Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

In 2010, TechSoup's GreenTech initiative held a travel reduction campaign that we called our TeleGreen Your Work. This updated blog post from the campaign explores some ways to increase online collaboration and also reduce travel and work efficiency. Why Is Online Collaboration Green? Cloud Services for Collaborating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Docs are like super-simple wikis, and probably the most truly collaborative aspect of a Facebook group. Because they are collaboratively editable, they are great for anything that requires a teasing out a group voice – agendas, statements or announcements, etc. Finally, events, like docs, also have a comment stream attached.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

I didn't loose a whole lot more because most of my work is now "backed up" or inside of web applications. A good deal of my work involves collaboration with remotes colleagues and includes tasks as writing articles, curriculum, research, etc. You can easilyl collaborate with spreadsheets and docs.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

There are SO MANY nonprofit tools out there, all promising to make your work easier as you grow your new nonprofit. With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. The key is to find the right tool for the right task. .

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

As we all know, the nonprofit tech community is loaded with smart and thoughtful organizers who give their time and efforts to help the rest of us do the good work we do. We recognize NTEN’s 501 Tech Clubs (local in-person groups) and Communities of Practice (CoPs) (online affinity groups) organizers are one clever and innovative bunch!

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

And we need more people who lead by being truthful and intrepid and scared and nervous; people who still go to work, virtually, the next day. It’s the person who answers your question about zoom or the person who passes on their work at home policy. The work we do matters. Our reserved sector is just telling truths these days.

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2012

What tools in the cloud can be employed for Collaboration, Social Media, Marketing, Website/Content Management and more? Tools covered include: Box.net, Cloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Docs, Office 365, and iBackup. May 14 - Communication Tools, Services & Opportunities in the Cloud.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

It works for multiple projects. I love the collaboration features. For sharing files, as well as providing solid file backup, I use Dropbox (it even works on Linux!). And, it’s open source, and isn’t even that hard to get set up and running. It is an awesome web-based password management tool for teams.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2009

Online collaboration is a great way to work with colleagues without having to be face-to-face. Whether I'm in a remote office, on the road, working from home, or just sitting down the hall, sharing documents and using other collaborative tools online saves time, money, and the environment.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

I was reminded of this recently, at the first evening of the online course in Grant Proposal Writing: Our fifteen working adult students logged in to Zoom and were welcomed into our shared virtual classroom. Each student signed in to the collaborative Google document to indicate that they were in attendance. Keep calm and carry on.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Communicate Clearly and Collaboratively. Start by working on internal messaging and move outwardly toward the public relations messages. Work with the organization to make sure your exit is being portrayed in the best light. . A Google doc or Trello board can be great for organizing project-based work or listing duties.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

You have lunch brought in so you can work without a break. All of this is done virtually combining video conferencing with a collaborative tool to capture notes and ideas along the way. There are many benefits to pacing strategic planning sessions and working virtually. It can be work-related. Educate Your Participants.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

Your plan will: Keep you focused on what works and stop you from chasing every shiny new idea. That approach to grant writing doesn’t work, by the way. With a plan, you’ll: Be more productive because you’ll be working on tasks that move you toward your goals. What worked? But, the Valentine’s Day Campaign hasn’t worked.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Best Free Project Management Software for Nonprofits Project management software is specialized productivity software that makes it easier for teams to collaborate on projects, set deadlines, and keep their fellow team members up to date on the status of different tasks. This includes Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Slides, Meet, and more.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2016

All Day, Anywhere Collaboration. Those who work within a nonprofit can benefit from the numerous team collaboration tools, including calendars, video chat, file sharing, and so on. Additionally, the cloud makes it easier for individuals to collaborate with people from outside the organization. A Green Initiative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2012

Here’s a few worth checking out and voting for: Connective Consciousness: Why Influencer Back Channels Work - [link] This panel I’m on with Sarah Granger, Brian Reich, and Ritambra Rana is going to rawk! What’s Up Doc? There are many, many interesting nonprofit and social change panels in the panel picker.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Many participants agreed that sharing documents in the cloud over services like Google Docs simplifies working together: you can access your documents from anywhere and don't need to worry about the headaches that can arise from sending documents back and forth via email. And the answer seems to be a resounding sort of.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

With so many apps coming out all the time it’s easy to miss the ones built for social good and hard to keep up on useful apps that nonprofits and causes can use to do their work. This week I found apps that will help your collaborate, communicate well, and stay safe and fit! Score one for team collaboration!

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

With so many apps coming out all the time it’s easy to miss the ones built for social good and hard to keep up on useful apps that nonprofits and causes can use to do their work. This week I found apps that will help your collaborate, communicate well, and stay safe and fit! Score one for team collaboration!

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Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

With Bloomerang, donor communication works automatically and provides you with the information you need at the right time. What it does: Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Meet— Google Workspace is a collection of Google productivity tools that help your team collaborate efficiently. Google Workspace.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Communicate Clearly and Collaboratively. Start by working on internal messaging and move outwardly toward the public relations messages. Work with the organization to make sure your exit is being portrayed in the best light. . A Google doc or Trello board can be great for organizing project-based work or listing duties.

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

I also need to be able to work on the move: I need my "virtual desk" in front of me quickly, whether from my laptop or some other desk or smart device. This may be you, or a bit of you; I'm often collaborating with folks, including other staff here at Database Designs, who slice up the tool pie differently. OK, enough preliminaries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

” The book offers up advice and techniques on how to make your online channels – email marketing, web site, and newer tools like mobile and social media work together in a sophisticated strategy or your organization to reach its advocacy, fundraising, or community building goals. Sometimes easier said than done!).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2015

So when I heard about a collaborative project between nonprofits, city agencies, and the local library happening in my own backyard (almost literally!), I spoke with Curt Yagi, the executive director of ROCK, about how the guide came about and the collaborative work that went into it. I knew I had to write about it.

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NTEN

APRIL 21, 2012

It's honestly the very first thing we're working on for #13NTC. NTEN has grown a lot in the last couple of years, and for the first time, we had different departments working on different aspects of the conference. Got suggestions? We want to hear them! NTCFail 5: Curse words on stage! And that made some aspects of the show very hard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2008

I was invited to give a keynote at a gathering of 300 IT leaders and managers who work for a large healthcare nonprofit. To prepare for this presentation, I used social media tools not only to locate the experts and good examples, but this time invited them to collaborate in a google doc that ultimately became the wiki resource page.

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2010

Appropriate to our discussion, one of the attendees in our session was unemployed and another worked for the D.C. Service providers should conduct training on free tools, such as Google Docs, that are more widely available for those on tight budgets. Raw, collaboratively-written notes from this session are also available.

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

Be helpful to “future you” - Keep a working Google Doc on hand for all conference planners to provide notes and recommendations about what to improve and do differently next year. Conference organizing should be a collaborative effort with a few people from every department.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2010

Working With a Virtual Team. Ian and company had even set up a Google Doc where the audience could post their notes on the panel as it was taking place. But with the fun of introducing the tech goodies out of the way, Ian began by explicitly laying out that the session wouldn't focus on online collaboration and communications tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2008

One group came up with an idea about using a wiki for internal collaboration. So I asked on Twitter, what is your best wiki adoption tip for internal collaboration? Here's the responses: Laura Whitehead suggested reading this article about wiki collaboration and happiness. Slow, but it works! Greg demos, demos, demos!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

I left inspired, yet I also felt there is still a lot of work we need to do to help our peers in volunteer coordination put these ideas into practice. At the same time, volunteer service organizations need to rethink how they work and what technology they use. Collaboration could take place on virtual or crowd-sourced projects.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Full-fledged applications that live in the cloud: for example, Google Docs , Microsoft Office 365 , Zoho , or NetSuite. A few that I noted were: Cloud tools facilitate real-time collaboration. Focus on your processes and workflows, then select the tools that will help you do your work better. A Few Tips for Going into the Cloud.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

" The deliberate style of technology work known as the "waterfall approach" (first solidify strategy, then requirements, then design, etc.) has been countered by " agile development ," wherein the team works on incremental pieces of a project with a general roadmap but no "done" point.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

" The deliberate style of technology work known as the "waterfall approach" (first solidify strategy, then requirements, then design, etc.) has been countered by " agile development ," wherein the team works on incremental pieces of a project with a general roadmap but no "done" point.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

As the pandemic continues, most nonprofit workplaces will become a combination of virtual and on-site work. Now, with over a year of virtual meetings under our belts and the future of office-centric work for all being unclear, hybrid meetings are likely to become our new normal. Give your remote participants a seat at the table.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook.

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