{"id":244,"date":"2012-12-17T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyoteblog.posterous.com\/mobile-apps-in-nonprofit-program-management-w"},"modified":"2014-12-19T11:03:43","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T19:03:43","slug":"mobile-apps-in-nonprofit-program-management-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2012\/12\/mobile-apps-in-nonprofit-program-management-w\/","title":{"rendered":"mobile apps in nonprofit program &#038; management work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever I read about mobile apps (software applications to be used on smartphones or tablets) for nonprofits, the articles are almost always be about fundraising &#8211; about how to allow people to easily donate to an organization.<\/p>\n<p>What I&#8217;m hungry for is information on <strong>how nonprofits are already using mobile apps in their program or management work<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/coyoteblog.posterous.com\/what-mobile-apps-do-you-promote-to-clients-vo\" target=\"_blank\">blogged about this quest before, just last month<\/a>, and posted about it <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.techsoup.org\/cs\/community\/f\/13\/t\/36558.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">on the TechSoup community forum<\/a>, and the silence has been deafening. The impression I get is that there are far more <em>ideas<\/em> about how apps <em>might<\/em> help nonprofits, beyond allowing people to make donations from their smart phone, than there are <em>actual<\/em> app uses.<\/p>\n<p>If you have information on <strong>employees, consultants or volunteers using mobile apps as a part of their work for nonprofits, NGOs, libraries, government agencies, or any mission-based organizations<\/strong>, pick your place to share your story over on the TechSoup community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.techsoup.org\/cs\/community\/f\/13\/t\/36558.aspx\">What mobile apps do you promote to clients, volunteers, supporters, staff?<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.techsoup.org\/cs\/community\/f\/13\/t\/36734.aspx\">Anyone using these mobile apps as part of their work?<\/a>\u00a0(like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filemaker.com\/products\/filemaker-go\/\">FileMaker Go<\/a>\u00a0, the mobile version of FileMaker Pro;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expensebutt.com\/\">ExpenseButt<\/a>, which specializes in integration with QuickBooks, NetSuite and Intact Software.; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alfresco.com\/products\/mobile\">Alfresco mobile<\/a>\u00a0, for access to enterprise content contained in Microsoft SharePoint, EMC Documentum, IBM FileNet, OpenText and similar information repositories;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindjet.com\/\">Mindjet<\/a>\u00a0, for access to mind maps in my butt; .<a href=\"http:\/\/www.concur.com\/en-us\/mobile\">Concur mobile<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0uses the phone to help automate travel and expense management throughout the trip life cycle, starting with travel planning).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also see this<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.techsoup.org\/cs\/community\/f\/13\/t\/36733.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Review of Mobile Productivity Apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.techsoup.org\/cs\/community\/f\/13\/t\/36687.aspx\">Evaluation of mobile apps on farmer&#8217;s productivity in East Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The quest continues!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever I read about mobile apps (software applications to be used on smartphones or tablets) for nonprofits, the articles are almost always be about fundraising &#8211; about how to allow people to easily donate to an organization. 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