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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

Outlook) and video conferencing platforms, use a spreadsheet, create slides, and use tools that are specific to your organization, such as a timekeeping system or an expense reporting system. Make technology skills an organizational priority You might be thinking, this sounds like a lot of work!

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly RFPs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

and then a phrase dropped in like “integration with our CRM,&# or “event management system,&# without any detail as to what these things really mean (like, what is the CRM and what kind of integration is needed, etc.) Kind of like the sound made when the Man from Mars starts eating guitars in the Blondie song.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The system had three components: The Image Tagger — Volunteers sort through news photos coming out of Haiti and categorize (tag) them with keywords like “adult, child, alive, deceased.” This system allows families to search through images taken post-earthquake in Haiti, and specify certain characteristics.

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The Future of Cloud Computing: 5 Startups to Watch from BoxWorks

Tech Soup

It's a security cloud service that will address this problem: Most IT systems are fortressed. I wasn't entirely clear on how the thing will work, but it sounds miraculous. Venture capitalists would refer to its state as stealth mode. They are so hardened for security that they are prevented from being agile or mobile.

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Keynote from My Charity Connects Conference at NetChange Week

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My slides are above and my reflections are below. When I tell people that they might see themselves in the slide show, there is always nervous giggle. anilkanji : @kanter talks about #operaplot – sounds hilarious #ncwk. Her slides are available on the My Charity Connects slideshare account ). Audience Feedback.

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Tell the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program How You Think They Should Do Their Work!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To this end, they advance the organizational effectiveness of current Foundation grantees by supporting projects that improve their management, governance, and leadership by developing strategies, systems, structures, and skills. The OE program works with grantees around the world to build their capacity in these areas.

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How to Write Fundraising Emails That Get Results

Get Fully Funded

When you are brainstorming, your words might not sound so polished, which is fine. We have never been so scared of sliding into homelessness,” Jasmine said. “We If you work with people in a financial crisis, you do not need to provide a backgrounder on systemic poverty. Your email system should be able to help you do that.

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