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Some, especially those that are very content/document heavy, have become familiar with Document Management Systems (DMS). Skip to Main Content Area Helping Nonprofits Make Smart Software Decisions Topics Reports Articles Online Training Blog Custom Resources Donate About Topics Reports Articles Online Training Blog Custom Resources Donate About What are Learning Platforms? MORE
A Social Media ‘Voice’ document. Or is it a tone document? For organization’s sake – let’s say that your Voice document should include Tone. What should be included in your company’s ‘Voice’ document? Well, why not? MORE
Why Doesn''t Your Company Have a Social Media Voice Document? A Social Media ‘Voice’ document. Or is it a tone document? SocialFish : "People in your organization are going to be connected to social media somehow. It’s inevitable. You can either ban them from speaking on behalf of the company, or teach them that should they be in that position – that there is a right way. How can we expect uniform education across the company? MORE
Main | Online Fossett Searchers: Giant Suck of Energy » April 01, 2008 BBC Documenting Rapid Global Warming Adaptations: Watch the Video! Comments BBC Documenting Rapid Global Warming Adaptations: Watch the Video! NetCentric Advocacy Advocacy Strategy for the Age of Connectivity. MORE
An interesting use of flickr as a documentation tool! Last May, I documented a project of the Sharing Foundation's in flickr. What happens when you give a grantmaker a camera and flickr account? MORE
documents touch-points Volunteers tobi-johnson tobiIn the nonprofit world, there are many people willing to work with your organization, but inspiring volunteers to become leaders from within is another task in itself. MORE
Plain text, bad English, the document isn''t actually attached, and the CLICK HERE link doesn''t point to google.com. Subject: Fwd: Attached Document. Text: I have an important document that i would like to share with you i uploaded it with Google document, CLICK HERE. Please tell me no one would ever click on something like this (I only wish it were true). MORE
Kimberlee Roth. Out-Word, LLC. NTEN, whose mission is to help members strategically use technology to make the world a better, just, and equitable place, didn't so much consciously move to the Cloud as come of age in it. When IT Director Karl Hedstrom joined NTEN in 2006, a few employees had been working remotely, thanks to the Cloud. Going forward we kept looking for those solutions because, with our size and capacity, the Cloud always managed to be the better option," Hedstrom said. MORE
June is observed as LGBTQ Pride month to commemorate the June 1969 Stonewall Riots and celebrate the vibrant and diverse LGBTQ community. MORE
" I'm not a lawyer, I only play one YouTube " - Ken Goldstein. Well, I'm not a tax accountant and I don't even attempt to play one on my blog. When Britt Bravo asked about tax recepts for donors to Chip In campaigns, I wasn't sure of the answer. I don't need to because I asked Pam Ashlund, who isn't a CPA either, but a financial manager for a nonprofit and writes the Non-Profit Eye Blog. She responded with this advice in a post. Thanks for using the widget too!). MORE
VisionLink releases a new document storage report--and this makes for a great reminder about the Document Manager and Fax to File components. Can you or your agency partners make use of document management? Any electronic file can be uploaded and attached to a specific client records quickly and easier. If you are looking for something closer to the magical, try our fax to file system. MORE
I’ve read and written hundreds of nonprofit digital strategy documents. As a former consultant for the nonprofit space, “I need to create a digital strategy” was something that I heard almost daily. The problem is that you don’t need a digital strategy. MORE
While documentation is a very important part of the job, every minute spent jotting down notes with pen-and-paper is a minute not spent working with a client. MORE
We’ve found that up to 70% of weekly staff hours are spent performing manual, repetitive tasks such as applying payments, checking documentation, rebilling, and preparing billing. The system will also enforce documentation rules so that no required information will be left out of the report. MORE
It should reduce the administrative overhead and paperwork processes associated with documenting and performing monthly service billings by at least 50%. . For example, the responsibility for having complete documentation should be given to the person whom provided the service. MORE
EveryAction's specialized planned giving tools are built to ensure that fundraisers can manage long-term personal relationships effectively, while keeping all important documents and information in one place. MORE
Stoked nonprofit wanted to better document outcomes, so it''s building a mobile app Technically Brooklyn :The organization knew there was a better way. They decided to get Lean about it. They started with a minimum viable product, just a private Tumblr blog where program leaders would write recaps of events and use tags to track the kids who were at them. This made it easy to see a quick history of what one kid had done over the course of a year. MORE
With the personal email to notes feature, fundraisers can easily document their email conversations with donors. For fundraisers, the clarity of each donor contact record matters. A clean and complete contact record saves time and provides fundraisers with the full picture. MORE
The person who provides the service should be responsible for complete documentation. This also enables the staff to be held accountable for timely and accurate documentation. MORE
View more documents from kanter. Listening Bootcamp Slides. MORE
On Wednesday, May 10, the Guatemalan National Police Archives Project found a bottle filled with petrol in flames on their premises. It was apparently an attempt to intimidate the project to secure and preserve the estimated 48 million police records found by the Human Rights Ombudsman's office in 2005. Benetech's Human Rights Program is helping the Ombudsman's Office in Guatemala with the Archives Project. MORE
Intuition Case Management provides an intuitive and easy-to-use system that reduces admin overhead and paperwork processes associated with documenting. Have you ever stopped to think if it’s possible to get more done in your agency without hiring new staff? MORE
Imagine how much more time the staff would have if they didn’t have to chase down information while trying to reconcile reporting and documentation errors? She or he who provides the service should be responsible for documentation. MORE
Press ReleaseUntitled Document: "NEW YORK, May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Foundation Center has announced that Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) will serve as the exclusive beta site for its new mapping tool, 'Philanthropy In/Sight(tm),' leading up to the product's release later this spring. MORE
posted by. Tatro, Ph.D. , ASU Lodestar Center. NMI Instructor /. Tatro Consulting. You meticulously record what you do. You report on exactly how many people you served, where, when, and how. In the past, this might have been adequate, but no more. MORE
The folks who run Story of My Life , a website that encourages everyday people to chronicle the stories that make up their life (aka anthologies) and share them online with friends, family and future generations, has cooked up a new project aimed at nonprofits. The Story Tellers Project is inviting nonprofits to share their personal stories and how they are meeting their mission and touching people’s lives. Here’s how it works. MORE
I recently had the pleasure of visiting one of our longtime Martus partners in Thailand, The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma ( ND-Burma ). Martus Network for Documentation - Burma; Burma humanrights human rights Thailand Chiang Mai ND-Burma MORE
It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). It's finally here! If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar! MORE
Do we really need another free online document-collaboration tool? Very possibly, yes — if it’s lightweight, easy for non-techies to use, designed specifically for reviewer annotation, and allows an unlimited number of users to give feedback on a document.( read more ). MORE
Pinterest allows us--requires us, really--to document a part of our creative process openly on the web. Loosely formatted blogs to document progress. I'm curious how other organizations are publicly documenting and sharing creative process. MORE
September 11, 2008 I have been thinking about the software tools we call “Management Systems&# – like Content Management Systems, Document Management Systems, Learning Management Systems… I’ve also been playing a lot with an open source tool called Elgg , and have also played, in the past, with Crabgrass , another open source … “SNMS&# ? MORE
Browse the Template Gallery , or narrow your search by Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Forms, and Drawings. Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech Volunteers Staffing Non-profit Communications office collaboration websites surveys event management project management spreadsheets Google Docs print productivity documents templates Creating a presentation for your board? Wading into the end-of-project paperwork? MORE
Synata.com — is a contextual intelligence or data mining service that brings data and documents from Box, Dropbox, etc. He used an example of a customer service representative who brings up a customer profile that includes everything about that customer — emails, documents, their contract. Docurated.com — is a cloud-based document search firm that allows users to find a specific chart, slide, collateral, or piece of content without opening any documents. MORE
To make finding this info easier, I started building wiki pages for documenting how we at C3 do what we do. And when they do I'd have to redo/update the documentation. Part of my job is helping my colleagues do what they need to do on their computers and online. They ask, "Judi, how do I.?" and I tell them. I took screenshots with Skitch , recorded movies with Jing. Took forever. The problem is that things change. And it was cumbersome to organize and build. MORE
Flickr: ThomasBrandt From the number of "out of office" replies I get anytime I send an email to the NTEN community, it looks like we're well into vacation season. If you're one of the lucky ones taking some vacation time to get out and about this summer, the folks at iwith.org have an assignment for you: Take your camera and shoot some pics that demonstrate the digital divide. MORE
Today’s world is full of hackers and notorious individuals who may try to proliferate into your business if you do not protect your business documents properly. You may use a different password for different business documents and need to remember those. Store any document. MORE
Have someone on your fundraising team create a briefing document with short bios of each attendee (3 sentences will do) along with a photo of each attendee. Nonprofit fundraising events are a great way to raise money and increase your organization’s profile at the same time. MORE
For 30 years, Vertex Systems has offered field-proven solutions that provide accurate electronic documentation solutions to help streamline the processes at over 450 agencies. Electronic Documentation for Nonprofits Non-Profit Business Advice Non-Profit Software social service nonprofit fundraising ideas how to get more donations nonprofit donations nonprofit fundraising social service donationMany of our nonprofit clients have their own websites. MORE
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? MORE
A look at the basics of NTEN's own continually evolving Google Drive Policies and Document Management System. While it's no secret that most people love spending their extra time elbow deep in their Internal Document Management Systems, tweaking things until everything is just right, I still do hear of the occasional fringe case where an organization is just trying to figure out the best way forward, as old policies and methods no longer match up with new systems and technologies. MORE
For 30 years, Vertex Systems has offered field-proven solutions that provide accurate electronic documentation solutions to help streamline the processes at over 450 agencies. MORE
Modern, state-of-the-art workflows help users identify and research prospective funders, track deadlines and documents throughout the grant lifecycle, and analyze results. #25. MORE
It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. MORE
Earlier this month, on November 6th, jointly with Human Rights Watch and WITNESS , we celebrated Martus’ 10th Anniversary —ten years of secure human rights documentation by the Martus user community. MORE
Document Related Topics AFP Blog
MAY 19, 2009
Press ReleaseUntitled Document: "NEW YORK, May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Foundation Center has announced that Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) will serve as the exclusive beta site for its new mapping tool, 'Philanthropy In/Sight(tm),' leading up to the product's release later this spring.
Judi Sohn
DECEMBER 23, 2009
To make finding this info easier, I started building wiki pages for documenting how we at C3 do what we do. And when they do I'd have to redo/update the documentation. Part of my job is helping my colleagues do what they need to do on their computers and online. They ask, "Judi, how do I.?" and I tell them. I took screenshots with Skitch , recorded movies with Jing. Took forever. The problem is that things change. And it was cumbersome to organize and build.
Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director
SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
Today’s world is full of hackers and notorious individuals who may try to proliferate into your business if you do not protect your business documents properly. You may use a different password for different business documents and need to remember those. Store any document.
VisionLink
MARCH 20, 2009
VisionLink releases a new document storage report--and this makes for a great reminder about the Document Manager and Fax to File components. Can you or your agency partners make use of document management? Any electronic file can be uploaded and attached to a specific client records quickly and easier. If you are looking for something closer to the magical, try our fax to file system.
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2014
Why Doesn''t Your Company Have a Social Media Voice Document? A Social Media ‘Voice’ document. Or is it a tone document? SocialFish : "People in your organization are going to be connected to social media somehow. It’s inevitable. You can either ban them from speaking on behalf of the company, or teach them that should they be in that position – that there is a right way. How can we expect uniform education across the company?
SocialFish
OCTOBER 27, 2014
A Social Media ‘Voice’ document. Or is it a tone document? For organization’s sake – let’s say that your Voice document should include Tone. What should be included in your company’s ‘Voice’ document? Well, why not?
Museum 2.0
MARCH 7, 2012
Pinterest allows us--requires us, really--to document a part of our creative process openly on the web. Loosely formatted blogs to document progress. I'm curious how other organizations are publicly documenting and sharing creative process.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 18, 2006
On Wednesday, May 10, the Guatemalan National Police Archives Project found a bottle filled with petrol in flames on their premises. It was apparently an attempt to intimidate the project to secure and preserve the estimated 48 million police records found by the Human Rights Ombudsman's office in 2005. Benetech's Human Rights Program is helping the Ombudsman's Office in Guatemala with the Archives Project.
NTEN
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
A look at the basics of NTEN's own continually evolving Google Drive Policies and Document Management System. While it's no secret that most people love spending their extra time elbow deep in their Internal Document Management Systems, tweaking things until everything is just right, I still do hear of the occasional fringe case where an organization is just trying to figure out the best way forward, as old policies and methods no longer match up with new systems and technologies.
NTEN
JUNE 29, 2009
Flickr: ThomasBrandt From the number of "out of office" replies I get anytime I send an email to the NTEN community, it looks like we're well into vacation season. If you're one of the lucky ones taking some vacation time to get out and about this summer, the folks at iwith.org have an assignment for you: Take your camera and shoot some pics that demonstrate the digital divide.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 6, 2006
An interesting use of flickr as a documentation tool! Last May, I documented a project of the Sharing Foundation's in flickr. What happens when you give a grantmaker a camera and flickr account?
NTEN
MAY 14, 2013
Kimberlee Roth. Out-Word, LLC. NTEN, whose mission is to help members strategically use technology to make the world a better, just, and equitable place, didn't so much consciously move to the Cloud as come of age in it. When IT Director Karl Hedstrom joined NTEN in 2006, a few employees had been working remotely, thanks to the Cloud. Going forward we kept looking for those solutions because, with our size and capacity, the Cloud always managed to be the better option," Hedstrom said.
ASU Lodestar Center
JUNE 21, 2011
posted by. Tatro, Ph.D. , ASU Lodestar Center. NMI Instructor /. Tatro Consulting. You meticulously record what you do. You report on exactly how many people you served, where, when, and how. In the past, this might have been adequate, but no more.
Wild Apricot
MARCH 2, 2010
Do we really need another free online document-collaboration tool? Very possibly, yes — if it’s lightweight, easy for non-techies to use, designed specifically for reviewer annotation, and allows an unlimited number of users to give feedback on a document.( read more ).
Frogloop
AUGUST 28, 2009
The folks who run Story of My Life , a website that encourages everyday people to chronicle the stories that make up their life (aka anthologies) and share them online with friends, family and future generations, has cooked up a new project aimed at nonprofits. The Story Tellers Project is inviting nonprofits to share their personal stories and how they are meeting their mission and touching people’s lives. Here’s how it works.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 7, 2013
I recently had the pleasure of visiting one of our longtime Martus partners in Thailand, The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma ( ND-Burma ). Martus Network for Documentation - Burma; Burma humanrights human rights Thailand Chiang Mai ND-Burma
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
Earlier this month, on November 6th, jointly with Human Rights Watch and WITNESS , we celebrated Martus’ 10th Anniversary —ten years of secure human rights documentation by the Martus user community.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 17, 2006
" I'm not a lawyer, I only play one YouTube " - Ken Goldstein. Well, I'm not a tax accountant and I don't even attempt to play one on my blog. When Britt Bravo asked about tax recepts for donors to Chip In campaigns, I wasn't sure of the answer. I don't need to because I asked Pam Ashlund, who isn't a CPA either, but a financial manager for a nonprofit and writes the Non-Profit Eye Blog. She responded with this advice in a post. Thanks for using the widget too!).
The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Modern, state-of-the-art workflows help users identify and research prospective funders, track deadlines and documents throughout the grant lifecycle, and analyze results. #25.
Network-Centric Advocacy
APRIL 1, 2008
Main | Online Fossett Searchers: Giant Suck of Energy » April 01, 2008 BBC Documenting Rapid Global Warming Adaptations: Watch the Video! Comments BBC Documenting Rapid Global Warming Adaptations: Watch the Video! NetCentric Advocacy Advocacy Strategy for the Age of Connectivity.
The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters
AUGUST 28, 2018
Have someone on your fundraising team create a briefing document with short bios of each attendee (3 sentences will do) along with a photo of each attendee. Nonprofit fundraising events are a great way to raise money and increase your organization’s profile at the same time.
The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
With the personal email to notes feature, fundraisers can easily document their email conversations with donors. For fundraisers, the clarity of each donor contact record matters. A clean and complete contact record saves time and provides fundraisers with the full picture.
The SocialPath
JANUARY 27, 2011
For 30 years, Vertex Systems has offered field-proven solutions that provide accurate electronic documentation solutions to help streamline the processes at over 450 agencies.
The SocialPath
DECEMBER 30, 2010
For 30 years, Vertex Systems has offered field-proven solutions that provide accurate electronic documentation solutions to help streamline the processes at over 450 agencies. Electronic Documentation for Nonprofits Non-Profit Business Advice Non-Profit Software social service nonprofit fundraising ideas how to get more donations nonprofit donations nonprofit fundraising social service donationMany of our nonprofit clients have their own websites.
Wild Apricot
APRIL 26, 2016
documents touch-points Volunteers tobi-johnson tobiIn the nonprofit world, there are many people willing to work with your organization, but inspiring volunteers to become leaders from within is another task in itself.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 11, 2008
September 11, 2008 I have been thinking about the software tools we call “Management Systems&# – like Content Management Systems, Document Management Systems, Learning Management Systems… I’ve also been playing a lot with an open source tool called Elgg , and have also played, in the past, with Crabgrass , another open source … “SNMS&# ?
Everyaction
JUNE 6, 2018
June is observed as LGBTQ Pride month to commemorate the June 1969 Stonewall Riots and celebrate the vibrant and diverse LGBTQ community.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 26, 2010
Browse the Template Gallery , or narrow your search by Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Forms, and Drawings. Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech Volunteers Staffing Non-profit Communications office collaboration websites surveys event management project management spreadsheets Google Docs print productivity documents templates Creating a presentation for your board? Wading into the end-of-project paperwork?
Tech Soup Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
Synata.com — is a contextual intelligence or data mining service that brings data and documents from Box, Dropbox, etc. He used an example of a customer service representative who brings up a customer profile that includes everything about that customer — emails, documents, their contract. Docurated.com — is a cloud-based document search firm that allows users to find a specific chart, slide, collateral, or piece of content without opening any documents.
Idealware
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
Some, especially those that are very content/document heavy, have become familiar with Document Management Systems (DMS). Skip to Main Content Area Helping Nonprofits Make Smart Software Decisions Topics Reports Articles Online Training Blog Custom Resources Donate About Topics Reports Articles Online Training Blog Custom Resources Donate About What are Learning Platforms?
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?
EveryAction
OCTOBER 21, 2014
I’ve read and written hundreds of nonprofit digital strategy documents. As a former consultant for the nonprofit space, “I need to create a digital strategy” was something that I heard almost daily. The problem is that you don’t need a digital strategy.
Vertex Systems
JULY 13, 2018
Imagine how much more time the staff would have if they didn’t have to chase down information while trying to reconcile reporting and documentation errors? She or he who provides the service should be responsible for documentation.
Vertex Systems
MAY 11, 2018
While documentation is a very important part of the job, every minute spent jotting down notes with pen-and-paper is a minute not spent working with a client.
Everyaction
DECEMBER 12, 2017
It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). It's finally here! If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar!
NCE Social Media
JULY 29, 2009
View more documents from kanter. Listening Bootcamp Slides.
Everyaction
OCTOBER 5, 2016
It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events.
Robert Weiner
APRIL 17, 2013
Plain text, bad English, the document isn''t actually attached, and the CLICK HERE link doesn''t point to google.com. Subject: Fwd: Attached Document. Text: I have an important document that i would like to share with you i uploaded it with Google document, CLICK HERE. Please tell me no one would ever click on something like this (I only wish it were true).
Vertex Systems
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
It should reduce the administrative overhead and paperwork processes associated with documenting and performing monthly service billings by at least 50%. . For example, the responsibility for having complete documentation should be given to the person whom provided the service.
Vertex Systems
MARCH 23, 2018
The person who provides the service should be responsible for complete documentation. This also enables the staff to be held accountable for timely and accurate documentation.
Vertex Systems
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Intuition Case Management provides an intuitive and easy-to-use system that reduces admin overhead and paperwork processes associated with documenting. Have you ever stopped to think if it’s possible to get more done in your agency without hiring new staff?
Vertex Systems
JUNE 15, 2018
We’ve found that up to 70% of weekly staff hours are spent performing manual, repetitive tasks such as applying payments, checking documentation, rebilling, and preparing billing. The system will also enforce documentation rules so that no required information will be left out of the report.
Everyaction
JULY 2, 2018
EveryAction's specialized planned giving tools are built to ensure that fundraisers can manage long-term personal relationships effectively, while keeping all important documents and information in one place.
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