The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

This feature will increase the information stored on contact records, and save Major Gift Officers, Events Directors, and Donor Services Managers time, by allowing them to BCC a unique address on emails they want to record rather than copying and pasting the text in manually.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Use a real person’s name, typically your Executive Director or the person in charge of acknowledging gifts. Warmly, Jane Smith Executive Director Example #2 Subject: Here’s how we used your gift! Warmly, Jane Smith Executive Director Example #3 Subject: Wow, what a gift! Who is the email from? Our tax ID number is 11-1111111.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Internet Director. Encourage brainstorming. Web Producer.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

When there is a transfer of nonprofit leaders , it is critical that the board of directors, team, and the person exiting the organization are all communicating the same message. A Google doc or Trello board can be great for organizing project-based work or listing duties. Communicate Clearly and Collaboratively. Best of all?

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Leadership Practice Nonprofit License 41

NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

In the Jewish community, we’re starting to see “program director” positions start to take on “community facilitator” characteristics. For success is this evolving marketplace, I want attendees to realize that the implications range from mission and strategy, to the nuts and bolts of setting up a Google doc, and everywhere in between.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Learn how to become a social organization with tips from Yammer 's director of community. The Canadian technology battle continues with head-to-head reviews of document collaboration solutions, Microsoft Skydrive and Google Docs. This July, we’re celebrating web conferencing. Pacific time. TechSoup Canada.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. When it came to blogger outreach, a Google Doc was the preferred and successful tool. Epic Change used four planning tools, but much of the work was really in just two: a private Facebook group and Google Docs. Epic Change is no different. Information for bloggers.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 17, 2020

They started calling each other, directors to directors, and front of house people to front of house people. The shared google doc of closures blew up around Thursday afternoon, and in looking at it, I thought, maybe for the first time in my career, we are saving lives. Faced with such choices, museums did an amazing thing.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2012

Check out all the awesome resources, opportunities, and summer learning programs on the docket for this summer: Superstar member Heidi Massey created this handy Google Doc full of free/low cost tech resources for nonprofits. Fortunately, the NTEN community is making it easy this year. The best part about it?

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New York City Learning Miami New York 56

Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

Featured on this edition of NPLive were: Aaron Bramly , Co-founder and Director of Communication/Education for Lights. David Evan Harris , Founder and Executive Director of the Global Lives Project. A production grid is easy to produce in a collaborative tool like Google Docs and is easily shared via email or file sharing.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Rosenthal, Director of Communications for VolunteerMatch was a participant. Training could also be done virtually with videos or through shared docs on a wiki. Swedish-Lesson - (Photo: International Federation of Red Cross/Hakan Flank/VolunteerMatch). He offered to write a guest post. Supervised or supported service. Do you have one?

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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.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2015

I spoke with Curt Yagi, the executive director of ROCK, about how the guide came about and the collaborative work that went into it. To collect and organize data, the team members used Google docs and Google forms. One of the most difficult tasks was getting these agencies and organizations to actually call back!

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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. Speaking of the responses of the old guard, eTapestry, which was bought by Blackbaud last year, is opening up it’s API this week. Allan, in his inimitable way, points out how bad the API is. So is it good news, when companies open APIs that don’t make it easy to really use?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Kelly Lao, Executive Director at the German American Heritage Center, said the Bloomerang system allowed the GAHC to turn more lapsed or new donors into sustained givers. This includes Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Slides, Meet, and more. Their team found its solution in Bloomerang.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

I think this model may become more prevalent, as organizations are not going to comfortable letting vendors store their data, but will want to take advantage of RIAs like Gliffy or Google Docs. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

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. Collaborate on grant applications or annual reports using Google Docs. Free and affordable productivity software. Google Workspace.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The attendees I chatted with ranged from IT directors to accidental techies to the merely tech curious, all hoping to get a better handle on cloud computing. Full-fledged applications that live in the cloud: for example, Google Docs , Microsoft Office 365 , Zoho , or NetSuite. Cloud Opportunities (The Good Stuff).

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

News outlets ran stories on the doc and its exposé. It follows writer, director and actor Jon Favreau and master chef Roy Choi through different culinary realms as they experience the best restaurants and recipes in the world. But millions of people didn’t. The Chef Show is everything a cooking show should be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

It has a lot of features , but most importantly it grabs hashtags or keywords from Twitter (and Facebook) and dumps into a google doc spreadsheet with other data points. Sit down with my executive director to discuss a process for a social media policy. My Zoetica colleague, Kami Huyse , suggested a tool called rowfeeder.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Or that a certain nonprofit Executive Director Dugg a post about starting a video game company? And if you have a Gmail account, it’s the same username/password that you’d be using for Analytics, Google Docs, Adsense, etc. Creepy part: do I really want to know what’s on my ex-girlfriend’s MySpace page?

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Web Experiment gMail Open Source 113

Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Request a demo Explore pricing nicole.kowalcz… Thu, 04/11/2024 - 01:13 Nonprofit fundraising technology for all Raise more money more efficiently with tools for everyone — from chief “everything” officers to digital fundraisers to development directors and beyond.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

News outlets ran stories on the doc and its exposé. It follows writer, director and actor Jon Favreau and master chef Roy Choi through different culinary realms as they experience the best restaurants and recipes in the world. But millions of people didn’t. The Chef Show is everything a cooking show should be.

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Audience Impact Captivate Industry 156

Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

News outlets ran stories on the doc and its exposé. It follows writer, director and actor Jon Favreau and master chef Roy Choi through different culinary realms as they experience the best restaurants and recipes in the world. But millions of people didn’t. The Chef Show is everything a cooking show should be.

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Audience Impact Captivate Industry 156

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2005

And probably your executive director doesn't want to either. Why can't you just send her a doc like you did last week?" The Senator's aide does not want to sign up for a Writely account just so you can mark up her draft in a cutting-edge way. I've tried. We're talking innovation here, and adopting anything new comes at a cost.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

I was also really happy with the mix of people that came to the conference; we had academics, practitioners, executive directors, researchers, people that don’t often get in the same room and talk. After much discussion about Etherpad, Piratepad, okfnpad, Storify, and other tools, we settled on good old Google docs. I loved that.”.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

For those interested in more detail on this topic, I first wrote about this nearly three years ago and unfortunately, it looks like CiviCRM still hasn’t made any progress on supporting platform-neutral web services API, per the main doc on this topic , which says “the vast bulk of CiviCRM’s functions are not exported thought any net-based (..)

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NTEN

MAY 13, 2011

By Chris Bernard, Idealware When [NTEN Member] Andy Wolber worked for NPower Michigan—first as a consultant, then later as executive director—the organization had a geographically spread-out board of 10-15 members. Google Docs will win out for collaborative document capability every time,” he said.

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Case Study Michigan Collaboration Studies 69

NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

My supervisor, the Director of Operations, had some ideas on what technology changes/improvements he wanted to see in the future. Most of the staff were used to Gmail and familiar with email, calendar, and docs services. He wanted us to find a single sign on system that could tie all our systems together.

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Case Study Google Studies Tutorial 84

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Using a tool like Basecamp or Google Docs, you can invite someone to work with you on the project itself, without spending time navigating barriers in security or organizational culture, or worrying about oversharing. Managing projects in the cloud is a way to sidestep all of those hassles. " That's a powerful idea, but does it work?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 31, 2011

You will work as the direct assistant to the Executive Director and manage the finances for the museum. We are looking for an obsessively detail-oriented, highly resourceful, financially savvy, culture-loving individual to be the Administrative Manager of The Museum of Art & History.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

This is Giving Docs, which the ACLU is using to let people just come on here and click and leave their legacy in very simple steps. People want to connect with a real person, not a generic director of development or director of planned giving. I just want to show you quickly this will-planning tool. There are new services now.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In my work, I’m constantly fielding questions about grants from busy executive directors without formal grants training. Development directors who wear many hats, entry-level grant staff who don’t have much experience, and even program staff who get thrown into grant-writing roles. We’ve got development staff.

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Grant Lesson Tips Video 74

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

My executive director asks, maybe my board asks, you know, “Are we getting an ROI at budget time? Sometimes a system owner is like the person whose budget pays for that product, so director of development, VP of development, philanthropy manager, whatever title you have in your org. How much are we spending on this stuff?

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Technology Video Nonprofit System 101

NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

PT used technology from day one, says Simi Hinden, the director of the online community. They used Google docs to help share documents with the volunteers worldwide as they worked on the magazine. "Google was our first office", Simi explains.

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Google North America Management 88

NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

Overall, we were proud of the print guide, with its handy pull-out map and chronologically ordered sessions—shout-out to our Marketing and Publications Director, Joleen Ong, and our talented, thoughtful designer Philip Krayna!—and So, we''re sharing these with both/all angles together. You: The Community The community will never NOT be #1.

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