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Fundraiser Burnout? Try Automation to Boost Both Efficiency and Employee Morale

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Boost Employee Morale The tasks most suitable for automation are typically the ones a fundraiser is only too happy to give over to technology. Building an automation project can seem daunting, but it’s simply a process of applying technology to a problem. Which of those communications could be automated? Ready to Get Started?

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m thrilled to be doing a session with Aisha Moore and Gina Schmeling at the NTEN NTC called “ Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.” When does technology boost personal productivity for nonprofit professionals and when does it get in the way? ” If you are attending the NTC, please join us.

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Why Your Organization Needs Telecommuting – When the Commuter Train Shuts Down

Tech Soup

Creating company policy that effectively utilizes telecommuting and harnesses communication technology is a matter of resiliency and adaptation, not a radical leap or indulgent management style. The future of work requires this shift in managerial mindset.

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Reduce Travel by Telecommuting

Tech Soup

The most basic tools of telecommuting have been phone and email, but new information and communication technologies (ICT) are available that make telecommuting much more effective. US workers alone commute an average of 10,000 miles per year each and consume 67 billion gallons of gasoline.

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Social Media and Nonprofits: The Line Between NGTD and ROI

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One barrier to adoption of social media tools (and other technologies) is a concern from management or your boss about the value or benefits. " Productivity would be defined in the context of some sort of evaluation of the benefits of the technology - perhaps using a logic model. What's the roi? Are you simply wasting your time?

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Linux desktops?

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 Linux desktops? Most creatives and knowledge workers who are not developers. 2 trackbacks } What software freedom means to me » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 06.25.08

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Is Your Nonprofit Using Data to Boost Productivity?

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Is the technology meant to improve efficiency serving as a barrier to strategy development? Technology can pose as many productivity challenges as it solves, according to a Gartner/Deloitte report. billion knowledge workers, equaling a trillion hours per year. That’s 800 hours times 1.25

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