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Hi Sasha, NFP's and educational institutions are no different than for profit companies when it comes wanting to reducing expenses in regard to marketing. For example: You are an NFP and quarterly mail out 100K direct marketing pieces at a cost of $X. Your expected response is something like 1%....
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Would anyone know how a nonprofit could try to get a grant for SharePoint that would cover consulting and training? Erica, CAMBA
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I am looking for an online project management software- it needs to meet the following requirements: - Must interface with Outlook (Calendar especially) - Allow multiple owners to make comments and changes -Shared calendar that interfaces with Outlook -Send reminders, generate reports, - Cost less than...
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Do you conduct a regular (maybe annual) technology assessment at your organization? How frequently do you do it? Is it just a tech inventory of your hardware and software or a broader assessment of all your vendors, policies, and tech infrastructure? TechSoup has a soon-to-be-published article with tips...
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Have you considered announcing your RFP on the RFP Database ? It is free for you to join, and free for you to announce your RFP. There are over 50,000 members registered in the system (as of Aug 2009) and many of them would be interested in your project. I would also recommend checking out my blog for...
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Does your organization have a plan to keep your technology, data, and assets protected in the event of an emergency or disaster? What if it's not an actual disaster like a hurricane or flood, but a staff member simply loses or breaks a laptop carrying essential supporter data? How much time or money...
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Welcome Chris! Just to add to Sasha's good advice, we also have a variety of articles about raising funds for technology needs in our Learning Center. www.techsoup.org/learningcenter Some of the resources are listed in our Funding section and other articles are listed in our Tech Planning section...
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This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but in TechSoup's Guide to Working with Technical Volunteers , there is a questionnaire worksheet that asks what level of experience a person has in working with a variety of different technology systems. And it's designed for nonprofits. It...
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I'm involved in the technology planning at my organization, but work in the fiscal/administrative office so I don't always feel like I have the best view of all the advances that will help us in our mission as a human service agency. I'd like to get feedback from our program staff on what...
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Have you checked out the results of the nonprofit IT survey that NPower and Accenture conducted a couple months back? The full report (PDF) came out earlier this month and after looking through it, I'd have to say I wasn't all that surprised to learn that many nonprofits are spending less than...