Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

This responsibility may be divided between a few different people. More often than not, their intent is to make a difference. Shockingly, according to a Software Advice research report, 52 percent of nonprofits are still using Excel and Google Docs to run their development operations. Managing volunteers is a lot of work.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

You can use a calendar, whiteboard, Excel sheet , Word or Google Doc, or other resource to do this. For some organizations, this may result in more than one donor communication in each month, and that’s OK. The key is to list out all of the donor communications you’re going to include. Create your bundling plan. . So what does that look like?

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sgEngage

JUNE 15, 2023

Adding Security with Purchase Cards Many business professionals rely on Google Docs or Excel for their purchasing and expense tracking. With different employee roles inevitably having different spending priorities and limits, Purchase Cards also give you the added bonus of specifying unique limits and spending controls for each card holder.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Issues had arisen within the Reservations Setup team as a result of aesthetic and operational differences between the conflicting clock types. Without a second thought, Apsona jumped right in and implemented code that allowed us to customize the appearance of the date/time fields within the merge doc template.

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Vermont Nonprofit Doc Application 101

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2012

You know the types, Keens, funky Converse sneakers, Doc Martins, etc. Is the (mild) mohawk I now sport, or my "Eat More Kale" t-shirt any different than pants down the thighs? Of course Fashion (with a captial ''f'') is a bit of a different thing - but it is likely influenced by some subcultures, and influences others.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 23, 2009

This can happen with internal network passwords as well, but there are differences: IT staff can require secure passwords for their own networks and email systems. Do they do that with their employees' Google Doc passwords? Does anyone think to disable those employees' access to docs in the cloud?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2012

You know the types, Keens, funky Converse sneakers, Doc Martins, etc. Is the (mild) mohawk I now sport, or my "Eat More Kale" t-shirt any different than pants down the thighs? Of course Fashion (with a captial 'f') is a bit of a different thing - but it is likely influenced by some subcultures, and influences others.

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Doc Influence Reflection Awareness 120

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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Tools Nonprofit Doc Google 105

NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2020

You can easily do this by creating an Excel document or Google doc to organize your content and identify what will go to which segment of your audience, and at what time. If you haven’t run a test yet, you should do so now, and make sure to set up a different frequency for each individual segment of your mailing list. Various Methods.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2023

Open that blank doc and start by answering questions like: “What impact can our donors make by contributing to our mission this year?” Once you have a few rough bullets, you can feed them into a generative AI tool to workshop different phrasing, even tailoring your message to donor levels.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 29, 2022

There are a few different tools you can use to create a style guide, depending on your needs. If you want to create a basic style guide, you can use a Google Doc or another word processing software. 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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Judi Sohn

AUGUST 25, 2010

For Google Apps administrators, the offerings in the Google Apps Marketplace seems to be a lot of 3rd party tools that pull in gApps data (Docs, Calendar, etc.) And then you find the Apps in the Marketplace like Promevo gPanel that truly make a difference to those of us who have to manage and support multiple users (and multiple domains).

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

I had asked my contact whether participants were comfortable using Zoom with Google Docs. In different meetings, we’ve created breakout rooms so people with stronger technology skills can support others who feel less comfortable by screensharing and/or being the ones to take notes. Reading these comments, I felt terrible.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Internal evaluation Create clear guidelines for your project and try to rank the proposals across different attributes. We recommend creating an excel doc to track the bids and give grades across desired criteria for each vendor. Quick pre-RFP conversations are very helpful for getting better quality proposals.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2011

While many nonprofits are probably using tools like Google Docs or YouTube in their organizations, Google for Nonprofits attempts to consolidate the many different parts of the Google portfolio into one site, and simplify the process to receive a donation of YouTube for Nonprofits , Google Grants , Google Apps , and Google Earth Outreach.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Get a legal pad and a pen or pull up a Google Doc or a Word Doc. Or could a fundraising coach make a huge difference in the amount of money you raise? It’s too easy to drop parts of your imaginary plan, shift others, and back off your goals because you don’t feel like following through. And start writing. The Bottom Line.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 21, 2022

If you’re new to planned giving, it can be a bit daunting to learn all the different types of ways these gifts can be made. While there are lots of different kinds of planned gifts, like trusts, annuities, stock, and life insurance, the most common planned gifts are bequests, where someone simply leaves your nonprofit in their will.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 5, 2022

You made a powerful difference ( then why are you asking me to give?). Create a “Subject lines” google doc with them and add in your highest performing subject lines (psst, I do this too and I have 384 subject lines in mine). Esther’s story ( why should I care enough to open this? Where is the teaser? ) . Better yet?

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Achieve

JUNE 3, 2014

Contrary to a widespread assumption about documentaries, impactful docs are not about causes, issues or historical facts. You care because you’re also a person, and because we live on this earth together and billions of crazy, weird, beautiful things tie us together no matter how different our politics, religions or communities.

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NetWits

JUNE 6, 2011

Think about the websites you most visit: Facebook , Google’s Gmail , Calendars and Docs , Yahoo , Netflix , NYTimes , Friendster –what, you don’t use Friendster anymore? Well, my point is that all of these sites have user logins.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

You started yours to make a difference. The difference between fundraisERS and fundraisING is just that: what the person gets in return. Their giving is “transformational” meaning they give to make a difference, not to receive something in return. Then you figured out that you needed funds to pay for the good work.

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Template Fundraising Nonprofit Calendar 111

NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Epic Change is no different. ToMamaWithLove (TMWL) is no exception – but, as Stacey Monk, CEO of Epic Change, reflects, "It's a much different medium than it used to be.". Focused engagement, with direct messages, replies, and retweets required a different process and purpose than broadcast messages. How did it go?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

It’s not hard to see the difference. But when they receive a receipt that is no different than the one they get when they purchase a box of cat treats, it makes their gift feel transactional rather than meaningful. Or You won’t believe what a difference your gift made! But the rules are a bit different around IRS language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

It takes you through the technologies and tools for each channel for different goals and offers up lots of case studies from organizations such as National Wildlife Federation, Red Cross, AARP, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, American Museum of Natural History, SEIU and others.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

transaction Setup Fee: $0 Commitment: None Integration: Salesforce, MailChimp, Eventbrite, Optimizely, Google Analytics, Google Docs, HubSpot, Insightly, Stripe. Since MobileCause is an all-in-one platform, nonprofits that use the software are subscribing to all of the services rather than piecing together different elements based on need.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

A strong call to action, worded in way that is relevant to your brand, can make all the difference in your email. Consider using a free online tool such as Google Docs and/or Google Calendar to plan when emails/communications will be sent. Avoid using ‘click here’ in your email copy.

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Database Doc Newsletter Australia 109

Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2009

This can happen with internal network passwords as well, but there are differences: IT staff can require secure passwords for their own networks and email systems. Do they do that with their employees' Google Doc passwords? Does anyone think to disable those employees' access to docs in the cloud?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Don’t forget to think about how COVID is playing a role this year, what you’ll need to do differently from usual, and how your messaging will need to acknowledge the weirdness of 2021. Spreadsheets and shared files (such as on Google Docs or Dropbox) are phenomenal ways to keep everyone on the same page.

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Campaign Fundraising Calendar Template 79

Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

The problem with this is that nonprofits come in all different shapes and sizes, and sometimes staff capacity is short and time is limited. 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.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

I use Google Docs , Zoho Writer , and Office Web Apps. For many people, being able to use Google Docs offline would make a huge difference in the viability of Chromebook. My wife recently bought a Chromebook, and I've been playing with it a lot. Word processing?

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 26, 2015

Much like Pinterest, you create different boards. The difference? Each board houses different tasks instead of your favorite recipe. One is in a completely different state. Your volunteers probably have different schedules. Your board members are in different places with busy schedules. Unique Features.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

You may not see a significant difference in the features you’ll use when comparing free and paid options. You may not want to change how you currently manage donors, which means you’d like to invest as little as possible in a different solution or approach to donor management. Is it worth it to spend the money?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

It was a great chat, made even more interesting by the diverse perspectives of participants in five different countries. If different teams and working groups in an organization all migrate to the cloud separately without any visibility into each other's work, then the cloud will only make those silos in organizational culture worse.

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NTEN

APRIL 21, 2012

NTEN has grown a lot in the last couple of years, and for the first time, we had different departments working on different aspects of the conference. But at the end of the day, some folks knew some things that others didn't.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2011

We've done this numerous times and it's taken different forms. We wrote a sweetness in front of an office for a friend grieving the death of his child, in front of our doc's office saying thanks for being such a great healer, and loud praise for the librarians at the library.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. A fundraising tool that allows donors to automatically round up their debit or credit card purchases to the nearest dollar and donate the difference to the nonprofit of their choice. It is a must download!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Learn and understand the different work that people do. Set up regular audits of training docs and business processes. will be very different , a nd that’s completely OK. Onboarding users takes time and to do it successfully, should be completed in steps. Get to know the neighbors (Community). Overall refresh.

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