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The Remote Nonprofit: Meeting Your Mission Virtually

May 31, 2019
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Blinkist, Books, Evernote, G Suite, Management and Leadership, Nitro Pro, Nozbe, Personal Growth and Productivity, Remote Work, Snagit, Software

In thirty years’ time, as technology moves forward even further, people are going to look back and wonder why offices ever existed. (Richard Branson, CEO, The Virgin Companies) Remote nonprofit work is more prolific than you think. The 2018 Digital Adoption Report found that 41 percent of employees at nonprofits it surveyed were working exclusively outside the organization’s office delivering programs and services, working from home, or telecommuting. (NTEN, Digital Adoption in 2018). The report also found that roughly 12…

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By Barbara Hopkins
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Simplify Your Life & Increase Your Productivity with Nitro Pro PDF

August 27, 2017
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Management and Leadership, Nitro Pro, Personal Growth and Productivity, Software

Smaller nonprofits and their staff members need to take advantage of every possible technological efficiency if they are to have any time available to focus on growing the organization to meet its mission. I've previously discussed the benefits of Nitro Pro in compiling documents created with different programs, e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, TIF, PDF, into a single document, such as your board agenda. That's one benefit of using a software product like Nitro Pro. Another is that Nitro Pro can…

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By Barbara Hopkins
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Two Simple Meeting Agenda Assembly / Distribution Strategies to Enhance the Quality of Participation

July 17, 2017
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Books, Evernote, Management and Leadership, Nitro Pro, Software

Two Simple Meeting Agenda Assembly / Distribution Strategies to Enhance the Quality of Participation 1. The Meeting Agenda Assembly / Distribution Challenge As a nonprofit leader, you’ve lived through this scenario, only to have your blood pressure rise and your patience tested severely. Here it is: You arrive at a meeting that you organized. This could be a meeting of your board or it could be a meeting of a committee that you chair. One-third of the participants are on…

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By Barbara Hopkins
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