http://freefornonprofits.com Resources for Non-Profits Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:58:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just finished reading this post over at MakeUseOf.com and thought I should pass it along.  This is a great list of a few great open-source alternatives to Microsoft. Head over to MakeUseOf.com to read the whole open-source review. http://freefornonprofits.com/2008/05/a-few-more-open-source-offerings/ This is the second installment of the technology guide for non-profits.  Here's Part One. In this part, we will discuss a few items to help you manage your new technology. 4. On your new computer, download Open Office. Two reasons: it's free and you will barely notice any difference from Microsoft ... http://freefornonprofits.com/2008/05/technology-startup-guide-part-2/ As I was looking over this site, I realized that there is quite a bit of information to digest all at once. I have decided to create a short technology guide for non-profits to help everyone make sense of this information.  I a going to break this guide into a ... http://freefornonprofits.com/2008/05/technology-start-up-guide-for-non-profits-part-1/ So I did a post a while ago about a few email marketing programs that all non-profits should use.  I wanted to update you today because I located a great service that is available free to qualified non-profits. VerticalResponse is a marketing company that does email marketing, direct mail and surveys.  ... http://freefornonprofits.com/2008/05/free-email-marketing-for-non-profits/ I had no more than published the post on Zoho CRM and the non-profit world that I received an email about Salesforce.com and their foundation. Turns out that the founder of the company is passionate about giving back to the world. Salesforce.com is the premier CRM software ... http://freefornonprofits.com/2008/05/salesforcecom-for-non-profits/ Hey everyone, Just wanted to let you know that I am going to finish testing Zoho in a few days(weeks) and hope to have a few reviews up soon.  Zoho is a web-based software suite that has many more features than Google Apps for Your Domain.  Google offers email, calendars, docs, ... http://freefornonprofits.com/2008/05/review-of-zoho-coming-soon/ I subscribe to Fast Company a absolutely great monthly magazine. FC pays special attention to innovation in the business world, but the lessons learned could be easily applied/used in the Non-Profit world. Anyway, there is a great article this month that discusses the usefulness of email marketing. The numbers ... http://freefornonprofits.com/2008/05/email-marketing-for-non-profits/ One of the reasons I have yet to post anything substantial is that I have been working on the new site of The Dinner Program for Homeless Women. You can take a look at the site at www.dphw.org. This is a very simple site, built with Joomla and ... http://freefornonprofits.com/2008/04/dphworg-is-live/