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December 2010
There's a lot of talk these days about privacy issues on Facebook. What does that mean for you as an organization? The issues for an organization are different than those facing an individual—but still absolutely something you should be thinking about. This article was funded through the Idealware Research Fund, with the support of people like you. Thank you!
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November 2010
Online grant application systems can be a timesaver for all involved—or they can cause grantseekers and grantmakers hours of unnecessary frustration. In an addendum to our April 2010 report, Streamlining Online Grant Applications: A Review of Vendors, we evaluate two additional systems: Npower's Foundation Grants Manager, and FusionLabs' GrantedGE. This addendum was made possible through generous funding from the Technology Affinity Group (TAG).
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By Gideon Rosenblatt, Former Groundwire Executive Director,
November 2010
What does it mean to "engage people"? Gideon Rosenblatt talks through six different levels of engagement people can have with your organization, in an article reprinted from Groundwire.
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November 2010
Despite the increase in popularity of email, social media and other online networking tools, organizations still depend on the telephone for a good portion of their communications. But telephone service has gone through some dramatic changes, and the options for purchasing a new voice communications system are more numerous than ever before—and more confusing.
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By Colin Pizarek and Chris Bernard,
October 2010
eLearning modules -- multimedia modules that provide students information in an interactive, multimedia-rich way -- can be an interesting way to teach staff or constituents. But how do you create them? There's a whole class of software packages that help you create the core elements like text, graphics, narration, animation, and interactivity.
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October 2010
Regardless of your organization’s demographics, chances are good that a majority of your constituents use mobile phones. How can you reach out to them on their cell? We walk through the possibilities: texting, two-way communication, giving, pledging, websites, apps, and more.
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September 2010
Is online office software likely to fit your needs better than more traditional desktop software? Or are installed applications like Microsoft Office ubiquitous for a reason? In this article, updated for 2010, we take a look at the differences between online and installed options in the areas that are often important to nonprofits.
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By Brett Bonfield and Laura S. Quinn,
July 2010
For a while, nonprofit organizations' choice of office suites was limited to Microsoft Office or... Microsoft Office. But over time, a viable open source option has emerged: OpenOffice.org. Should you consider OpenOffice? Will it make sense for your users and organization? In this article, updated in July 2010, we compare Microsoft Office 2010 to OpenOffice.org 3.2.
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June 2010
There are many software applications that can help with project management tasks - but also many different opinions about what types of functionality you might want. In this article, revised in June 2010, we round up the types of software and the vendorswhat nonprofit project managers to understand what software has been useful to them.
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June 2010
Are your online communications working? How can you tell? In this article, we talk through four types of measures-- Views, Followers, Engagement, and Conversion-- that help you track your efforts to see if they're worthwhile.
Chances are, your organization has a website. Perhaps you also send out broadcast emails, or maintain a blog, Twitter or Facebook account. Is the effort you’re putting into online communications working? How can you tell?
