fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It seems like we are spending our lives on Zoom and other video conferencing systems these days. 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. Then add technology and distance.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

My colleague Charlie Hunsaker posted the following question on the FUNDSVCS Advancement Services listserve: I have two clients who are looking for new systems and want a “cost justification” for their acquisition to share with their management. Our system is like the “roach motel” of data; the data goes in, but never comes out again.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

These groups have raised over $100 million annually using Givebutter’s modern forms, campaign pages, and event technology. transaction Setup Fee: $0 Commitment: None Integration: Salesforce, MailChimp, Eventbrite, Optimizely, Google Analytics, Google Docs, HubSpot, Insightly, Stripe. Platform Fee: 4.9% For Getting Fancy. Online Course.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

I’ll do another few posts for other areas, like development, system maintenance, personal web presence, and writing. (If And, like all consultants, workflow involves documents and spreadsheets, and for that I mostly use LibreOffice , although sometimes using Google Docs makes sense for collaboration.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2019

And, because everyone loves change and learning new technology, you aren’t anticipating any challenges when communicating this decision or providing training to impacted teams across campus. LMS; p roject management and ticketing system ; online training, screen capture and recording software?) The decision has been made.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2014

Whenever I learn about a new concept or trend in technology, I try and think about how nonprofits and libraries could use it or benefit from it. The movement has huge potential for nonprofits and public libraries, but it still has some ways to go in the overall technology sector. Doc Searls on VRM. VRM: A Quick Explainer.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2016

Many nonprofit organizations rely on outdated software and legacy systems, mainly because of low funds and generally restricted access to cutting edge technology. As users keep moving their business-critical applications to the cloud, they realize that there is a reduced need to upgrade their systems. A Green Initiative.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

Established in 2008 as a collaborative response to the growing number of complex elder abuse cases in NYC, the NYC Elder Abuse Center helps professionals, organizations, and systems prevent elder abuse and improve their response to it. Ongoing conversations in the Cloud The team accesses a shared Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) folder.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open, part II October 18, 2007 The dust is settling. The drive toward open everything is pretty inexorable, and the pressure is only going to get greater. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 3, 2009

And there is a new menu system, which will make things a lot easier. It’s quite good, and there are some useful docs to see it at work on the CiviCRM wiki. (I’ll be installing CiviCRM from svn in the next week, and I’ll probably blog more as 2.3 develops.).

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

If you’re looking at your technology budget and wondering whether you’re getting your money’s worth, join Digital Strategist & Technology Coach Maureen Wallbeoff and learn exactly how to harness the power of your technology to help your organization grow. Full Transcript: Steven: Yeah. ” I love it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What is cloud computing? It also includes applications that you might develop (or have developed) that are hosted outside your network.

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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 the cloud won't fix a broken technology plan.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits May 19, 2008 There are some really interesting tidbits of stuff out there. And yeah after reading the docs, I agree, it’s bad. Time will tell. { Time will tell. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open! October 15, 2007 If you are new to this site, you might want to read more , and subscribe to my feed. Here’s a quick overview of both initiatives.

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

Dropbox sits nicely between formal, full featured project communications tools such as Basecamp (which we also use), Central Desktop , or Google Apps and Docs. Gliffy has smart-looking templates for flow charts, database diagrams, system, business processes, and so on. Box.net does a lot of this and is a worthy competitor.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Over 180 people with over 635,000 total followers signed up to participate by authorizing Epic Change to post via their Twitter account using JustCoz , an online relay system that lets you donate a tweet a day to help raise awareness for causes that matter to you. Information for bloggers. She thinks they may move to MailChimp next year.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This enables free services (Google Docs) and cloud vendors can offer product donations as part of their corporate citizenship programs (NetSuite.org). A volunteer in Iowa can enter bills into your accounting system for the 30 days they are available until the next volunteer in Florida takes over. Lower Costs. Cheaper Start-Up Costs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

At the same time, volunteer service organizations need to rethink how they work and what technology they use. Training could also be done virtually with videos or through shared docs on a wiki. There’s no doubt that social networks are allowing organizations to connect with and recruit non-traditional volunteers in new ways.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Once upon a time, just a little more than a century ago, every factory that wanted to run its systems on electricity had to build its own electrical generating system. Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. Lucy Bernholz, Blueprint R+D.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This enables free services (Google Docs) and cloud vendors can offer product donations as part of their corporate citizenship programs (NetSuite.org). A volunteer in Iowa can enter bills into your accounting system for the 30 days they are available until the next volunteer in Florida takes over. Lower Costs. Cheaper Start-Up Costs.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Once upon a time, just a little more than a century ago, every factory that wanted to run its systems on electricity had to build its own electrical generating system. Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. Lucy Bernholz, Blueprint R+D.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

The CRM is Salesforce, the CMS and Web Publish System is Drupal and then we have to determine the Donation Managment System (Convio, Blacbkaud) or do we create custom donation forms and use a 3rd party? In the Salesforce world, those charity technology mission components are not driving forces. What’s involved in this?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Full-fledged applications that live in the cloud: for example, Google Docs , Microsoft Office 365 , Zoho , or NetSuite. Security and management are in the hands of "trained, dedicated experts," which frees you up to focus on your mission, rather than the grunt work of technology maintenance. Transition incrementally.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 01.04.08 Experiments, snafus and stumbles December 17, 2007 I seem to have lost my head. You know why I started to twitter. 4 Ade 12.18.07

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

I liked our 10 technology tips to help you reduce your need to travel, and also our travel reduction tools we compiled. This software as a service model of computing has the added environmental and budgetary benefit of needing a less robust computer system, servers, and installed software to host these applications.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

And you should have technology that allows you to come together with other nonprofits, government agencies, private sector partners, and the communities you serve so you don’t have to go it alone. But technology is a critical enabler to make more of those moments of impact possible. The answer to how this happens is interoperability.

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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. Why is fundraising essential for nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

But in an email this morning pointing out my, gasp, mistake, I learned that there were two nonprofit technology consultants named Michael Stein! Can you describe your work in the nonprofit technology field? Was I the only person on this planet who didn't know there two Michael Steins in the nonprofit technology field?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

Technology can be a huge barrier for inclusion if we don’t consider the digital divide of skills, tools, and Internet speeds when selecting platforms and tools for meetings. The smoothest way to collect feedback is via collaborative cloud-based documents such as Google Docs or Slides, Slack, or other collaboration platforms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

It’s a way of thinking and working that acknowledges the integral role digital technology plays in how we live and work. For example, working as a team on a large report using a tool such as Google Docs allows each person to work on it at different times. Remote/Hybrid Meeting Buddy System. Inclusive Meeting Norms.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Annika Billqvist, Office and Technology Manager, HandsOn Bay Area When I started at HandsOn Bay Area in 2006, the organization didn’t have a long-term technology plan in place and used many different systems for communication, collaboration, and data storage. In 2009, we finalized a technology plan.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

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.&# Try out new technologies on your own when you get a chance.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

If you've ever worked with a consultant or collaborated with a colleague in another organization, you probably hit a roadblock when you realized that that person didn't have access to an internal system. Accountability can be a two-way street, with the same system that tracks staff's deadlines tracking the ED's work too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2009

technologies, everyone in your organization has more opportunities to speak for your organization than ever before. We use google docs, chat, spreadsheets etc. a dynamic two-way flow of power and authority, based on knowledge, trust, credibility and a focus on results, enabled by interconnected people and technology".

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

With only 7 people working for them on a daily basis in Jerusalem, along with 1 in Tel Aviv and 3 in NY, they rely on technology to do the rest of the work. PT used technology from day one, says Simi Hinden, the director of the online community. Online Collaboration. "Google was our first office", Simi explains.

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