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The Ultimate Nonprofit SharePoint App: The Case Management Database of Children's Network of Solano County

Tech Soup

Darren reports that this was made possible through the Microsoft software and licenses donated through TechSoup. Here’s what I asked Darren: Why you decided to build a case management database in SharePoint? Our new SharePoint web-based version how many organizations we can serve.

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The Five Best Tools For Quick And Effective Project Management

NTEN

While the feature set includes identifying project resources, allocating time, and tracking completion, etc., Worthy alternatives (and superior, because they're multi-user): Sharepoint or Open Atrium. Sharepoint can replace a number of the tools listed here. GanttProject is an open source, cross-platform project management tool.

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Get the Most Out of Your Data with CRM

Tech Soup

of “tracking” data. reports, dashboards, and much more. Full integration with Outlook and other Microsoft Office components (Word, Excel, SharePoint, Lync, and so on). In the decade that I have spent as part of the NPower. organization, helping nonprofits make the best use of technology to. I remember several years.

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It's Not Data if You Can't Use It: Case Studies from Modernizing Nonprofit Systems

NTEN

Plethoras of data reporting requirements. Taken on their own merits, each piece of paper, spreadsheet, form, and reporting requirement had its purpose. With Lewis Carroll's quote beckoning, our goal for today is to be curious investigators and reporters. Paper and more paper. Excel spreadsheets and more excel spreadsheets.

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4 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Move to the Cloud

Tech Soup

Over 90 percent of businesses report using cloud solutions now, and many software companies are in the process of moving to it or already have. We must track and communicate well with our donors, members, and volunteers — really anyone who interacts with our organizations, including press and partner organizations.

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The Best Tablet for Business Use

Connection Cafe

In the past few weeks, I’ve used my iPad to connect to WebEx conferences, FaceTime with coworkers, update my OneNote folders and Evernote Notebooks, and take a picture of my receipts to attach to an expense report. TweetDeck – to keep track of trends and interesting topics in the Twittersphere. Easy to use, 2.

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Meet the Experts: Interview with TechImpact’s Linda Widdop

Tech Soup

This includes Office 365 implementations, SharePoint work, Salesforce.com consulting and other network projects. This allows the IT Manager to provide reporting, see trends, etc. We serve thousands of nonprofits through our social media, eBook and web content. We serve more than 300 individual nonprofits per year with project work.