NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

We recognize NTEN’s 501 Tech Clubs (local in-person groups) and Communities of Practice (CoPs) (online affinity groups) organizers are one clever and innovative bunch! We learn new community organizing tips and tools from them all the time. Leave a comment below!

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NetWits

JANUARY 3, 2011

Google Docs. Google Docs allows you to set up various types of documents, including worksheets and spreadsheets. Join a relevant group, and join the conversation. Set up a Google Calendar and allow your colleagues to see which activities are happening at various times without having to sort through multiple spreadsheets.

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sgEngage

JUNE 14, 2022

With opportunities for virtual peer networking and small group discussions, there will be tracks for admissions and enrollment, the business office, student and learning management, and technology and innovation. They had Google forms and docs, emails, databases, digital files, and even hard copy binders. Improve the Process.

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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. Paid plans start at about $10 per month.

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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. Identify someone to lead the creation of the guide but also pull in a small group to make sure multiple voices have input into the final product. Tools to create a style guide.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

Throughout the session, we’d divide into smaller groups or pairs to learn from each other more collaboratively. I had asked my contact whether participants were comfortable using Zoom with Google Docs. The tech producer can also help someone who is having a technology challenge without this taking up the whole group’s time.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 25, 2021

A group that is better known for their interpersonal skills than their tech-savvy was suddenly thrust into new technology waters. Some rely primarily on generic workplace tools like Google Docs and Microsoft apps, but others invest in industry applications like Better Impact and Volgistics.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Step 1: Identify all the groups within your community. To start mapping the community we need to first identify which groups are within it. Maybe you work with schools so you have segments for teachers, administrators, parents, students, and then groups outside of the school. Step 2: Define the goals that match each group.

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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. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone. It is a must download!

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Stacey does feel that it's a useful and simple tool that can help spread your story, but had there not been volunteers in the public relations industry involved in the group, she may not have made the time to use the platform. When it came to blogger outreach, a Google Doc was the preferred and successful tool.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Founded : 2016 Givebutter is a fast-growing fundraising platform used by more than 30,000 good causes – from youth groups to the world’s largest charities. These groups have raised over $100 million annually using Givebutter’s modern forms, campaign pages, and event technology.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

They also participate in conversations in Linkedin Groups, and Twitter (via Director Mark Lachs’ twitter profile, @drmarklachs ). Ongoing conversations in the Cloud The team accesses a shared Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) folder. Though it seems like a lot of channels, it is manageable with shared responsibility.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Meyer Foundation announced that George L. Askew, M.D. will serve as the Foundation's next president and CEO, effective April 1. Dr. Askew brings decades of experience as a former pediatrician and leader in federal policy, local government agencies, and nonprofit management spaces.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 21, 2022

Don’t worry about providing legal language or sample docs because your donors already have their own attorney who will take care of all the verbiage and paperwork. Getting started with planned giving is easy: simply plant the idea in the minds of your donors. Those who are serious will take action from there.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

For example: An animal rescue group might aim to increase the number of animals they save by 25%. A Google Doc or Sheet is a great place to start, because you can collaborate with your team. Think about the groups of people who give you money and who might give you money if you asked. You may have different buckets.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2012

Want to send a document to a colleague; chances are you are going to email it at some point unless everyone who you do business with is on Dropbox or Google Docs (which by the way you also need an email address to sign up for). You need to provide an email address. Email continues to grow and to be the dominant communications tool.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

I felt really humbled to be amongst a highly diverse group of both budding and seasoned grassroots activists. On August 2-3, I attended the 5th biennial Money for Our Movements (MFOM) social justice fundraising conference in Baltimore, Maryland, convened by the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training. Here''s what they said.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

Check out notes taken by session attendees throughout the conference using Google Docs , too! Session Materials If you attended the conference, visit myNTC for individual session pages, links, notes, and more. If you did not attend the conference, visit the SlideShare event to review presentations.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

As a result, he finds that people in NGOs in the region are beginning to use cloud computing services like Google Docs and Hotmail , but are often not aware that those applications they are using are in the cloud, or what exactly cloud computing is. Google Docs , Google Groups , and Google Maps are also very well-known and widely used.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 14, 2016

If staring at a blank Word doc makes you feel anxious, you’re not alone. People always read as individuals, not as a group. If you ask a professional copywriter how to write for the web, many will say, “Conversationally.” But what does “conversational” actually look like? Start with these seven tips: Write one-to-one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Use virtual tools to manage campaign internally (Yammer, Google Docs, Listening Dashboards, Private Facebook Groups, etc). Give staff space and time for creativity and to think. Develop shared language. Cross disciplinary teams. The book also covers what staffing structure is required for success of multichannel campaigns.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2009

Here is how the CyberOptic Group describes it: Essentially, cloud computing enables computer software and hardware resources to be accessed over the Internet without the need to have any detailed or specific knowledge of the infrastructure used to deliver the resources, much like a utility model. What Is Cloud Computing?

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 4, 2023

Organizations like Doc Ellis Foundation works to hold law enforcement accountable and offers financial support to families, ensuring they receive the required resources when reporting a missing person. Their mission is expressed through their mantra, “Our votes matter. Our voices matter. Our truths matter. Our presence matters.”

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Google Docs and Google Sites are also used by some groups and not others, depending on the familiarity with these applications and individual preferences. For staff who like doing other work in the cloud, having access to Google Calendar, Docs and Sites is great as well. What issues has OCASI run into?

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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. But the most obvious group s – the survivor s and their physicians – aren’t participating.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

A production grid is easy to produce in a collaborative tool like Google Docs and is easily shared via email or file sharing. Users invite others to collaborate by creating a group; the group creator is designated the administrator. Building a Team. The Story of the Global Lives Project.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Many participants agreed that sharing documents in the cloud over services like Google Docs simplifies working together: you can access your documents from anywhere and don't need to worry about the headaches that can arise from sending documents back and forth via email. " But, as Jon Hardie interjected , it's not that easy.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The morning had two segments, beginning with content and small group exercises on several themes from the Networked Nonprofit including culture change , transparency , and simplicity. Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. Social Media Game: Scaling Small Group Learning Exercises.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

This week Andy Carvin at NPR hosted a small group of social media folks at NPR to help them think through their strategies regarding user-generated content and social networking. This video of Doc Searls talks about two of the competing metaphors that exist on the Internet - the static Web vs. the dynamic Web. Click To Play Video.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The Top Ten Heroes are an incredibly inspiring group. You can watch videos about each hero, and learn more about their stories on the 2009 CNN Heroes voting page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2009

I realized that I was the only one in the group who didn't have an Iphone. Ability to access my google docs, calendar, and gmail - not only read, but edit. I realized that I was the only one in the group who didn't have an Iphone. That's a video I took at NTC after dinner when we all wandered into the Apple Store. Browse web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2008

Visit the gMail Google group to at the least find others in your boat and get the latest updates. I don't use my email as a to do list, but I do have a lot of reference information in there, particularly what I haven't processed into a google doc (which was also giving me some issues).

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Use Google docs to share information and materials. Barbara Talisman is Vice President at The Pursuant Group. Here are some ideas to engage your Board and create a relationship that works: What is their communication preference? In person, email, fax, mail, Twitter? For more information and tools, click here. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2008

One of the techniques I did during the report out of the small groups was throw questions out on Twitter. One group came up with an idea about using a wiki for internal collaboration. Kalabird we used google docs wiki-like platform to build our new website's copy decks and implementation plan. There were some fabulous responses.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 17, 2020

Their audiences also skew heavily toward the highest risk group for the infection. 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. The social media folks were in full-on energizer bunny mode behind the scenes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Many of this latter group of are veterans of what Extraordinaries’ Jacob Colker calls the “Command & Control Model” – programs that seek to control the relationship of the volunteer with the organization and/or cause. Training could also be done virtually with videos or through shared docs on a wiki. Recruitment is just the start.

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