Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

While we might call our phones ‘phones,’ there are Apple, Android, and Google devices. Using them, you can build email campaigns, create social media posts, repurpose content, summarize text, and even generate images. Aren’t they all the same thing? Yes and no. Otherwise, ChatGPT will fill in its own copy!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

WhatsApp represents one such medium that presents nonprofits with an outstanding opportunity to engage with stakeholders through texts, attachments, and multiple forms of conversations delivered to their mobile phones and now to their desktops. Below are four examples: 1) Virtual Team Management. Digital Storytelling Framework.

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CauseVox

MAY 4, 2021

AuSM serves Minnesotans, throughout their lives, with a fundamental commitment to advocacy, education, support, collaboration, and community building. Despite the fact that this was a new fundraiser, with new technology, and our first go at a completely virtual fundraising event, AuSM met and exceeded our goal of $25,000.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Communication Tools In remote or hybrid workplaces, organizations are likely already utilizing popular tools like email, Slack , Teams , Google Meet , Zoom , etc. To ensure effective project communication, keep in mind these best practices for groups communicating in these virtual channels. Include the message in multiple places (i.e.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help maintain membership hygiene by ensuring donor records are accurate, spelled correctly, and that bouncing emails are cleaned, etc. Staff the organization’s general email inbox and provide support and pre-written or customized solicitations for support with a link to the donation page. your neighbors. your family members.

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Classy

JUNE 7, 2021

A mass email is fast and easy, but when was the last time you engaged with a generic message that landed in your inbox? Phone calls and personalized emails can go a long way in establishing trust and rapport with recurring donors. . Download These Email Templates to Engage More Recurring Donors.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 16, 2022

By using clicks-not-code, staff can specify process criteria to automatically update or create new records, send membership reminder emails, complete routine tasks, or submit approval requests – all in a few simple steps. What would it be like if your team could collaborate from anywhere, all with the simple swipe of one’s phone?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

This updated blog post from the campaign explores some ways to increase online collaboration and also reduce travel and work efficiency. Online collaboration is one of these generic terms that seems to lose meaning the more people use it. Why Is Online Collaboration Green? Cloud Services for Collaborating.

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Increased visibility: Ask sponsors to promote your event on social media or via email so you can attract a broader audience, increasing ticket sales and participation. With platforms like Auctria, nonprofits can use mobile bidding so supporters can participate right from their phones.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

There are any number of ways that nonprofits keep track of projects: manilla folders, email, databases, and, if you’re like me, often notebooks and sticky notes. Now, thanks to Huddle, nonprofits and libraries can effectively manage their projects, content, and collaboration, both internally and externally.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Collaborate with peers : Engage with other fundraisers and organizations to share insights and best practices. Collaborative efforts can lead to innovative solutions and improved fundraising results. What next steps can you take to communicate more effectively by email, postal mail, and online?

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 10, 2020

Collaboration tools. Ensuring your team can continue to communicate and collaborate no matter where they’re located is another important aspect of working efficiently in a remote work situation. This can be a great opportunity to help members when answering the office phone isn’t an option. What’s next? Related content.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2013

The app syncs with your phone or tablet's address book as well as your other email or social media accounts so you can easily connect with your colleagues and constituents. Tango (Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7.5) You just need to ensure that they also have Fring installed on their phone. Image: ReadyTalk.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2020

W e successfully hosted our first fully virtual and truly global conference , bbcon 2020. They were able to meet via phone and social media channels, a s well as in person while remaining s ocially distance. . I nstitutions got creative sources of higher ed talent to boost alumni engagement. Emerging Tech Trends .

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For example, they may collaborate with your donor recognition team, event planner, volunteer coordinator, and marketing manager. Follow up with a phone call, thanking them for past engagement and discussing what they love about your mission. Send a follow-up email. Make one last phone call. Make phone calls.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

We recently wrapped up our first fully virtual and truly global conference,? She shared her strategy for reaching donors across multiple communication platforms including by phone, direct mail, and email and finding the right technology to help manage this process has been paramount to their success. . . bbcon 2020.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Right out of the gate, you can give your organization professional polish by setting up your organization with an orgname.org email address. You may feel like you are doing everything yourself, but at some point you will be collaborating with others on documents, and you will need Docs and Sheets. A paid account is about $150 a year.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 15, 2021

And all of these suggestions can be applied to your current virtual events (and, as a bonus, you’ll already have an easy way to connect and follow up with everyone you meet, virtually!). Perhaps you schedule it in your phone to attend one networking event per month. She writes for New Place Collaborations.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2013

Web conferencing, voice and video conferencing, and other types of remote collaboration have become a mainstay in the modern workplace. In fact, one of the most significant ways that IT can help the environment is that it enables us to meet with each other online or in "virtual meetings."

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Classy

MARCH 26, 2021

To hear from more Classy experts and over 50 speakers across the nonprofit sector, attend the Collaborative: Virtual Sessions for free. Attend Our Virtual Nonprofit Conference. This can all apply to your email receipts as well. When a donor is checking out on their phone, the corresponding payment option will appear.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Store their contact info like email addresses and phone numbers and easily track donor interactions when they make a donation or volunteer for your organization. Keep supporters updated with email blasts about fundraisers they can participate and set up a social media calendar to easily post across social media platforms.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Explore new fundraising opportunities: Open new doors by identifying untapped revenue streams, innovative approaches , or collaborative partnerships that can diversify your fundraising efforts. Personalize Donor Communication No one wants an impersonal generic email.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

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. Your phone and email chirping in the background. Distraction, Distraction, Distraction.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Nearly any organization will save money on its phone service by switching from a plain old telephone service (POTS, the stodgiest of acronyms ) to a lower-cost, hosted VoIP service. To learn more about VoIP and other ways to improve your organization's communication, see TechSoup's Communicate and Collaborate articles and how-tos.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Look what I can do with my phone! Emerging tablet computing devices, such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy, promise the benefit of mobile access with a larger form factor than a phone screen, making it much easier to do work in the field. Second Life is an online, virtual world where you can customize your online personality (i.e.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Once you effectively implement these steps, your board members will be collaborating with one another and working as a cohesive unit in no time. For the time being, you’ll have to adhere to social distancing guidelines, so virtual get-togethers may be the way to go. Build a board member engagement strategy. Let’s dive in!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. Their iCloud online storage was targeted, and hackers stole personal data and photos from their mobile phones and iPads.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

The list of conferences cancelled is growing, with some now being delivered a virtual gatherings. It’s time to up your virtual facilitation and convening skills. My first remote job was to work with a virtual team to manage an online network for artists, called Artswire. Use phone line with audio clarity and stability.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2013

I always found it funny that the line often associated with Virtual Work is “I get to work in my pajamas!” Nobody needs that imagery as they read my emails. The issue of virtual or remote work has been very hot since Marissa Mayer of Yahoo asked all of their remote employees to work in a Yahoo office. They’re not.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You can collaborate with other nonprofits in your region or in your issue area to investigate whether you can all offer benefits for each other. Mention the donor in emails directly about the event they sponsored. Mention the donor in emails year-round relating to the program they supported. Get creative. These exist already!

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

The above is the analysis of Jozef Vodicka, a Slovakian geek and entrepreneur, whose team has developed a multi-mobile-platform (iOS, Android, Windows Phone) application for documenting illegal dumping and, not incidentally, for mobilizing environmental consciousness and fostering citizen engagement. Check it out here: [link].

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2010

Working With a Virtual Team. 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. If someone on your team is only comfortable communicating by phone, then you need to have your meetings by phone."

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

Lync also integrates with Microsoft Exchange , Office 2013 , and SharePoint , and can incorporate an entire organizational phone system. The software offers several ways to get in touch – office phone, mobile phone, tablet, instant message, email, collaborative calendar, video conference, audio conference, and so on.

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

With the ability to present slides, share links and desktops, conduct polls, and create and store meeting notes, virtual meetings can be more productive than meetings in person. Web conferencing excels where rich collaboration and close interaction are needed and teams are dispersed. Why Should You Also Use Audio Conferencing Services?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

I’m also a champion for the Blue Key Campaign which is using a Facebook Group to coordinate and communicate around our work supporting the campaign. Last year, Darim Online used a Facebook Group to facilitate a virtual book club for the Networked Nonprofit. It was such a terrific post I invited her share it here.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Collaborate in Real Time. In the Share pane, under Invite People, type the email address(es) for the people you want to invite to your document (2). You can use it on your PC and Mac computers, but there are also great mobile versions that work on your Windows 10 devices (phones and tablets), iPhones, iPads, or Android devices.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And again, we have a second webinar coming up on October 22 nd , also with the Tech Impact team, about taking your finance office even more virtual, which is something that so many of our participants have been trying to do. Jeanne Bell: All right. Thanks, Karen.

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