Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2009

TechCrunch is reporting a security flaw found by a security expert in Google Docs, but says that Google has not replied to the problem yet. Allegedly the flaw consists of: Embedded images in docs can be accessed by those without permissions, even after deletion. Tags: Office & Productivity Privacy Security Web 2.0

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Judi Sohn

JULY 21, 2013

Why aren’t you just using Google Docs?” ” Yes, some of what we’re doing in Smartsheet could be done in Google Docs. It’s an Excel/Google Doc-like online app that generates spreadsheets that are more dynamic than just rows & columns. Tagged: online project management , Smartsheet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 17, 2011

Google+ Tips and Tricks – Google Docs. tags: google+ google tips toblog. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

In Back to the Future , Doc Brown gets the cable plugged in -- yes, just in time. Tags: NPTech NTEN. There's a trope in many a science-fiction movie: you need to fix the tech to save the day. In Empire , R2D2 reconnects the hyperdrive just in time. In Wrath of Kahn , Spock fixes the warp drive just in time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Here are some helpful hints to make your Facebook group a truly vibrant platform: Maximizing group features for networking and engagement: Tagging individuals in posts. Tagging folks in pictures and asking them to tag themselves also increases engagement, puts a face to a name, and humanizes the process by bridging online and on-land worlds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

So, I've used wikispaces, pbwiki, socialtext, jotspot, and writely (now google docs). But, since Google combined writely and its spreadsheets into Google Docs - I'm going to consolidate there. You can easilyl collaborate with spreadsheets and docs. You can add tags to your documents! (No The formatting is great.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

You've heard about some time-saving free Google Docs templates that can save time for non-profits creating documents, spreadsheets and presentations – but did you know Microsoft.com has a bundle of free Office Suite templates that are designed especially for non-profits? read more ).

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 11, 2010

Tags: Non-profit technology nptech office collaboration Microsoft online storage project management PowerPoint application. You’re keen to collaborate online, but other members of your nonprofit team are dragging their heels? read more ).

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Robert Weiner

JULY 23, 2009

Do they do that with their employees' Google Doc passwords? Does anyone think to disable those employees' access to docs in the cloud? Tags: TechSoup. IT staff can test the security of passwords on their own networks. IT can disable email and network accounts for former employees.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

First, we created an open Google Doc where we put in the introduction language, so anyone that clicked through from someone’s blog or Twitter post would have context about what was happening (and included a numbered list up to 53, so people could easily see where to add their name and blog address). See the Google Doc for links.).

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Robert Weiner

JULY 29, 2009

The recent theft of confidential documents from Twitter's Google Docs account points out the dangers of insecure passwords. Tags: TechSoup. NTEN's blog discusses the details of the break-in and lessons we should learn from it. The chief lesson: good passwords are key to good security. . Photo: Paul Linton.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 23, 2010

Tabs management : I wish that the administrators of a dashboard could create tabs (within reason) for separate resources so that you could have a separate tab for the slides or notes, and another for pulling in a google doc-survey, and another for a google doc for real-time notes or something. Have you used Tweetnotes?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

We are all really looking forward to this discussion and hope that be creating the google doc ahead of time we can let the community build a resource far better than we could have alone. Tags: community presentation 10ntc community building nten online communities. Please do share your ideas, links, or examples !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Speaking of Google, check out this new doc uploader and this bookmark service that aggregates all social bookmarking sites in one click (for those of us tool fondlers who need more than one tool for each type. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 27, 2009

Ten years ago, Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger laid out 95 principles for communicating with customers online. Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech Web 2.0 read more ). read more ). accountability Non-profit Communications.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 12, 2009

There are many ways to publish any RSS feed on your own website — Feedburner’s BuzzBoost feature, and Widgetbox, for example, among a host of other methods including a Google Docs trick — but lately I’ve been using a free service called Feed Informer, for several reasons.( Tags: RSS Widgets Non-profit technology Web 2.0 read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. Laura Whitehead of Laura's Notebook highly recommends the recent CommonCraft video on Google Docs in Plain English.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 5, 2010

gSyncIt can get my notes into Google Docs, but those don't sync with the Pre and I don't want to have to get Internet access just to read or write a note. Also, gSyncIt also brought my Google Docs into my Outlook Notes, which wasn't good. Tags: Mobile Communications. Calendar: Google Calendar Sync. Notes: Evernote.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 3, 2009

It’s quite good, and there are some useful docs to see it at work on the CiviCRM wiki. Tags: CRM Nonprofit Tech civicrm nptech opensource. I also learned about CiviCase, which is actually present in 2.2. I saw the example of it used for the Physician Health Program in Canada.

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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. Find a way to tag people in your database or make a list somewhere – just find a way to track them so you can be sure to give them a stellar experience.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Consider using a free online tool such as Google Docs and/or Google Calendar to plan when emails/communications will be sent. Tags: Marketing and Communication brand eMail marketing. Keep your templates fresh – don’t be scared to change these to keep readers interested.

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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.). Many other important issues are hard to put a price tag, like. This is an area of new or expanded emphasis for us. We cannot interface with other desired applications.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2009

Tags: GreenTech Office & Productivity Software Using the Web and Internet. Collaborating online also means that there's less need to print out those shared documents. When you can share edits, track changes, insert comments, and brainstorm without needing to print, there's less paper wasted and a lot of pricey ink saved.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2009

Do they do that with their employees' Google Doc passwords? Does anyone think to disable those employees' access to docs in the cloud? Tags: Physical Security Privacy Security Security Staff Training Using the Web and Internet. IT staff can test the security of passwords on their own networks.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Tags: Green Office GreenTech Physical Security Privacy Running Your Organization Security Security Software Using the Web and Internet. Richard also covers the important area of disaster recovery, a field much talked about in cloud security, which essentially means whether or not your critical data is secure and accessible in an emergency.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

Check out notes taken by session attendees throughout the conference using Google Docs , too! And, here are all the photos on Flickr tagged "11NTC" ! Session Materials If you attended the conference, visit myNTC for individual session pages, links, notes, and more.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

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. Tags: 10NTC Lisa Colton NPTech Communications. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why? My husband calls me “Froggy”.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2009

The recent theft of confidential documents from Twitter's Google Docs account points out the dangers of insecure passwords. Tags: Privacy Security Security Using the Web and Internet. NTEN's blog discusses the details of the break-in and lessons we should learn from it. The chief lesson: good passwords are key to good security. .

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

It also goes by the name software as a service (SaaS), which is basically using Internet-based software or services like Google Docs , Salesforce CRM , and Microsoft Office Live Workspace. Tags: GreenTech. I often explain cloud computing over-simply as using the Internet as your hard drive. They are: read more.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2009

Kevin warns of a newly discovered security weakness in Google Docs. Tags: Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 In case you missed it, here are a few things that have been on our minds over the past week. From the TechSoup Community: TechSoup Blog. Elliot asks what your nonprofit can learn from the YMCA about IT alignment.

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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. Tags: earth environment green greenpeace NPTech techsoup virtualization IT Staff. The first step is to admit you have a problem, right? Print green. Buy green electronics. Take that, carbon footprint!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2009

Current examples are Gmail , Yahoo mail , Google Docs , Salesforce , and Microsoft Office Live Workspace. Tags: Acquiring Technology Green Office GreenTech Hardware Networks Server Applications Servers Servers Services Software Tech Support Technology Assessment Using the Web and Internet.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2010

Ian and company had even set up a Google Doc where the audience could post their notes on the panel as it was taking place. Tags: Running Your Organization Staff Using the Web and Internet Volunteers Web 2.0 As was the case at many NTC sessions , this panel had a heavy online component.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Use Google docs to share information and materials. Tags: NPTech NTEN Fundraising. 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? Do you have an intranet site for Board members to access information?

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2010

Service providers should conduct training on free tools, such as Google Docs, that are more widely available for those on tight budgets. Tags: Influence Collaboration Events Government. A volunteer opportunity database is needed to connect service organizations with volunteers who have web and technical skills. Service Nation campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Training could also be done virtually with videos or through shared docs on a wiki. Tags: Guest Post Networked Nonprofit ncvs volunteer volunteermatch. In a networked nonprofit, VCs could partner new volunteers with experienced volunteers to save time in orientation. Supervised or supported service. Recruitment is just the start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2009

Ability to access my google docs, calendar, and gmail - not only read, but edit. Tags: mobile. It strikes me that I didn't ask the right question. I should be asking - What SmartPhone will best support my mobile work flow and communications needs? Browse web. Ability to read/respond on social sites - FB, FF, Twitter, etc. Decent Phone.

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