Getting things done using tools online leads to lower cost of technology ownership in terms of both time and money. In addition, working online allows you to modify your processes, how you get things done, to streamline, manage and even automate your organization's activities. This session will demonstrate the advantages of online tools with real-life examples and strategies.
5. Getting Nonprofit
Done Online
Advantages of Getting
Nonprofit Done Online
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6. Overarching
Advantage
Getting things done online not only
saves you time and money, but it
exponentially increases those savings
by enabling you to change the way
you get things done in ways that were
not previously possible
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7. Advantage 1
Getting things done online allows you
to work more efficiently by helping
you focus on your most important
tasks when they need to be done and
allowing you to automate or delegate
less important tasks
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8. Advantage 2
Online sites offer you
tools and features to
manage your processes
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9. Advantage 3
When you get things done online,
you can literally run your business
from anywhere as long as you have
a device (computer, phone, etc.) that
can connect to the Web
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10. Advantage 4
You can still work
collaboratively even though no
one is in the same room or
even working at the same time
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11. Advantage 5
Working online offers you the
lowest cost of ownership, both in
time and money, for software,
data storage and more
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12. Advantage 6
Online vendors typically offer
one free version or, at the
very least, a 30-day trial offer
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13. Advantage 7
Online sites and tools provide
time savings by offering both
faster setup and learning
times than offline alternatives
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14. Advantage 8
Connectivity and integration
is part of the mix because
the Web is the where you
are getting it done
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15. Advantage 9
Getting it done online allows you to
focus on what your organization
does rather than what it needs in
order to do what it does
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16. Getting Nonprofit
Done Online
Strategies for Getting
Nonprofit Done Online
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17. Strategy 1: All-In
● Choose an online solution which can be used to
manage all of your processes end-to-end
● Examples:
● Blackbaud
● ACSTechnologies
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18. Strategy 2: Integration
● Choose one or more online solutions which can
be integrated directly or via data export/import
● Examples:
● DonorPerfect
● AWeber
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19. Strategy 3: Stand Alone
● Choose one or more online solutions where
each serves a specific purpose
● Examples:
● Evenbright
● Shiftboard
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20. Getting Nonprofit
Done Online
Barriers to Getting
Nonprofit Done Online
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