Web Essentials for Non Profits

From Web Essentials presentation on April 2, 2008

Presentation PDF: http://www.tcnj.edu/~pa/web/presentations/non-profits08.pdf

Examples of Customers using Web 2.0 Tools

Readers
Web Browser, Email
IE & Outlook, Firefox & Thunderbird
Google Reader: http://reader.google.com/ 
Sage Reader: http://sage.mozdev.org/
iTunes: http://www.itunes.com/
Personalized homepages
Google Personalized: http://www.google.com/ig
NetVibes: http://www.netvibes.com/
Photos & Videos
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/
Social Bookmarking
del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/
Social Networks
Facebook: http://facebook.com/
Linked-In: http://www.linkedin.com/ 

Services

1.Online Donations
http://www.entango.com
http://www.paypal.com
2.Surveys & Polls
http://www.surveymonkey.com
http://www.polldaddy.com
3.Event Invitations & Registration
http://upcoming.org
http://www.eventbrite.com
http://www.surveymonkey.com
4.Newsletter Sign-Up
http://www.constantcontact.com
5.Low Cost Constituent Databases
http://www.salesforce.com
http://www.donorperfect.com
http://www.etapestry.com

Resources

Everything You Need to Know About Web 2.0
http://www.techsoup.org/toolkits/web2/

How to Record, Edit, and Promote Your Nonprofit's Podcast
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page5510.cfm

Creating an Open-Source Desktop
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/software/page5708.cfm

Idealware (software reviews for non-profits)
http://www.idealware.org/

A Few Good Tools:  Low Cost Constituent Databases
http://www.idealware.org/articles/fgt_low_cost_dbs.php

Blogs

The Bamboo Project
http://michelemartin.typepad.com/thebambooprojectblog/

Nonprofit Management and Operations Blog
http://www.aspirationtech.org/blog/nonprofitoperations

Give and Take
http://www.philanthropy.com/giveandtake/

Wild Apricot
http://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/default.aspx