Technology Archive

How BoardSite Can Help Your Nonprofit Board Be More Productive

May 13, 2023
BoardSite is a unique digital platform that helps nonprofit boards of directors stay organized, compliant, and engaged. The platform streamlines important processes like onboarding, voting, and creating agendas. Any steps you take to increase your board’s productivity will have positive ripple effects throughout your organization.

The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

February 6, 2022
Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. Keep reading this Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits to learn what makes accounting for nonprofits unique and get tips on choosing...

3 Reasons Every Nonprofit Tech Project Should Begin with a Discovery

October 30, 2021
Ok, first of all, you may be asking, what is a Tech Discovery? A tech “discovery” is the initial, independent phase of a technology project where key analysis, design and planning are performed BEFORE a buy or build decision is made. Discoveries are the “sharpening your ax” mode smart nonprofits invest in before taking a swing at technology challenges,...

Top 5 Reasons Tech Team Augmentation is Necessary for Nonprofits

June 17, 2021
By Brian Greenwald, Nonprofit Superfan at Generate_Impact – a human-centered technology services company focused solely on celebrating and serving humanitarian, social impact and sustainability organizations and causes. First of all, what is “Tech Team Augmentation”? Not exactly a term that rolls off the tongue. Simply put, “Tech Team Aug” means establishing a dedicated tech services partner for your nonprofit....

5 Must-Have Productivity Software Products Nonprofits Need to Be Effective in 2021

December 28, 2020
By Alan Tyson, CEO of DATABASICS – a software product that enables nonprofits to report, approve, and track employee hours, activities, and spending from anywhere, something that is especially important in an increasingly decentralized environment. In the face of tremendous adversity and growing need, nonprofits are doing incredible work at a critical time. Choosing the right productivity software can...

6 Ways to Strengthen Your Nonprofit’s WordPress Security

June 14, 2019
By Chuck Spidell, a Nonprofit WordPress Security Expert with ILLUSIO. He helps women-led communications teams free up their time and lock down WordPress from getting hacked. If your nonprofit has a website, someone is always looking for a way to get in. Dealing with a hacked WordPress website can be time-consuming, expensive, and emotionally draining. It’s not something you want to experience....

5 Essential Free Online Courses for Nonprofit Professionals

June 13, 2019
By Alec Green, Chief Marketing Evangelist at NonprofitReady.org, an online hub of 400+ free online courses in topics ranging from fundraising to grant writing, leadership to program management. Too often, nonprofit professionals don’t receive the training they need. We all know the typical explanations – funders don’t allocate enough dollars to professional development, learners can’t give up the time for...

5 Ways to Protect Your Nonprofit’s Data

February 1, 2019
By Ryan Polk, a Policy Advisor at the Internet Society, where he is primarily focused on issues related to Internet trust. Odds are your nonprofit has amassed valuable data as a result of regular day-to-day activities like processing online donations; managing virtual staff or volunteers; or capturing details of those who subscribe to your nonprofit’s newsletter. This type of data...

GitHub for Good: What Nonprofits Need to Know

September 6, 2018
By Richard Chiriboga, a web project manager and front-end developer and founder of CorrienteLatina.com. To first understand how GitHub for Good works, let’s take a step back and understand what GitHub actually is. At its simplest form, Github is a place that houses code into groups called repositories and allows one or more people to update and keep version...

5 Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Switch to Cloud-Based Accounting

August 23, 2018
By Becky Harpham, a nonprofit marketing expert who enjoys helping nonprofits with their finances and keeping up with the latest SEO trends. Face it – we live in a very technology-focused world these days. So why haven’t you been doing your monthly financial reporting in a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) yet? Here are five reasons why you should make...

6 Technology Concepts Nonprofits Need to Understand in 2018

February 27, 2018
Over the last decade the discussion around nonprofit technology (#nptech) has primarily been social media, mobile technology, and online fundraising, however as the internet enters its next phase, nonprofits need to better understand some of the more complicated concepts that will shape the internet and its use in the decades to come. Advancements in internet technology will change how...