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This is site that non-profits can join and access different technologies that would help the organization reach its goals. TechSoup is the name of the organization that runs this and it has many partners that donate these different forms of technology. This technology is availiable to all nonprofits that qualify. check it out.

Data and mapping resources. 

This is the alternate approach to buying software for donor management which theoretically is the better approach after a non-profit reaches a certain size

Microsoft Community Affairs and TechSoup recently hosted a webinar focused on how moving to the cloud can benefit nonprofits.

Earth Week"Downloading Software" - GO GREEN from TechSoup In honor of Earth Day, we encourage you to go green and download your software donations. Downloading is 90 percent greener than shipping products and it saves manufacturing and transportation resources

A non-profit designed to help other non-pofits with technology to help fulfill their mission.

Blog posted article on Techsoup.org from 11/09.

BTOP is grant funding program, who is trying to assess every one of these programs

Great article about the inside of working in a community management

Tech soup article about managing tech volunteers--a valuable asset for npo's.

TechAtlas helps nonprofits stay updated with technology.  This is a great way to get technology resources organized and under control. 

If you setup a file server at non profit this article outlines a good strategy for your files structure. The use of outside backup and a partition of disk drives should be done from the start. It is a good idea to determine what the activities will be and make the structure match to avoid over searching... Some seemingly simple structures can be a nightmare for maintenance.. A good file server setup promotes sharing which can produce efficiencies..

This is really server basics for some of the less technical but it's good advice

The article include 7 tips on how to choose donor-management software. The alternative is the cloud..The article suggests that there is one to fit any budget but the interaction values have to be individually determined. A willingness to adapt to the structure of good software is recommended over doing the way you always have.

Choosing software for donor management

This article is for nonprofits with little servers. With Windows 2003 or presumably 2007 you can administer servers far away from work. This is something anyone would want because it may be free in most cases.

I can't think of anyone that was administrating a server that wouldn't want to do this

This article suggests what the telecommunications solution should look like. A secure VPN to share files, Instant messaging to cover long distance calling, web conferencing for a more personal long distance interaction if and when needed , VoIP and PBX which might be the most prominent. Keeping the workforce strongly connected over long distances makes people more productive and happier.

I think this best represents the standard platform but there is much more available now ( look to mobile for growth )

This Tech Soup article caught my eye. It distingiushes the process of upgrading to Windows 7 with the two terms in-place upgrade and custom-install upgrade...

This article covers donor database implementation for a non-profit. Giftworks was endorsed for ease of use. Administrators are happier with a more customized solution when its possible. Microsoft Access was criticized because it seems less directed toward the non-profit sector. It was interesting to note that the competition for donor dollars is increasing. A highly integrated database clearly outperforms segmented data. The online database with a trained rep might be the best choice of all.