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How to Use Slack for Nonprofits

NonProfit Hub

Slack is all about working together as a team and when you’re trying to support, direct and maintain an organization, you definitely need the kind of synchronization that comes from being a team. Both boards and staff can utilize Slack in the office—it helps you get stuff done by allowing a more open form of communication.

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Online Project Management Tools

Tech Soup

them, makes files accessible from anywhere, and it is fully integrated with Google Apps. Teambox takes a social networking approach to keeping your team synchronized. The best part, though, is that it is open-source, so anyone can host it on their own server and have unlimited capacity and full customization. working on.

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Should Nonprofits Focus on Email or Facebook?

Connection Cafe

Spam filters serve as email’s natural predator, but even something as common as low open rates can get an organization’s messages sent to the “other” folder in the inbox. Synchronous. Then, send the appeal a second time to the non-openers/non-actors. Email Weaknesses: . Delivery challenges.

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The Future of Supporter Data (Or, Is Your Data at a Middle School Dance?)

NTEN

We use CRMs, SQL databases, MS Access, Salesforce, File Maker, Outlook, Excel, paper, post-its, that server gathering dust in the corner. Collect my cell and there is a 90% chance I open your text message. My email gives you 10-15% open rate. . (Well, school chaperons might contribute, too.).

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The search for good web conferencing

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing. 9 sundar 08.24.07

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Fundraising Apps: 25+ Tools To Help Your Org Raise More

Bloomerang

Keep an eye on your campaign progress as soon as you open the app with the dashboard. Bank synchronization. Plus, tag expenses for fundraising, programming, and administration in order to make filing your Form 990 at tax time that much easier. Automate fundraising information with integrations with top solutions like Fundly.

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Essential Windows 7 Utilities for Setting Up New PCs

Tech Soup

The utilities he likes are: 7-Zip File Manager. 7-Zip File Manager is an open-source free download that compresses and uncompresses files or groups of files in most formats - ZIP and GZIP, TAR and ARJ, CAB, and DMG files. Any changes you make on one device are synchronized automatically to other devices.

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