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5 Essential RFP Writing Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Engage in online forums, email listservs, and directly with vendors or agencies. This preparatory step ensures you create an informative document that minimizes back-and-forth queries, leading to more precise proposals. Expand your reach by sharing it with different groups, listservs, and affinity networks.

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2011 NTC Preview: Let's Talk About Tech, Baby

NTEN

Let's Talk about Tech, Baby As simple as it may seem, making the commitment to talk about technology in your organization is a good start. Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) Many non-tech people (i.e., We live inside the tech jargon bubble, so it's easy to forget that not everyone does.

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Some Little Known Faith-Based Technology Resources

Tech Soup

Church Technology Listservs. I’ve been following the discussions on the Unitarian Universalist techie listserv and it’s a great information sharing group. Another is the ChurchMgmtSoftware listserv. Church Tech Blogs is exactly what it sounds like: a blog aggregator site. Additional TechSoup Resources.

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Four Great Resources for Foundation Technology

Tech Soup

Foundations need tech support as much as anyone. Here’s the way TAG describes itself: "TAG is a membership organization of foundations that promotes the understanding of how information and communications technology can help its members further their philanthropic goals." The Technology Affinity Group. Attend webinars.

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TechSoup Global Goes to Congress (Again)

Tech Soup

We engage any and all high-tech companies that may be interested in donating or discounting their software, hardware, tech support, or cloud services. I got the chance to present on a panel with three other people in an information session hosted by the U.S. We administrate the Refurbisher Listserv.

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Great Resources for Foundation Technology

Tech Soup

Foundations need tech support as much as anyone. Here’s the way TAG describes itself: "TAG is a membership organization of foundations that promotes the understanding of how information and communications technology can help its members further their philanthropic goals." The Technology Affinity Group. Attend webinars.

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Ten Ways Small NGOs Can Collaborate

NTEN

The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. Has one of your volunteers, interns or tech-oriented employee developed a cool app? Sometimes this can be informally done, especially with volunteers, but you'll likely need an MOU that covers what each participant commits to and someone to coordinate it.