13 TOOLS

EVERYONE IN

THE CHARITY

INDUSTRY

SHOULD BE USING

PRODUCTIVITYTOOLS

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Google for Nonprofits. Dropbox. Asana.

GOOGLE FOR NONPROFITS

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GOOGLE FOR NONPROFITS

google.com/nonprofits/

The world’s most valuable company, Google, has aprogram to make charity work easier (and good foryour budget). Google for Nonprofits gives access topremium products completely free of charge.

Charities have access to Google Apps, Google AdGrants, Youtube Nonprofit program, Google EarthOutreach and Google Generosity, all in just one place.These tools will make teamwork more accessible andyour IT costs to zero.

Pricing: Free

DROPBOX

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DROPBOX

dropbox.com

Do you need a very simple way to keep your files storedin just one place? That’s a job for Dropbox.

One of the world’s favorite cloud-based platform isperfect to store files, sharing files with your team andbacking up your data.

In fact, Dropbox has discounts for charity organisationsif you would like to use their Business service.

Pricing: Free up to 2GB of space; £7,99 for 1TB.

ASANA

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ASANA

asana.com

This web and mobile platform will help you track yourorganisation’s projects.

You could use it for recruitment, marketing orfundraising projects.

Asana also makes collaboration faster and effortlesswith great teamwork options.

Pricing: Free

CROWDSOURCINGTOOLS

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Crowdrise. OpenIDEO.

CROWDRISE

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CROWDRISE

crowdrise.com

You might have already heard of fundraisercrowdsourcing tool Crowdrise.

It makes fundraising for a charity incredibly easy. Eachindividual can collaborate and involved with a charityfrom early stages.

The best of this platform is that it brilliantly engagespeople with niche communities.

Pricing: Charges 3% of your raised fundraising.

OPENIDEO

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OPENIDEO

openideo.com

OpenIDEO links a global community working togetherto design solutions to social challenges. OpenIDEO hasbeen created by one of the biggest human-approachdesign agencies, IDEO. The platform partners up with acharity to introduce a social challenge to thecommunity. Members can contribute to thatchallenge with a solution, that is created andsupported by the community.

This will help you connect with a large community andget creative answers to your challenges.

Pricing: Free

CAMPAIGNS &FUNDRAISINGTOOLS

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Just Giving. EveryClick. MyDonate.

JUST GIVING

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JUST GIVING

justgiving.com

You might be familiar with Just Giving by now, but ifnot, this should be on your must-use tools.

The web and mobile platform displays your project totheir community, which is currently 24 million people.

Pricing: Free

EVERYCLICK

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EVERYCLICK

everyclick.com

If you’re looking for innovative ways to raise money,bookmark this website. EveryClick is a search enginethat raises money for charities with every click.

According to EveryClick's website, supporters cansearch the web with their platform, make donationsonline, build fundraising pages and create fundraisinggroups. The website hosts over 200,000 UK registeredcharities in partnership with the Charities Trust.

Pricing: It's free for charities. £11.94 of the supporters £10donation with Gift Aid goes to the charity.

MYDONATE

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MYDONATE

btplc.com/mydonate

MyDonate is a BT organisation launched in 2011.

MyDonate is free for charities and 100% of the moneyraised is going to the charity.

BT MyDonate is not-for-profit and has investment fromBT itself every year. Many successful projects, like theSOS Children’s work with SThree, successfully achievedmilestones.

Pricing: Free

TEAMCOLLABORATIONTOOLS

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GoToMeeting. Skype. Jing. TeamWork.

GOTOMEETING

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GOTOMEETING

gotomeeting.co.uk

GoToMeeting is one of our favourite collaboration tools.You can download the software or just access theironline platform.

You can then enjoy GoToMeeting's video meetings andscreen sharing features. Meetings can be booked anddone instantly without the travel costs.

Pricing: Starts at £19 per month

SKYPE

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SKYPE

skype.com/en/

If what you need is just a simple online team meetingapp, Skype is the tool you might want to consider. WithSkype, you can invite people to chat on your computeror on the go.

Just invite others to join in and even share your screen.All you need is to set a username and share it withothers to meet online or just text on the go.

Pricing: Skype is free of charge. However, there is aBusiness option for £1.30 per user per month with extrafeatures.

JING

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JING

techsmith.com/jing.htm

This tool enables you to take a screen or videocapture of anything on your desktop. You can alsorecord voice over any video to quickly explainsomething and share it via a link they create.

Jing is a very helpful for marketing or designteams. But you can also use it to provide feedbackto any projects you’re currently on.

Pricing: Although you need to pay for somefeatures, there’s a free option.

TEAMWORK

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TEAMWORK

teamwork.com

Just like Asana, TeamWork is a team collaborationplatform. It features a dashboard to quickly check anytasks, milestones or comments for your colleagues.

One of their most helpful features is a drag-and-dropsystem. Use it to modify projects, saving you a lot oftime.

Pricing: Free plan features 10 MB storage and allowsyou to work on up to 2 projects at a time.

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