Technology

CT Nonprofits Sponsored Computer Training  

Please contact CT Nonprofits for more information.

Hartford Foundation's Nonprofit Support Program
Nonprofit leaders often inquire about technical assistance resources available in the Greater Hartford region.  Questions are asked about training opportunities, consultants, funding sources and other issues relevant to nonprofit organizations.  In response to those inquiries, we have compiled this listing as a service to the nonprofit community. 

Microsoft Technology Friends Network
The goal of this program is to help local charitable organizations harness the power of technology. As members of the technology industry, we have an opportunity to work with local charities and provide them with the tools and skills they need to be more efficient and successful. From helping a non-profit establish a Web site, to providing training on various software applications, we'd like to work with you to forge lasting partnerships with these agencies that do so much to help our community.

Draft Internet Usage Policy

Benton Foundation: Best Practices Toolkit

Camp Yahoo

Gilbert Center

Network for Good

NPO Net

N-TEN -Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network 

NPower

Planet 501c3 (Take a moment to laugh)

Community Technology Centers' Network

Coyote Communications: Technology Tip Sheets

ePhilanthropy eZine: Building a Nonprofit Tech Plan

"More than Bit Players: How Information Technology Will Change the Ways Nonprofits and Foundations Work and Thrive in the Information Age." The report was written by former Benton Foundation policy analyst, Andrew Blau. The report can be found at http://www.surdna.org/documents/morefinal.pdf

Nonprofit IT Planning - from the Nonprofit Genie

NPower - Technology Planning

Spam -- Chopped Ham No More! Nonprofits Need to Pay Attention

Tech Soup

Why Do You Need a Tech Plan? - from Microsoft, on how a tech plan/Internet technology is enhancing good works.

Widespread Use of Technology Still Eludes Nonprofits

W.K. Kellogg Foundation: "E-Philanthropy, Volunteerism, and Social Changemaking: A New Landscape of Resources, Issues, and Opportunities" 
This report, published by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, provides summaries of and links to more than 140 Web sites of interest to non-profit organizations. Four of the categories involve online fund raising: shopping sites that allow consumers to donate a portion of their purchases to charity, sites that allow visitors to make charitable contributions online, sites that offer information for donors, and online fund-raising events. The other four types of sites included are those that focus on non-profit news, volunteerism, and advocacy, as well as sites that provide multiple services.

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CareWorks (say you learned about it here and get 1/2 off!)

Compumentor

ebase - Community Relationship Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Free interactive database 

Gifts In Kind International

Microsoft New England - Software Donation Program

TechSoup Stock

Beaumont Foundation Giving

Exploiting Technology Grants: Information Resources

Network for Good

HP Global Philanthropy

Technology Grant News

Technology Foundation

Accounting for your Nonprofit Website

Creating Online Networks

eNonProfits

Establishing a Presence

Nonprofitmatrix

Nonprofit Online News: The Email Savvy Organization

Nonprofitumbrella- Web site development

Oxygen Communications: Building an Effective Website, A Guide for Non-Profit Organizations

Intuit, Inc. (www.quickbooks.com)

Peachtree Software, Inc. (www.peachtree.com)

American Fundware, Inc. (www.fundware.com)

Blackbaud, Inc. (www.blackbaud.com)

Donald R. Frey & Company, Inc. (www.drfrey.com)

Cougar Mountain Software (www.cougarmtn.com)

CYMA Systems, Inc. (www.cyma.com)

Executive Data Systems, Inc. (www.execdata.com)

Mirasoft, Inc. (www.mirasoft-inc.com)

Fund E-Z Development Corp. (www.fundez.com)

MIP Fund Accounting (www.mip.com)
 

Isoph

SmarterOrg- online trainings

Training Point: Technology Training Resources for the Nonprofit Community

Nonprofits and Technology Consultants: Like Oil and Water?
 

ScamBusters

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NPower: Technology Guides for Nonprofits

NPower is excited to announce the Technology Guides for Nonprofit Leaders, a series of toolkits highlighting the mission-support role of technology in four distinct sectors. Supported through a grant from SBC Excelerator, these guides identify innovative uses of technology in direct service delivery and explore the associated tools, solutions and resources that are available to nonprofits.

There are four guides available for free download on the NPower web site at http://www.npower.org/npowerservices/nationalprojects/sbctechguides.htm. The sectors covered by the guides are:

-- Arts and Culture

-- Health and Human Services

-- Education Services

-- Community Development

Although the guides are sector specific, there are lessons and tools in each guide that may be interesting and applicable to nonprofit leaders from other sectors.

Each guide looks at the unique challenges and opportunities facing a specific sector and then explores ways technology is being used a tool to both mitigate challenges and enhance opportunities. Using case studies and examples from organizations across the country, NPower's Technology Guides provide the tools, resources, and knowledge needed to inspire nonprofit leaders about the potential of technology as a service delivery tool.

 

CharitySoft: An on-line forum to discuss the use of technology in non-profit organizations, maintained by Stephen Nill, a lawyer and fund-raising consultant. To subscribe: Send an e-mail message to Listserv@CharityChannel.com that states in the body of the message "subscribe CharitySoft Your Name." Leave the subject blank, and do not include e-mail addresses in the body of the message.

HSWEB: An on-line forum for discussion among people who work on Web sites for human-services organizations. To subscribe: Send a blank e-mail message to listserv @ listserv.uta.edu. In the subject field, type "subscribe hsweb Your Name."

Nonprofit Intranet
An on-line forum to discuss the use of "intranets" and "extranets" by non-profit organizations, maintained by Michael Gilbert, founder of the Gilbert Center, a Seattle organization that provides technology help to charities. Intranets are private, internal computer networks that can be used only by people associated with a particular organization, while an extranet allows members of related organizations and others to have access to such networks. To subscribe: Send an e-mail message to autoshare@gilbert.org that states in the body of the message "subscribe intranet". Leave the subject blank, and do not include e-mail addresses in the body of the message.

NPTALK: An on-line forum to discuss the use of technology by non-profit organizations for public-policy activities, such as research on public-policy issues, advocacy work, voter education, and encouraging greater participation in public-policy debate. NPTALK is maintained by the Nonprofits' Policy & Technology Project, which is run by OMB Watch, a Washington non-profit group. To subscribe: Send an e-mail message to lyris@ombwatch.org that states in the body of the message "subscribe nptalk Your Name," Leave the subject blank, and do not include e-mail addresses in the body of the message.

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