorite free and affordable software options for nonprofits on a budget. What it does: Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Meet— Google Workspace is a collection of Google productivity tools that help your team collaborate efficiently. Google Workspace.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Many participants agreed that sharing documents in the cloud over services like Google Docs simplifies working together: you can access your documents from anywhere and don't need to worry about the headaches that can arise from sending documents back and forth via email.

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

With the ability to present slides, share links and desktops, conduct polls, and create and store meeting notes, virtual meetings can be more productive than meetings in person. Web conferencing excels where rich collaboration and close interaction are needed and teams are dispersed. Webcam sharing (multiple users).

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Communicate Clearly and Collaboratively. Communication will foster questions, so it’s important that relevant details are agreed upon ahead of sharing the news. A Google doc or Trello board can be great for organizing project-based work or listing duties. Of course, a long notice period isn’t always possible. Best of all?

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

This may be you, or a bit of you; I'm often collaborating with folks, including other staff here at Database Designs, who slice up the tool pie differently. Collaborative Files I couldn't get through my day without Dropbox , which I have blogged about before. Dropbox also has essential team collaboration built in.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2015

So when I heard about a collaborative project between nonprofits, city agencies, and the local library happening in my own backyard (almost literally!), I spoke with Curt Yagi, the executive director of ROCK, about how the guide came about and the collaborative work that went into it. Use a cloud-based tool to collect and share data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

The idea is to go from a hierarchical structure (what Allison Fine and I described as Fortress in our book) to a more collaborative, team offer. Develop shared language. Use virtual tools to manage campaign internally (Yammer, Google Docs, Listening Dashboards, Private Facebook Groups, etc). Sometimes easier said than done!).

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2010

The unconference was about connecting government managers and staff, public engagement experts, online tool developers, and citizens to encourage shared insights, decisions, and actions in government. Service providers should conduct training on free tools, such as Google Docs, that are more widely available for those on tight budgets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

VCs need to work with communications folks to get their opportunities distributed, but a VC might also have her own Twitter feed or blog category to share new opportunities The VC could also use her own professional networks to target special skill sets (such as at LinkedIn). Share it in the comments. Supervised or supported service.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

It’s the way that people share their real feelings on social. And another person stopping to share tough things on some crazy thread about movies. The museums of the world are collaborating to bring you #MuseumGames every Sunday, with a new crossword puzzle each week featuring clues from all sorts of museums. ??:

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2010

Ian and company had even set up a Google Doc where the audience could post their notes on the panel as it was taking place. But with the fun of introducing the tech goodies out of the way, Ian began by explicitly laying out that the session wouldn't focus on online collaboration and communications tools. But he was right.

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NTEN

APRIL 21, 2012

So in that spirit, I want to share some of just a few of our #NTCFail moments, and what we think we learned. Anna did a great job trying to cut across those silos, holding weekly project meetings, pulling staff together for smaller consultations, using collaborative docs and projects plans, etc. NTCFail 1: Cultural References.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2008

One group came up with an idea about using a wiki for internal collaboration. So I asked on Twitter, what is your best wiki adoption tip for internal collaboration? Here's the responses: Laura Whitehead suggested reading this article about wiki collaboration and happiness. There were some fabulous responses. Slow, but it works!

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

Be helpful to “future you” - Keep a working Google Doc on hand for all conference planners to provide notes and recommendations about what to improve and do differently next year. Conference organizing should be a collaborative effort with a few people from every department. Is there going to be a professional photographer?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

A Google Doc or Sheet is a great place to start, because you can collaborate with your team. Once you get your fundraising plan completed, share it with the Board for their review, not approval, and listen to their feedback with an open mind. People get held up trying to decide what format to use. But you know what?

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. The basic protocols and roles of successful camps were documented in real time and shared in the cloud. By using cloud-based tools, these disbursed teams were working remotely and together on one shared system.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. The basic protocols and roles of successful camps were documented in real time and shared in the cloud. By using cloud-based tools, these disbursed teams were working remotely and together on one shared system.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The collaboration required at mass scale between governments at the national and local levels, private entities, healthcare institutions, philanthropic donors, nonprofits, and individuals is immense. Now the information that exists in different places can be securely shared and made usable. But what about those tools that weren’t?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The options include: Flex (in office 1-3 days for meetings/collaboration) and Fully Remote (work from anywhere). The smoothest way to collect feedback is via collaborative cloud-based documents such as Google Docs or Slides, Slack, or other collaboration platforms. This also saves everyone a lot of time!

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 11, 2006

Most important, I think, is its collaboration model that let's you pick which individual users can share each document, creating a level of flexible security difficult to implement on your Windows LAN. And the docs can be uploaded from, or downloaded to, your desktop.

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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 It’s not real time, but you can use it that way.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

I Collaborate blog has a post about how to lobby for skype in your organization, if you're working internationally. David Wilcox has been doing a lot of thinking about re-inventing membership organizations or associations given that one can connect and meet people who share their interests online more easily with social media tools.

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2011

The NTEN community is full of volunteers who go to the limits to help each other, create valueable resources, and share knowledge. Every session page also includes a direct link to the Google Doc where you can review or contribute notes in real-time (and after the session is over).

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