Following is a comprehensive list – put together by Deborah Elizabeth Finn, IT consultant to nonprofits and self-described Cyber-Yenta – of resources available to help nonprofit executives, managers, staff and “accidental techies” avoid the bumps and potholes in the information technology highway.
Free Information, Advice, Peer Learning or Product Reviews
Capaciteria
http://www.capaciteria.org/
Consultant Commons
http://www.consultantcommons.org/
dotOrganize
http://www.dotorganize.net/
Coyote Communications
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/
Idealware: Candid Reviews of Nonprofit Software
http://www.idealware.org/
Information Systems Forum
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Information_Systems_Forum/
N-TEN (Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network)
http://www.nten.org/
TechSoup
http://www.techsoup.org/
Discounted Technology Products
Consistent Computer Bargains
http://www.ccbnonprofits.com/
TechMarketplace
http://www.techfoundation.org/index.cfm?objectid=F4F21511-0D0A-3946-9D000FE02B1BE8FC
TechSoup Stock
http://www.techsoup.org/stock/
Directory of Nonprofit Technology Assistance Providers
TechFinder
http://www.techsoup.org/techfinder/index.cfm
Books About Technology Strategies
The Accidental Techie: Supporting, Managing, and Maximizing Your Nonprofit’s Technology
https://www.compasspoint.org/content/index.php?pid=168
Wired for Good: Strategic Technology Planning for Nonprofits
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787962791.html
The Dynamics of Technology for Social Change
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0595372740/103-1242422-8170209?v=glance&n=283155
Online Articles About Technology Strategies
What’s Involved in Technology Planning? Seven steps to a better technology plan
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/techplan/page1357.cfm?CFID=18894176&CFTOKEN=51304854
Technology Triage: Keeping mission-critical technology running
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/techplan/page1335.cfm?CFID=18894176&CFTOKEN=51304854
The eRider Starter Kit
http://www.eriders.net/upload/files/eRider%20Starter%20Kit.pdf
Free Online Tools
CitizenSpeak (email campaigns for organizers and activists)
http://www.citizenspeak.org/
Grassroots.Org (web hosting)
http://www.grassroots.org/
Guidestar (information about nonprofits filed with the Internal Revenue Service)
http://www.guidestar.org/
LinkedIn (social networking for professionals)
http://www.linkedin.com/
Massnonprofits.Org (news about the nonprofit sector in Massachusetts)
http://www.massnonprofit.org/
Nonprofit FAQ (answers to many frequently asked questions)
http://www.idealist.org/en/faqcat/1-7
Nonprofit Tech Jobs (postings of job announcements)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nonprofit_Tech_Jobs/
PledgeBank (online management of community-oriented pledges to take action)
http://www.pledgebank.com/
Second Life (web-based virtual reality environment)
http://www.secondlife.com/
Source Forge (open source software that you can download)
http://sourceforge.net/
Wikipedia (online encyclopedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/
Word of Blog (to create an ad for your organization that stakeholders can place on their websites)
http://wordofblog.net/
Yahoo Groups (to start your own email distribution list)
http://groups.yahoo.com/
Blogs on the Topic of Nonprofit Technology
Beth’s Blog (Beth Kanter)
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/
Confessions of a Non-Profit IT Director (Allan Benamer)
http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/
Ext 337 (Marne Webb)
http://www.ext337.org/
Michael Stein's Nonprofit Technology Blog
http://michaelatmo.blogspot.com/
NetSquared Blogs
http://netsquared.org/blog
Nonprofit Blog Exchange
http://nonprofitblogexchange.blogspot.com/
Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector (Deborah Elizabeth Finn)
http://www.cyber-yenta.org/
Today I Cried (Anonymous)
http://www.todayicried.com/
Vermont Nonprofit CommunIT (Sonny Cloward)
http://cvnp.typepad.com/
Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology (Michelle Murrain)
http://www.zenofnptech.org/
Folksonomies
Del.icio.us NPtech tagging project
http://del.icio.us/tag/nptech
Social Source Commons
http://beta.socialsourcecommons.org/
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