Slack is a communication platform designed for the workforce. Learn how your Nonprofit organization can talk smarter and more effectively while still minimizing additional strain on your budget.
Affordable and Convenient Access to Word, Excel with cloud-based Office 365
Office 365, Microsoft’s cloud-based software service, provides affordable monthly access to the ubiquitous software suite: Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, Access, OneNote, and PowerPoint. AMT Lab contributor Kristen Sorek West speaks with the Pittsburgh Choral Arts about their experience using the tool and the features it offers. Click here to read more.
ToDoist: An App to Manage Your To-Do List Anytime, Anywhere
Are you looking for a new way to organize daily checklists and enhance productivity without compromising your unique workflow? Ranked by Forbes as the #1 to-do list app for 2014, ToDoist may be just the tool you’ve been looking for.
Tableau: The High Cost/ High Reward of Data Vizualization
With more than 23,000 customer accounts, Tableau has established itself as a powerhouse of data visualization experts. Clients include aerospace companies such as SpaceX, healthcare institutes like John Hopkins Hospital, and even financial sector customers such as Goldman Sachs. But what does Tableau- a rather expensive budget line item- do for its non-profit customers like the Red Cross? What does data visualization even mean for non-profit groups, let alone arts organizations?
Slideroom: Full of Features, High Price
Slideroom is a cloud-based applicaiton manager that allows organizations of various sizes to create, distribute, collect, and evaluate submissions. It is an intelligently designed and executed product with features suited for even the most complex institutions. However, this feature-packed suite may price out many organizations.
Coordinating decentralized teams, clients, and projects with Basecamp
Interested in improving project collaboration and communication among a decentralized team? Kristen Sorek West speaks with Shift Collaborative, a marketing, fundraising, and communications agency, on how Basecamp, a cloud-based project management tool, can improve team member efficiency and project momentum. For the full article click here.
Patreon: Crowdfunding for Creatives
Patreon is a relatively young, up-and-coming crowdfunding platform geared specifically toward funding creative works. Its unique patronage model sets it apart from competitors, and has driven its rapid rise in popularity over the past two years. Compared to the popular creative crowdfunding sites IndieGoGo and Kickstarter, Patreon offers some unique characteristics that help it meet organization’s funding needs.
Using Technology to Engage Nonprofit Boards
Managing communications with nonprofit boards can be a challenging endeavor. Members may be geographically dispersed and extremely busy, making ongoing engagement difficult. Without regular communication, boards stagnate and become disconnected from the work of the organization. An October Techsoup article delves into the wide range of technological tools that may help encourage engagement. Solutions ranging from videoconferencing software, to shared workspaces and storage, to board portals, all have an important role to play in ensuring an active board.
Visualizing Data with Sparkwise
We are surrounded by data, making it difficult to figure out where to begin, let alone how to analyze or use the information. Sparkwise is one of many data visualization tools allowing users to build dashboards, but was actually designed with nonprofit organizations in mind. The free web-based system is particularly useful for low-budget organizations or those just beginning to apply data analytics.
Enhance Social Media Campaigns with Keyhole's Real-Time Tracking
AMT Lab contributor Kristen Sorek West explores the social media analytics platform Keyhole and its real-time data tracking services. The social media listening tool collects Facebook, Twitter and Instagram activity information in one location, giving users the ability to perform targeted searches on users and content across channels. Click here to read the full review.