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Several non-profit organizations have been helped by the coming of Google Apps. For a non profit organization it is very difficult to have a proper infrastructure owing to lack of enough finances and resources. Most of these organizations rely on external funding like the government or charitable donations. These sources are unreliable and unpredictable. Most of these nonprofits are religious organizations or work for the community. Google provides free Google Apps to these organizations. The Non-Profits can make use of Google tools of communications and collaboration without having to incur any expenses. This will help their organization function better and faster. Non Profits in the US can sign up for the Google Apps standard edition. Google will verify your 501(c)(3) status using your Employee ID number and if you qualify then you can make use of Google Apps for Non-Profits. It is free of all expenses and available to all registered Non-Profits with 501(c)(3) status. Google Apps are powerful communication tools that help you communicate with friends, family or co-workers from any where in this world. Google Apps are especially useful for commercial enterprises, nonprofit organizations and educational institutions. The best feature of Google Apps is that it is available at no cost for non-Profits and it’s great to use. Google Apps include various applications like Gmail, Gtalk, Google Calendar, Google Start Page, Google Docs, Google Page Creator and a Web Page Maker. Gmail comes with inbuilt chat and calendar. It’s easy to send and receive mails with Gmail that has a storage capacity of 25GB. With Gmail you can search for your webmails quickly and also search the web for information. Gtalk allows you to send instant voice and text messages to any corner of the world. On Google Calendar you can let all your employees know about events and meetings. Employees themselves can plan their schedules on their calendars or notify other members about events. All these applications can help any organization work better and faster. Loss of time and expenses is minimized if one makes use of Google applications for communications. There are other applications that can be used for online collaboration. Google Docs lets a user create his own spreadsheets, documents and presentations. These can be viewed and edited by other users as well. A team can sit over a presentation and work on it together from their individual computers. The result is a better work in much less time. It is so much easier than analyzing different presentations from different people on the same thing. Your organization can have a Google Start Page which you can customize according to your tastes and needs such that it reflects your organizations look and feel. Google apps also provide you with intranet facilities so that communication between employees within the organization becomes much easier and efficiently managed. For Non-Profits Google Apps is a boon. With the limited resources, finance and employees Non-Profits generally cannot function to the best of their abilities. Google Apps provide them with all those facilities which otherwise would have required buying of several expensive softwares. Plus Google Apps are neither softwares nor hardwares so there are no technical problems to be encountered with its use and neither do you need an IT specialist to make it work for you. |
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