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This article was good at showing the different ways blogging can inflict cost. You can choose the method which matches your flexibility to pay. $12000 annually will still be more than some can afford to pay. Carrying a full-time employee to manage the blog is the bulk of the cost so some may consider adding this as a responsibility to someone capable in the organization in the interim.

This blog incorporates a listing of 50 essential blogs for non-profit's to access. Innovation is a team sport.

Another blog donated specifically to non-profits (mostly small ones), where employees and leaders of these organizations can connect, spread messages, and troubleshoot.

This is just a useful tool for any nonprofit that can go in their blog, website

Probably not what you would need if you operated a LP3 instead of a typical nonprofit but very portable useful tool that your web designer would probably find anyway

Technology is increasingly important to the American Red Cross. We are an old organization proving we can learn new ways of doing good. Our ultimate goal is to empower the American public to get help or give help during emergencies. A healthy dose of passionate people, tools, and gadgets are required to do this effectively.  

This site has a wealth of data on how NPO's use, or fail to use, technology.

Food shortages and distribution issues have become a major problem in the aftermath of the tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan. In many areas, supermarket shelves are empty, particularly as people stock up on food and other items as they face uncertainty around the nuclear situation in the country.

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

Giftworks is a nonprofit fundraising software that is customizable to a nonprofit, depending on their specific fundraising needs. They even have a blog that is updated frequently with fundraising tips and other information.

This blog seems like an excellent source for technology information, especially for non-profits.

This is the blog of one of the speakers, Jessica Journey, who will be at the YNPN conference in Grand Rapids.

This is a great blog for nonprofits to keep up with. Katya does a great job addressing different marketing issues pertaining specifically to nonprofits.

The Microsoft Unlimited Potential Blog discusses important themes from from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. It will be interesting to look back on this later and see just how much things have changed.

This blog has videos and step by step training for charities on how to best use technology for their specific needs!

This blog not only gives nonprofits ideas on how to do things bigger and better to make a difference. Many of the ideas can be done on an individual level as well.

This article talks about how technology is improving our ability to respond to disasters around the world. Specifically it talks about how technology like SMS and twitter allowed rescue efforts to happen quicker and more efficiently. I think it's cool how with all this new technology we have the ability to save more lives and do more in times of disaster. Families were able to communicate with those in Haiti more than they would have been able to before this technology was available. Also, that with tools like SMS, donations were able to be set up for non-profits to assist in recovery efforts. People are probably more likely to donate if they can do it with something as simple as sending a text message, and organizations will be able to receive the money quicker. Cool article.

Open APIs (application programming interfaces) are VERY important to look for when considering cloud-based solutions. Think about the implications for nonprofits selecting an online solution... would you want one with an API or not? (BTW... take a look at the APIs for both Google Apps online and Microsoft Office365 online. Let me know what you find.)

This is the video I showed during the 1/31 class re: APIs. (Cards vs. Candyland)

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