Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2019

Local Development – Flywheel stands out with free software they’ve made that lets developers easily create a local WordPress site so you don’t have to bother with setting it up yourself. Managed Security – your site gets scanned to block malware and hacking attempts in the background. Daily backups as well. Wrapping Up.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The goal of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is to present your development project (or any project, really) in the context of your organization and larger goals. We recommend creating an excel doc to track the bids and give grades across desired criteria for each vendor. The 4 Stages of a Nonprofit RFP Process Great!

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Robert Weiner

JULY 29, 2009

The recent theft of confidential documents from Twitter's Google Docs account points out the dangers of insecure passwords. More recently, Slate.com published an article called Fix Your Terrible, Insecure Passwords in Five Minutes with general password tips and a clever algorithm for developing strong passwords. Photo: Paul Linton.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 6, 2011

Force.com Utility Belt - This extension, developed by Jeff Douglas at Appirio , is a Salesforce developer manual in a click. You can browse or search the docs from the little drop-down window. I'm a developer wannabe at best. Plus I have Salesforce developer account to play around in and preview new features.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 29, 2022

If you want to create a basic style guide, you can use a Google Doc or another word processing software. These tools will allow you to generate a style guide that is tailored to your specific needs but may require a developer. Tools to create a style guide. This is a good option if you just want to get something up and running quickly.

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

I’ll do another few posts for other areas, like development, system maintenance, personal web presence, and writing. (If And, like all consultants, workflow involves documents and spreadsheets, and for that I mostly use LibreOffice , although sometimes using Google Docs makes sense for collaboration.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Download Donor Letter (DOC). Develop a special campaign to encourage $300 donations. Write to your donors. Here is a templated letter from Stelter you can update for 2021 and send to inform donors of new contribution opportunities.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

The Center developed a social media strategy, but did not finalize it until after a half-day staff meeting to review the plan and think about the realities of implementation. Ongoing conversations in the Cloud The team accesses a shared Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) folder. The knowledge doesn't just reside with one person."

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2013

spreadsheets, Googe Docs, email services, online channels, and more? Hear from City Year CIO Welles Hatch, developer war hackathon star Probodh Chiplunkar, and SAP's Nish Pangali on how to wrangle all that data into. Does your organization collect data. from web traffic, email newsletters, donors, volunteers, and other.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 6, 2011

Force.com Utility Belt – This extension, developed by Jeff Douglas at Appirio , is a Salesforce developer manual in a click. You can browse or search the docs from the little drop-down window. I’m a developer wannabe at best. Plus I have Salesforce developer account to play around in and preview new features.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

So for some groups Zoom and a google doc, and the occasional Jamboard, will be a perfect match. Something as simple as asking them to open a google doc and write their name at the top of the document. She graduated from Swarthmore College and has her Masters in Organization Development from American University.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Development teams need to know how the relationship with each donor has evolved over the years. For a full walk-through of this new feature, please see the ‘Personal Email to Notes’ article in our help docs (accessed in the drop-down under the user account name in the top right corner of the window and by being logged into ActionID).

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

When it came to blogger outreach, a Google Doc was the preferred and successful tool. To incorporate the level of functionality and customization they wanted for the 2011 campaign, Epic Change recruited a volunteer developer to redesign the site in PHP. The team had about six to eight weeks of development from mock-ups to live site.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 5, 2010

gSyncIt can get my notes into Google Docs, but those don't sync with the Pre and I don't want to have to get Internet access just to read or write a note. Also, gSyncIt also brought my Google Docs into my Outlook Notes, which wasn't good. But even better is that Palm left the system open for developers to tweak. Notes: Evernote.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Determining what content needs to be written from scratch, revised and deleted and developing an editorial plan (for now and in the future) for when this work should be complete and who is responsible. We also might develop page description diagrams to define and prioritize content for key pages of the site. Methodology.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

The good thing is, you can take the time now to develop the voice of your organization and define your brand. 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.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

If your in that camp it’s likely you are using Google Drive, Google’s document collaboration tool and its replacement for Google Docs. This new dedicated app for Google Drive will allow you to edit your Google Docs offline for the first time. When you have internet access later on, your changes will be synced up.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Here’s a quick overview of both initiatives. What’s to lose?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 11, 2006

And the docs can be uploaded from, or downloaded to, your desktop. 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.

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Tech Soup

JULY 7, 2014

" Doc Searls, the author of "The Intention Economy" and the current lead of ProjectVRM at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, delivered the keynote at the event. Respect Network is a global initiative for advocating privacy online. Using Web Pal.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

As social media “flattens” the landscape, it will (is) having a strong impact on the structure and function of faith based organizations, many of which have developed as fairly “top-down” institutions. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

If your in that camp it’s likely you are using Google Drive, Google’s document collaboration tool and its replacement for Google Docs. This new dedicated app for Google Drive will allow you to edit your Google Docs offline for the first time. When you have internet access later on, your changes will be synced up.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Because telecenters are one of the primary ways that many people in developing countries access the Internet, Valter has a unique vantage point to see how cloud computing is rolling out in Brazil. Google Docs , Google Groups , and Google Maps are also very well-known and widely used. Brazil is the eighth largest economy in the world.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2009

The recent theft of confidential documents from Twitter's Google Docs account points out the dangers of insecure passwords. More recently, Slate.com published an article called Fix Your Terrible, Insecure Passwords in Five Minutes with general password tips and a clever algorithm for developing strong passwords. Photo: Paul Linton.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2012

Which means it's the perfect time to invest in your professional development, and seek out opportunities for your organization. Fortunately, the NTEN community is making it easy this year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Used widely throughout the globe, FrontlineSMS has empowered a texting revolutionat the grassroots by nonprofits in developing nations and has become a beacon for social good in mobile technology. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Develop shared language. Use virtual tools to manage campaign internally (Yammer, Google Docs, Listening Dashboards, Private Facebook Groups, etc). Hold weekly interdepartmental meetings. Encourage brainstorming. Give staff space and time for creativity and to think. Cross disciplinary teams.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2011

I talked with Doug Bastien, OCASI's Online Capacity Development Facilitator, and Dave Montague, IT Manager, to find out what prompted them to switch to Google Apps and what their experience has been. For staff who like doing other work in the cloud, having access to Google Calendar, Docs and Sites is great as well.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2007

I looked over Allan Benamer’s post on the Convio and Kintera initiatives, I looked harder at the Convio Open and Kintera Connect docs, and I also had a chat with some Kintera folk. I have a few comments. Allan is right – the Kintera API is more comprehensive, and provides for more flexibility than the Convio API.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2015

ROCK aims to promote positive development and long-term success of Visitacion Valley youth through in-school and after-school programs. Cohen procured a small grant through the Mayor's Office of Housing and Development for the project and nominated Curt and ROCK to take the lead on it. A Nonprofit-Driven Community Project.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

You can upload an existing PowerPoint or Google Docs presentation, and it’s instantly online and ready for folks to view. The international environmental NGO, Waste Ventures , won the contest with their presentation that demonstrates the problem of trash collection in developing countries. How SlideRocket Works.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

It also includes applications that you might develop (or have developed) that are hosted outside your network. Huge data centers are being thrown up everywhere, and more and more companies are getting into the business of providing hosting for SaaS developers. at 2:23 pm Hi, thanks for the mention of Gliffy in your writeup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2008

I've developed a method of trying to figure things out through a little trial and error, asking other people, or searching the FAQs or online user forums. The book gives you the basic how-to's for Google's Productivity Suite (docs, spreadsheets, slide shows, gmail, google talk, and calendar). Here's the first one.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

So often I find that we are too quick to say that because a website doesn’t have our domain, a tool is downloaded to our computer, or a platform doesn’t have our developers working on it that we can’t be responsible for measuring and analyzing the way we use it. It’s just not true!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

And yeah after reading the docs, I agree, it’s bad. Are these attempts at “OpenAPIWashing&# (my new term for companies that might spend more $ promoting their APIs than actually developing them) or are they just steps along the way to finally really good, solid, usable APIs? Time will tell. {

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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. It’s too easy for you to change course or let things slide if you don’t have a written plan, and that leads to lack of accountability. People get held up trying to decide what format to use. But you know what? It doesn’t matter!

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