Doc Seaman Amateur Sport Grants now open for applications
Charity Village
OCTOBER 26, 2023
The Calgary Foundation‘s 2023 Doc Seaman Amateur Sports Program is now open. The grant request deadline is noon on November 15 of each year.
What is the Youtube Nonprofit Program?
Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits
MAY 28, 2020
What is the Youtube Nonprofit Program? We’ve discussed that a Google for Nonprofits account has a whole host of benefits and one of those is access to the Youtube Nonprofit Program. Best of all, accessing the program is free, so you’ve got nothing to lose! What does the Youtube Nonprofit Program offer?
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What is the Youtube Nonprofit Program?
Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits
MAY 28, 2020
What is the Youtube Nonprofit Program? We’ve discussed that a Google for Nonprofits account has a whole host of benefits and one of those is access to the Youtube Nonprofit Program. Best of all, accessing the program is free, so you’ve got nothing to lose! What does the Youtube Nonprofit Program offer?
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Get Organized and Increase Your Nonprofit Productivity
Get Fully Funded
JULY 13, 2021
Here are some of my favorite tools and how I use them to stay organized and be productive: Google Workspace, formerly known as G Suite: I cannot imagine a more important set of tools for nonprofit productivity than these free tools from Google: Google Docs , Google Sheets , Google Forms , Google Slides , and Google Calendar.
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Nonprofit Volunteer Management: Three Tips to Increase and Maintain Engagement
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 29, 2022
Now let’s take a moment to consider this value in terms of fundraising, marketing, and program execution. Recruit Volunteers: The first step in any volunteer program is to find volunteers. Adopting the right software can completely transform your volunteer program. Volunteers can have an enormous impact on reaching your goals.
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Why Is Communication Important in Project Management?
Media Cause
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
This might be your organization’s event manager for the volunteers executing your yearly fundraisers, the Executive Director working with their Board Members on the program’s initiatives, or your Grant Writer coordinating the organization’s program funding goals.
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Best Practices for Managing and Organizing Volunteers in 2021
Volunteer Hub
JULY 23, 2021
Creating a strategic process for organizing volunteers can increase program impact, reduce turnover through engagement, and create new opportunities by eliminating administrative tasks. Many organizations, just like yours, are saving hundreds of hours , per-year, by having an organized volunteer program. Create Realistic Goals.
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2 Fiscal Benefits Of Cloud Computing For Nonprofits
TechImpact
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
Some general programs often taken for granted by contemporary nonprofit employees include Office 365, Google Docs, email software, CRM systems, and database management software, all of which can be accessed in the cloud depending on the service provider. Image courtesy of Advantages of Cloud Computing.
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How nonprofits engaged volunteers during the COVID shutdown
ASU Lodestar Center
AUGUST 25, 2021
As nonprofits limited worker contact, many shuttered or adjusted programs and asked their volunteers to stay away. Zoom is one tool for connecting with volunteers, but volunteer managers commonly use various desktop programs to carry out their work. They ordered goods from Amazon rather than drive to the store. Restaurants shut down.
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Comcast Internet Essentials - A Green Program to Bridge the Digital Divide
Tech Soup
AUGUST 23, 2011
this summer is the Comcast Internet Essentials Program. This new program is rolling out this month in 39 states offering $10 per month broadband Internet program to low-income families with children who are eligible to receive free school meals. Anyone interested in finding out more on this program can call 1-855-8-INTERNET.
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Time is Money: Solutions for Monitoring Problems With Your Website
Byte Technology
MAY 31, 2016
To begin, consider using a program that monitors your site 24/7 and instantly reports problems when and if they occur. Using a combination of their free services—Google Spreadsheets, Google Docs and Google Scripts—you can actually construct your own uptime monitoring page to track any number of websites.
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13 Tasks to Do Right Now to Plan for Fundraising Success
Get Fully Funded
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Get a legal pad and a pen or pull up a Google Doc or a Word Doc. We see nonprofits putting more energy into campaigns driven by social media as well as targeted Asks to volunteers centered on specific programs. With a solid plan in place, you’ll raise the money you need to fully fund your programs and you’ll change more lives.
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Your 2022 Guide to Blackbaud’s K-12 Conference
sgEngage
JUNE 14, 2022
They had Google forms and docs, emails, databases, digital files, and even hard copy binders. Participants will learn actionable strategies to address these additional expenses and ensure a financial aid program aligned with the school’s goals. Improve the Process. Shop Talk: Blackbaud Tuition Management.
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20+ Nonprofit Tools You Need to Get Your New Nonprofit Up and Running
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. Grab it here. Grant Searching .
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Grab This Fundraising Plan Template for New Nonprofits
Get Fully Funded
JANUARY 1, 2024
Start by mapping out what programs and services you plan to offer during the year. Plan Your Programs FIRST: You need to plan your programs for the year before you set your fundraising goal. This number is your direct program cost. In other words, don’t try to raise as much as you can then figure out how to spend it.
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Nonprofit Leadership Transition: Best Practices
NonProfit Hub
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
A Google doc or Trello board can be great for organizing project-based work or listing duties. The convenience of using programs like LastPass and other password recall programs is apparent as soon as someone leaves your organization. Best of all? Each of these solutions is free for nonprofits. . Logins, Lists, and Licenses.
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Case Study: Use Google's Free Tools to Animate Your Data
NTEN
MAY 11, 2011
By Andy Krackov, Assistant Vice President, Programs & Partnerships, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health At the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, we publish data on children's health and well being in California through our own www.kidsdata.org website.
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Getting Started With Planned Giving
Get Fully Funded
JULY 21, 2022
The good news is that it’s easy to start a simple planned giving program at your nonprofit with just a couple of steps that can easily be part of your annual fundraising plan. They may designate the gift toward a specific program or project in your nonprofit, or they may leave it to you to use as needed, which is my favorite!
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Guest Post by Seema Rao: How Museums Can Resist Racism and Oppression
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 16, 2017
Seema and I have started an open google doc to assemble ideas for specific things museums and museum professionals can do to resist oppression. For those who are unaware of this program, it’s sort of a hybrid museum conference, personal growth program, and summer camp smushed into three days. How can museums react?
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How to Write a Successful Annual Fundraising Plan in 6 Steps
Get Fully Funded
JANUARY 17, 2022
You’ll have the confidence of knowing when the time is right to spend money on programs, something many young and small organizations struggle with. And your plan will give you a reality check to hold back when you are tempted to barrel ahead with a new program before you have fully figured out the funding for it. You want to strive!
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Upcoming Webinar November 7: Leverage Data for Mission-Driven Orgs
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 29, 2013
spreadsheets, Googe Docs, email services, online channels, and more? City Year , the nonprofit national service organization behind "Give a Year, Change the World," and program of AmeriCorps, recently received donations of SAP. Does your organization collect data. Is it collected in a variety of places, like Excel.
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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Desktop Productivity
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 7, 2011
It does have a drawing program, an XML editor, as well as a math equation editor, in addition to the standard word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool and database. It is the only fully cross-platform office suite with pretty much the same functionality and interface independent of platform.
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A Note About Those Notes
NTEN
MAY 21, 2015
This is a Google Doc that anyone can access and contribute to before, during, or after the session. A reveal of the magic behind the 15NTC collaborative notes URL creation. For a number of years at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), we have created “Collaborations Notes” for each of the sessions.
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Working in the Stratosphere: Cloud-Based Tools, Services, and Opportunities
NTEN
MAY 1, 2012
We'll also present best practices for using these online tools and how to operate fully integrated, multi-channeled communications and fundraising programs. May 21 - Tools, Services & Opportunities in the Cloud for Operations and Programs. May 14 - Communication Tools, Services & Opportunities in the Cloud.
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Nonprofit Leadership Transition: Best Practices
NonProfit Hub
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
A Google doc or Trello board can be great for organizing project-based work or listing duties. The convenience of using programs like LastPass and other password recall programs is apparent as soon as someone leaves your organization. Best of all? Each of these solutions is free for nonprofits. . Logins, Lists, and Licenses.
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DIY Community Engagement Metrics
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 20, 2011
When people who work in services, programs, grant writing and fundraising, for example, all share their view of the groups in the community, not only can you start mapping the network but you can also have really rich discussions about the way different parts of your organization view the community. New grants or new programs.
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Case Study: Tools for Community Engagement
NTEN
JUNE 20, 2011
When it came to blogger outreach, a Google Doc was the preferred and successful tool. They did not have a preference in mind for the redesign when it came to the programming language, just a clear understanding of what they wanted supporters to be able to do. That directed the build. Information for bloggers.
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80 CiviCRM Developer Camp
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MAY 3, 2009
I saw the example of it used for the Physician Health Program in Canada. It’s quite good, and there are some useful docs to see it at work on the CiviCRM wiki. The Alpha of 2.3 should be out by July. I also learned about CiviCase, which is actually present in 2.2.
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OutLook Addict Seeks Gmail Rehab Program.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 2, 2007
Why is that I could easily make the switch from PowerPoint to SlideShare -- from Word to Google Docs from Excel to Google Spreadsheets? In one of my workshops recently, I talked about online web applications -- the value and benefits as well as the drawbacks. But why can't shift from Outlook to gmail?
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ROI for a donor database
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.). For custom systems, the cost of programming time to build features that are available off the shelf, and of fundraiser and A.S. This is an area of new or expanded emphasis for us.
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‘Why don’t you have a nonprofit data management plan?’ Q&A with Debbie Snyder and Gary Carr
3rd Sector Labs
APRIL 23, 2014
The most popular is Facebook – https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/permissions/. That targeted message might include updated data about your newest service programs in the community. We definitely recommend using social media logins to your website as a convenience option for your constituents. GARY: Ditto.
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How Game On Cancer Cracked the Code on Engaging Physicians and Cancer Survivors
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. We started with a nomination packet for each doc that included a personalized “MVP Trading Card.”
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5 Questions: Social Media's Potential for Faith Based Communities
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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31 Free And Affordable Software Options For Nonprofits On A Budget
Kindful
MARCH 16, 2021
Hidden fees or limitations: Golden’s free volunteer management plan allows you to start scheduling, tracking, and programming instantly through a simple sign-up process. Hidden fees or limitations: Through the Power of Us Program, eligible nonprofits get ten free subscriptions to Salesforce’s nonprofit package and discounts on other products.
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Member Round Up: Summer Learning!
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?
Platforms break open!
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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100 33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits
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. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. It is a must download! GreatNonprofits :: greatnonprofits.org.
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279 Happy Earth Day! 7 Ways to Green Your Technology
NTEN
APRIL 22, 2010
This fantastic doc from MIT will walk you through your office to help you pinpoint places where you can do more to help Mother Earth. There are programs like Free Geek across the country, and myriad other options for recycling your tech junk, even at retailers like Office Depot and Best Buy. Print green.
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Empowering Your Board to Fundraise: Treating Your Board Members as Major Donors
NTEN
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
Use Google docs to share information and materials. Send information using an email program like Constant Contact to be sure everyone can receive the materials and you can track if there was a problem. Share program information that interests them anytime; don’t wait for a Board meeting.
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A View of the Cloud from India
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 14, 2011
This is a communique on the current state of cloud adoption in India from Prashant Pandit and Pooja Jayna from TechSoup Global's, NASSCOM Foundation BIGTech Program , which is an NGO committed to building ICT capacity in civil society in India. Prashant manages the Big Tech program and is an engineer by training.
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40 Easy Credit Card Payments for Your Nonprofit (Sharing the NTC Bookstore Experience)
NTEN
APRIL 8, 2011
Having already programmed both items into the app, you simply scroll through the photos displayed under the sales slip on the main Square screen. Reconciling the transactions could be easier, but you can download the data from your online Square sales record into an Excel doc.
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61 How Can Volunteer Coordinators Help Their Organizations Become Networked Nonprofits?
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. Outreach/Marketing.
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Why Upgrade to Office 2013? 4 Compelling Features You'll Want to Know
Tech Soup
APRIL 3, 2013
PDF to Word Doc Capabilities. Eligible nonprofits, foundations, and public libraries, may be able to request donated Office 2013 Standard and Professional Plus through TechSoup's Microsoft Donation Program. Throughout the suite of Microsoft Office 2013 products, there are a. For example in. In Office 2013, you'll.
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Creating a Community Resource Guide for Visitacion Valley
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. To collect and organize data, the team members used Google docs and Google forms. The project was spearheaded by Real Options for City Kids (ROCK) , a neighborhood nonprofit and TechSoup member.
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