First-time nonprofit managers can often use a bit of guidance from more experienced colleagues, as well as the answers to specific questions. The problem is, there just aren’t enough mentors to go around, and perhaps this is especially so in the nonprofit sector where resources are stretched to the limit. What’s the solution? Well, Third ...

Last week, Idealware.org put on a free online seminar called “Online Communication on a Shoestring.” In the webinar, presenter Laura Quinn led the participants through a discussion of best practices and low-cost tools, talking through how “websites, email blasting, and social media can provide a small organization with big benefits without a ...

NTEN Office Hours puts the experience and skills of nonprofit technology experts at your service in an on-going series of free online question-and-answer sessions. The expert volunteers cover a wide range of tech topics of special interest to nonprofits: IT Staff Communications Fundraising Program Leadership This all takes place ...

Have you ever wanted to try online advertising to promote your organization, but weren’t sure how to get started?  Starting tomorrow, NTEN.org (The Nonprofit Technology Network) will be hosting a series of webinars aimed at teaching you how to get the most out of Google Grants, a program that offers free online Google Adwords advertising ...

This is the third part of our series on free and open-source software and the resources to help your organization make the most of what FOSS has to offer. When you need to know the meaning of a word, you flip open a dictionary. It’s a trusted authority. It gives the information you need to use an essential tool (language) more ...

In response to our Top 10 round-up of tools for online polls and surveys, some readers asked about the best web-based tools to create custom quizzes and tests. Many of us think first of quizzes in a classroom context, so it's no surprise that some of the best free or low-cost quiz-making applications are found in the online educational sector. ...

Mark your calendars for Social Tech Training (STT), a partnership of Web of Change and the MaRS non-profit innovation centre, coming 22-24 June 2008 to Toronto. In this comprehensive 3-day ''web 2.0 bootcamp,'' participants from across North America will learn how they can adapt the latest web thinking, tools and tactics — from blogs to ...