NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Building community and maintaining engagement is often a full time job – even if it goes unpaid! Two or three years ago, you could have a conversation out in the open and have people organically join in. When it came to blogger outreach, a Google Doc was the preferred and successful tool. Epic Change is no different.

Case Study 80

Case Study Tools Studies Community 80

NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Public voting is open through March 10th, 2014. So to all of our nonprofit community members, advocates, concerned citizens, and people who just fans of great video: You get to decide the 2014 DoGooder Video Awards winners. Visit the contest site today and cast your vote! Voting is easy; you simply select your choice in each category.

Award 75

Award Video Doc Cisco 75

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If you’re not sure how much time to provide, consider these conservative timelines: Creating a posting for the open position | 1 Week. Posting the open position | 1 – 2 Months. Here is a short list to help guide your steps: Internal Communication. Community Partners/Stakeholders. External Communication.

Leadership 81

Leadership Practice Nonprofit License 81

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

First, we created an open Google Doc where we put in the introduction language, so anyone that clicked through from someone’s blog or Twitter post would have context about what was happening (and included a numbered list up to 53, so people could easily see where to add their name and blog address). Some tweeted.

Case Study 180

Case Study Studies Action Doc 180

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 23, 2010

You can see the embeded versions of the tool on my blog here and here , or you can see examples on the original site for the SXSWi session, Net2 Open Space session, Community Building session, or the Online Campaigning session. Here’s my list of things I like and things I hope can be improved.

Review 123

Review Doc Slides Stream 123

NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2017

Google Docs. At first glance, you might overlook Google Docs as too simplistic, but the built-in brochure, project proposal and newsletter templates give you endless possibilities. All these free tools are available through Google Docs. WordPress.org offers free themes uploaded by the open-source community that you can use.

Marketing 38

Marketing Resource Doc Strategy 38

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

We opened with a short audience survey about nonprofit data management. The most popular is Facebook – https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/permissions/. That targeted message might include updated data about your newest service programs in the community. Gary makes a good point about email open rates.

Data 133

Data Management Rate Benchmark 133

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Organizing a community and serving it well has a lot of dimensions poorly reflected in webstats alone. Maybe open Social Graphs will help ? Laura Whitehead of Laura's Notebook highly recommends the recent CommonCraft video on Google Docs in Plain English. I think it means nothing. Here's a growing list.

Open Source 50

Open Source Nptech Summary Tag 50

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 16, 2017

Seema and I have started an open google doc to assemble ideas for specific things museums and museum professionals can do to resist oppression. I wanted to share some of the hope a community of change-makers felt. please add yours to our open google doc. Instead, my heart feels exhausted. How can museums react?

Museum 40

Museum Doc America National 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2012

” That panel marked the beginning of my friendship and collaboration with KD Paine which lead to our book, which is going to be entertaining and practical look at how to measure all things networked nonprofit. New Radical Online Community: [link] coordinated by Debra Askanese. What’s Up Doc?

Doc 101

Doc ROI Measure Austin 101

NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0 This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. Connect with her on Twitter , Google Plus , Slideshare , or Linkedin.

Social Media 96

Social Media Collaboration Org Media 96

Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

If you send an email with a boring subject line , it probably won’t even get opened. Subject lines with questions have higher open rates. An opening sentence that hooks the reader. Check out this video for tips on writing the best opening sentence you can. You could go with, Do you know you are a hero? It’s just too dull.

Donation 98

Donation Online Create Gift 98

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If you’re not sure how much time to provide, consider these conservative timelines: Creating a posting for the open position | 1 Week. Posting the open position | 1 – 2 Months. Here is a short list to help guide your steps: Internal Communication. Community Partners/Stakeholders. External Communication.

Leadership 41

Leadership Practice Nonprofit License 41

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

You also have the chance to start identifying ideal donor prospects and create a plan for finding them in the community. Having an open call for donations just to help your organization may work a few years down the road once you’ve developed a strong support base, but as a new nonprofit it won’t garner much results.

Template 111

Template Fundraising Nonprofit Calendar 111

Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

April 4, 2016 — Storymakers contest opens and new educational curriculum on digital storytelling launches. May 3 – 4, 2016 — Around-the-world Twitter chat (sign up in this Google doc ). June 15, 2016 — Community voting ends. June 1, 2016 — Contest closes and judging begins.

Storytelling 36

Storytelling Challenge Digital NTC 36

NTEN

APRIL 21, 2012

We like to live by ours, which include being accountable to you, and being open and transparent. What we WILL do is make this an issue we can discuss as a community when NTC planning picks up this summer. We're big on values around here. We also believe that talking about failure openly is the only way to learn and move forward.

Badge 92

Badge NTC Doc Lecture 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

.” The book offers up advice and techniques on how to make your online channels – email marketing, web site, and newer tools like mobile and social media work together in a sophisticated strategy or your organization to reach its advocacy, fundraising, or community building goals. Encourage brainstorming. Develop shared language.

Campaign 97

Campaign Online Chapter Model 97

Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

April 4, 2016 — Storymakers contest opens and new educational curriculum on digital storytelling launches. May 3 – 4, 2016 — Around-the-world Twitter chat (sign up in this Google doc ). June 15, 2016 — Community voting ends. March 22, 2016 — First NetSquared Storymakers 2016 meetup in DC.

Storytelling 36

Storytelling Challenge Digital Storyboard 36

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

To their credit Convio asks this question on their blog : “Should organizations like Convio, and Giving USA continue to offer these sorts of insights to the nonprofit community, or is this simply self-serving marketing fluff?&# And yeah after reading the docs, I agree, it’s bad. What do you think? Time will tell. {

API 100

API Open Source Kintera Benchmark 100

Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

As more people begin using the app, the community has more leverage to attract further sponsorship. I’d like to see this opened for all nonprofits to add themselves as beneficiaries. If your in that camp it’s likely you are using Google Drive, Google’s document collaboration tool and its replacement for Google Docs.

Doc 67

Doc Google Hurricane Charity 67

NTEN

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Last week, we asked our Facebook community what tech goodies they hoped to receive this holiday season. LogMeIn allows me to log into my computer back at the office and control it, opening apps, printing docs, running searches in our database. The most popular answer? The iPad of course! Keynote/Pages/Numbers.

PPT 60

PPT Doc Business PowerPoint 60

NTEN

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Last week, we asked our Facebook community what tech goodies they hoped to receive this holiday season. LogMeIn allows me to log into my computer back at the office and control it -- opening apps, printing docs, running searches in our database, haunting office-mates. The most popular answer? The iPad of course!

PPT 59

PPT Doc Business PowerPoint 59

Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

As more people begin using the app, the community has more leverage to attract further sponsorship. I’d like to see this opened for all nonprofits to add themselves as beneficiaries. If your in that camp it’s likely you are using Google Drive, Google’s document collaboration tool and its replacement for Google Docs.

Doc 62

Doc Google Hurricane Charity 62

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2020

Corporate teams, community groups, friends and families , and employee teams have rallied around the program contributing to incredible growth and impact for such a young initiative. We started with a nomination packet for each doc that included a personalized “MVP Trading Card.” Whatever you have available – use it!

Cancer 48

Cancer Game Detroit Flash 48

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. It is a must download! GreatNonprofits :: greatnonprofits.org.

Fun 276

Fun Resource Audio Stats 276

NTEN

APRIL 8, 2011

Reconciling the transactions could be easier, but you can download the data from your online Square sales record into an Excel doc. Money is transferred to your Square account, and then deposited directly to your bank account at the end of the day. In the end, we have a couple of suggestions for improvements. And make me a cup of coffee. (It

NTC 61

NTC Share Experiment Ipod 61

Museum 2.0

MARCH 17, 2020

As perhaps everyone knows, there is a virus actively propagating in every community in the country. Last week, many in leadership understood we as a field could make the choice to help our community. I thank every person who shared how they were going to handle this crisis with our community. The choice to close wasn’t easy.

Museum 23

Museum Doc Director National 23

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

Don’t repeat the 5K just because some people in your community love it. 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.

Fundraising 134

Fundraising Activities Active Activism 134

Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

During the polar vortex winter 2014, telework has done some unexpected things like keeping federal government services open for business during one of the really bad snow storms. Google Drive Mobile is a free app for viewing and editing Google Docs on an Android phone or tablet. Telework and the Polar Vortex.

Phone 67

Phone NSF PowerPoint Mobile 67

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Google Workspace Platform overview: Google Workspace for Nonprofits is a flexible productivity and communication platform with multiple apps to streamline team collaboration. This includes Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Slides, Meet, and more. Top Free Nonprofit Software for Events 81% of U.S. donors attend nonprofit fundraising events.

Software 88

Software Free Tools Adobe 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

If so, it seems dubious that sponsored (read: billable) groups like Wal-Mart are welcome to market themselves despite intense community backlash. If the door of political discourse is opened, then it is important that all voices have the opportunity to be heard. to open its profiles to Google search.

Facebook 50

Facebook Profile Doc Cambodia 50

Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

It will help all of us understand what our peer's most recent communications on their plans is. Let’s make the doc a living document to help us make informed decisions. Is there a good comprehensive google doc, growing list of museums that are closed, closing programs, etc? These dates will be changing.

Museum 20

Museum Work Time Doc 20

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

communities, from LinkedIn to Flickr to … Amazon.com, keeps track of your contacts content. And if you have a Gmail account, it’s the same username/password that you’d be using for Analytics, Google Docs, Adsense, etc. I’m hoping that Spock ends up in the dead pool , but who knows. Then, for the creepy part.

Web 113

Web Experiment gMail Open Source 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Blogging Basics: Managing Information Overload: How to find your blogging community Join Beth Kanter, who has been writing about what she prefers to call "online information coping skills" since the 1990s, when we mostly had to worry about email. Do you open up multiple tabs in your browser and then forget what you were going to do?

Skills 50

Skills Blogher Doc Boston 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know that’s one more thing in a long list of considerations (and it’s generally more important to think about for the CRM – the CMS, if it is modern, and especially if it is open source, will provide few barriers to integration.) To some extent it also depends on how open the CMS is with regard to extensibility.

Integration 100

Integration API Drupal Open Source 100

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

First of all, while there are many choices for collaboration tools, a few simple filters will get one 90% of the way there (if you want to control the content but get some feedback, use a blog tool; if you need to develop a written product, use a wiki or Google Docs; if you want group discussions and networking, use a social network tool; etc.).

Internet 50

Internet Tools Strategy Learning 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

JournaMarketing has a post called " Why Your Blog Is Worthless without Connectedness " which harkens back to an ongoing debate we've had in this space -- is a blog just a web site or a community? Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. Her selection criteria.

Summary 50

Summary Nptech Tag Tools 50