Google for Nonprofits Newsletter - March, 2011

[Anna Bishop]

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Google for Nonprofits Newsletter - March, 2011 

We hope you enjoy this month's update from the Google for Nonprofits team. A reminder that you can find and search all of the old newsletters and other emails sent to this list at the Google group site. Also, please be sure to join the googlefornonprofits-discuss group. This group offers an email forum for members to ask and answer questions about Google tools for nonprofits.

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Google for Nonprofits Launched in the U.S.!

Announcing the YouTube "Good Work" Project

Google Search gets Social with +1

New Dynamic Templates for Blogger 

New Discussions Feature for Google Docs  

New Google Analytics on the way!

Share Your Story of Change

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Google for Nonprofits Launched in the U.S.!
On March 16, we launched the new and improved Google for Nonprofits program in the U.S. Eligible nonprofits can sign up through a single application process to access our suite of product offerings designed for nonprofits: up to $10,000 a month in advertising on Google AdWords to reach more donors, free or discounted Google Apps to cut IT costs and operate more efficiently, and premium features for YouTube and our mapping technologies to raise awareness of your cause. We’ve also developed other online resources such as educational videos, case studies and better ways for you to connect with other nonprofits. Finally, we launched the Google for Nonprofits Marketplace where Certified Google Partners offer their services at a free or discounted rate. If you're new to the program, apply here.  If you have already been approved for Google Grants, Google Apps for Nonprofits, YouTube for Nonprofits or Google Earth Outreach, your account will remain active.  However, we encourage you to apply for the complete Google for Nonprofits program if you wish to access all of our exclusive products and new resources.  If you work for an organization outside the U.S., know that we're internationalizing as fast as we can! 

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Announcing the YouTube "Good Work" Project
We know that finding the funding and resources to create compelling video can be difficult. That’s why YouTube is introducing “Good Work,” a program in partnership with the Cannes Advertising Festival. Through Good Work, YouTube is matching nonprofits with the best ad professionals in the world, and asking these creative professionals to make videos for nonprofits. The best videos will be featured at a showcase at the Cannes Advertising Festival and on the YouTube homepage. If your organization has nonprofit status issued by your government and a YouTube channel, fill out the brief questionnaire at youtube.com/goodwork to participate.

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Google Search gets Social with +1

The hot-off-the presses news about Google +1 means that searching the web just got more personal. The new feature enables you to share recommendations with the world right in Google’s search results. It’s called +1 for the digital shorthand meaning “this is pretty cool.” To recommend something, all you have to do is click +1 on a webpage or ad you find useful. These +1’s will then start appearing in Google’s search results.

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New Dynamic Templates for Blogger 

If your organization uses Blogger to get the word out about the amazing work you're doing, be sure to check out newly-launched features including infinite scrolling, new layouts, increased speed, and interactivity features for your readers. See them in action here. 

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New Discussions Feature for Google Docs  

Nonprofits have told us that the real-time collaboration features in Google Docs have always been a favorite feature. This month, the Docs team took it to a new level with the launch of a new comment and discussion format. Now you can easily tell who made a comment and when—with timestamps and profile pictures—and you can keep track of the conversation with email notifications and reply to comments directly from your email. Check it out when you work on your next collaborative project.

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New Google Analytics on the way!

The Google Analytics team recently announced the gradual rollout of a new and improved version of Google Analytics. The redesign is intended to make it easier and faster to get to the data you want and to enhance the Google Analytics platform to bring you major new functionality. Many of the changes in the new version are the result of user feedback. We’ll be sharing many more details about what’s new along the way with a new series on the blog focused exclusively on the new Analytics. 

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Share Your Story of Change

No matter how big or small, we want to hear about what you’re doing to change the world. Visit google.com/nonprofits/makeachange to post your story or to simply read about positive changes happening all around you!  

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That's it for this month's newsletter. As always, please send any suggestions for the newsletter our way.

Have a great rest of the week!

Anna from the Google for Nonprofits team