Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

Whether you’re brand new and still waiting for funding or an established nonprofit that needs to cut costs, we understand your budget can be tight. Nonprofit software helps organizations manage their day-to-day functions like administration, fundraising, donor relations, accounting, marketing, and more. Fundraising. Bloomerang.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2011

It reads and writes all MS Office formats (except for Access files.) The days when many a nonprofit were run by Access databases is coming to a close as things move more and more to the cloud. I know that the fact that nonprofits can get MS Office for $30 or so makes a change unlikely, and I’ve carped about that one for years.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 23, 2009

After playing with all the options, I ultimately decided to export the files to HTML, upload online via FTP and serve in a Salesforce custom web tab aptly named "How Do I?" ScreenSteps is $80 (no Nonprofit discount, I'm afraid) but here's a link that includes a code for 25% off. There's a Mac and PC version.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2016

What can cloud computing do for nonprofits? Many nonprofit organizations rely on outdated software and legacy systems, mainly because of low funds and generally restricted access to cutting edge technology. Thanks to the cloud, nonprofits can now set up their IT infrastructure without having to depend as much on physical hardware.

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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.) For a nonprofit/education environment the cost is just $2/user per year. to make it easier to work within the 3rd party tool's own environment. they stare blankly.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The October edition of Nonprofits Live examined the topic of online collaboration. Graves continued the conversation by discussing how TechSoup’s Online Community Team - a distributed team - works together to develop resources such as Nonprofits Live and online trainings via tweet chats. What file-sharing tools do you use?

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

AND so important to budget challenged nonprofit organizations – it saves all the cost of paying for everyone to travel to be together. You will need to make sure everyone is able to access the documents you will be referring to during the meeting, the files or system you will be using to capture notes and brainstorms, etc.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

The current software does not interface with our current/new technical environment (MS-Exchange and Office, or Google g-mail, calendar, docs, etc.). This is an area of new or expanded emphasis for us. We cannot interface with other desired applications. Our system is like the “roach motel” of data; the data goes in, but never comes out again.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

kicked off with a special edition of Nonprofits Live on the topic of collaborative storytelling. A production grid is easy to produce in a collaborative tool like Google Docs and is easily shared via email or file sharing. The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Campaign. Building a Team.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2009

This could happen to any nonprofit or company storing data this way. And anyone who gets access to the password of an employee with access to those online files gets access to all files shared with that employee. Do they do that with their employees' Google Doc passwords?

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

By Steve Backman, President, Database Designs To close out our month-long look at some of the best tools for nonprofits, Steve Backman tells you about some of his favorite day-to-day software. Collaborative Files I couldn't get through my day without Dropbox , which I have blogged about before. Here are my categories and choices.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

To get started preparing for the most wonderful time of the year for nonprofits and charities, ensure you’ve covered your year-end fundraising basics with this year-end fundraising campaign timeline. Set a Goal: Hopefully, your nonprofit or charity has a clear, board-approved budget that you follow. Ah, but it’s not.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. IT staff set up an automatic backup of each employee's Outlook file to their server every night, to ensure that nothing was lost. What issues has OCASI run into?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2013

variety of new rich media options to make your documents, presentations, and other files more interactive and engaging. PDF to Word Doc Capabilities. converting PDF files to Word format. Throughout the suite of Microsoft Office 2013 products, there are a. For example in. needed to be able to edit it in Microsoft Word?

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2012

To help you keep track of files while keeping your sanity, here are 5 of the tools that will make organizing your conference a breeze. Many of us in the nonprofit space know how much effort goes into organizing large, annual events. Jeff Ramos. Community and Content Manager. Games for Change.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

See a good deal more about the new cloud computing online services and other ways of working collaboratively in the TechSoup article: A Few Good Tools for Sharing Files with Distributed Groups. And be sure and check out the great online video, Google Docs in Plain English. Additional Resources. Online Project Management Tools.

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

That's why BetterWorld Telecom, a TechSoup donation partner, is offering nonprofits a special rate on one of our favorite tools – Adobe Connect. cents/minute for Adobe Connect and audio conferencing services combined, just for nonprofits. Audio, video, application, and screen sharing (jpg, ppt, pdf, flash, mp3, doc).

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. Google Drive Mobile is a free app for viewing and editing Google Docs on an Android phone or tablet. Google Drive for iOS is a free app that allows you to view and edit Google Doc office documents on iPhones and iPads.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2011

We use Outlook across our entire nonprofit here at the TechSoup offices, and we can even use an Outlook web app to check our work email from home. One handy feature of Outlook 2010 is the ability to preview attachments (PDFs, Word docs, and so on) within the email itself. Quickly Preview Attachments.

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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. CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief.

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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. CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

If you don’t plan your day and purposefully choose what to work on, you’ll spend your whole day fighting fires and maybe never work on the things that can help your nonprofit grow. So, find a system for keeping all your to do items in one place, whether that’s on a piece of paper, in a notebook, in a Word file, or somewhere else.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

What does it mean that one blog has three times as many users as another blog in the nonprofit tech space? Here's a few: She's Geeky , an unconference for women in technology, held a blog day on September 19th which generated many posts including a few from the nonprofit tech space ( here , here , and here ) Blog Action Day is October 15th.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Find out how to use Google’s free G Suite for Nonprofits to become more efficient and maximise your impact. G Suite is Google’s collection of business apps like Gmail, Google Docs and Google Drive. Nonprofits can access the G Suite Basic collection without any charge. Keep information and files secure.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

At Nonprofit Hub, we use Google for everything—and I mean everything. That means you can access any of your files anywhere, whether you’re on your work computer, phone, laptop or tablet—as long as you have your login info and an internet connection, you’re set. And why wouldn’t it be? Accessibility. Collaboration. Compatibility.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In honor of C3's 5 year anniversary this month, I present to my fellow techies in young nonprofits my 5 simple lessons learned from 5 years of operating in the cloud: 1. Both are extensible platforms with strong nonprofit user communities. With Screen Steps, I can easily edit the file to replace an image or rewrite a step.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In honor of C3's 5 year anniversary this month, I present to my fellow techies in young nonprofits my 5 simple lessons learned from 5 years of operating in the cloud: 1. Both are extensible platforms with strong nonprofit user communities. With Screen Steps, I can easily edit the file to replace an image or rewrite a step.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2009

I am still thinking the Cloud, Storm, and Tower keynote that Mark Pesce delivered at ConnectingUp Austraila where he suggested that nonprofits need to "look more like a cloud." The visual above sort of illustrates Tower organizations versus Cloud organizations. . We use google docs, chat, spreadsheets etc.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Last week I posted John Elbare’s advice for new nonprofit consultants. Today I’m posting Karen Nyhus ‘ advice, originally posted on NTEN’s nptechconsult forum (for members only) in response to a request for “resources and tips for our nonprofit technology community to help them start things off right in 2007.&#

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Basecamp is a project space where everyone associated with a project can post updates, set and track deadlines and milestones, and even upload files associated with the project. What technology choices have improved accountability in your nonprofit or public library? What about your organization? Has the cloud changed how you work?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

The number of low-cost or free online resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

In addition to being super active in her San Francisco nonprofit community, she also does a lot, including teaching a CFRE class. But first what I want to do is just ask Steven to launch a poll to gauge where you are right now with regard to feelings about promoting legacy giving in your nonprofit. And is just all over the place.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

And I really wanted to do this session because grants can feel so mysterious to so many nonprofit leaders, even ones that have some degree of grant success. . As Steven mentioned, I have been writing grants specifically for health and human services nonprofits for about 15 years now. Ultimately, funders are people, right?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

She is a nonprofit founder, former ED herself, and I always like to get that perspective whenever possible. I like to joke that I have had every job that is a Rubik’s cube in the nonprofit world, staff member, board member, founder, executive director. The average nonprofit sends almost 10 emails just in December alone.

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See3

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

The smartest nonprofits right now are turning to Google for pretty much everything. Google gives away to nonprofit what they charge everyone else $50 per user per year for. Try Google Docs. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Mostly, yes.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

This ability to organize content segments, like moving post-its around on a table, makes wikis more useful than other collaborative document creation tools like Google Docs. Google docs is good if you are writing a single document or creating a single spreadsheet.

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