Setting up your tools

Step-by-step guides for setting up the everyday tools a nonprofit runs on: Google Workspace, Slack, Asana and your knowledge base.

How this connects to your Suppliers list

Once a tool is set up, track who owns it: add it on the Tools page and link it to the role that uses or manages it. It then appears on every team page that role belongs to. See Suppliers.

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Your knowledge base, the organization's brainEvery organization runs on knowledge that lives in someone's head: why the contract says what it says, which funder wants what format, how payroll actually gets done. That works until someone is on h…
Asana: getting startedIf you're used to tracking work in a shared Google Sheet or a simple to-do app, Asana might feel like more than you need. But it solves real problems that spreadsheets and generic to-do lists weren't…
Slack: getting startedIf you're used to group chats for work, Slack might feel like one more app to manage. But it solves real problems that Signal or WhatsApp weren't designed for:
Setting up Google Workspace Task list Google Workspace gives your nonprofit professional email on your own domain (you@yourorg.org), plus Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet. This guide takes you from zero to a working, secure setup, and sho…

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15 Oct 2026 by Ruben

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Setting up your tools