A story in the Chronicle of Philanthropy details Google’s array of services for nonprofits.
The Google for Non-Profits page says:
You are changing the world. We want to help.
Learn how to use free Google tools to promote your work, raise money, and operate more efficiently.
Many, if not all, of these services are available to everyone for free. Plenty of nonprofit as well as for-profit organizations use Google Analytics as a web traffic tool, for example, and Google Docs are gaining traction as a way for people to easily share documents and allow everyone to update them.
This page is billed as a one-stop-shop for all the Google tools that could be useful to nonprofits, with links to information on what each tool does and how to set it up. (I’m not sure why Google Page Creator, which apparently is a website editor/host, is not included… maybe because it is still in the testing phase?)
But Google’s services are not without detractors (examples here and here). Does Google’s unofficial motto of “Don’t Be Evil” hold, if Google knows all about your organization — does the best known search engine gain something by having access to your web traffic, documents, etc.?
Join the conversation: Is your nonprofit using any Google tools for its work? Why or why not?
Posted by Crystal Colby 
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