Computers & Technology

Computer Bargains

A leading authorized reseller of name brand computer technology to nonprofit and charitable organizations. Visit: www.ccbnonprofits.com

GIS

ESRI GIS Grant Program for Land Conservation Organizations
ESRI offers an ongoing open grant cycle that generously covers both GIS in-person classroom training at their gorgeous Broomfield, CO office and software, including licenses for ArcMap and extensions. For more information go to: http://www.conservationgis.org and click on the grants tab.

Google Earth

Google Earth Pro for Non-profits Application
Google offers an ongoing open grant cycle that generously covers software for its Pro level license. For more information go to: http://earth.google.com/outreach/program_details.html

Idealware

Idealware is a new website providing candid Consumer-Reports-style reviews and articles about software of interest to nonprofits, centralized into a website. Through product comparisons, recommendations, case studies, and software news, Idealware aims to allow nonprofits to make the software decisions that will help them be more effective. Online training on these topics is now available.  Visit: www.idealware.org.

IT Disaster Recovery

This resource was developed by CompuMentor’s Healthy & Secure Computing campaign and was created in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. It provides advice on getting technology systems working again in small- and medium-sized nonprofits where business continuity plans were not sufficient or did not exist. CompuMentor is a US-based nonprofit dedicated to providing technology support to nonprofit organizations.  Included in this report are instructions on hardware recovery, restoring Internet connections, dealing with lost passwords, working with borrowed technology, claiming insurance, and a host of other useful information for your organization's recovery efforts. Download PDF

Nonprofit Technology Network

Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) is a professional community that connects people involved in nonprofit technology and strives to help them effectively use technology in their work. They offer trainings, conferences, listservs and more. Visit: www.nten.org.

TechSoup

TechSoup.org offers nonprofits a one-stop resource for technology needs by providing free information, resources, and support. TechSoup provides instructional articles and worksheets for nonprofit staff members who utilize information technologies, as well as technology planning information for executives and other decision makers. Visit: www.techsoup.org.

Social Networking

Twitter Jump Start - Free Report: The Twitter Guide for Small Non-Profits, by John Haydon, a sales consultant in Boston and the publisher and founder of the Web site www.corporatedollar.org, which offers marketing advice to small nonprofit groups.

Software

Conservation Track - Designed to support land trust specific functionality not offered by other software packages on the market. The software has its foundations in the Land Trust Alliance's Standards and Practices and aims to support and facilitate their implementation through advances in technology.   More

The site also features access to their technology newsletter for land trusts. More