Accidental Techie ResourcesCraigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot

Camp

October 18, 2008Prepared by Steve Spiker

Outline The Council1.Backup!2.Google World3.Techsoup4.MS v Opensource5.Support Vendors6.CRM/Donor Databases

7. Mailing Tools8. Blog v website9. Spam10. Spatialize your life

Urban Strategies Council Non-profit founded in 1987 in Oakland,

California Mission is the elimination of persistent poverty Focus areas:

Economic Opportunity Education Excellence Community Safety & Justice

Support areas: Research & Technology Community Capacity Building

Backup Servers or desktops? Desktops or very small servers- Online (free!) idrive.com mozy.com

Serious servers? BackupExec (Symantec) – you gonna have to

call somebody OFFSITE and REGULAR

Google World (not Earth) All in one and all online Mail, Spam cleaning, Documents,

Collaboration, Calendaring, Administration

Non-profits qualify for the full versions!

Do you want one company to hold ALL of your NP info?

Techsoup Forums Reviews & Guides Support Super cheap software Good quality refurbished computers

Source other local computer donation centers and recyclers!

MS v Opensource Purchase Cost v Service cost paradigm

Features you will need Interoperability- servers/desktop programs Training pains

Support Vendors Volunteers Soloists Non profit support firms Local companies Online

CRM/Donor Databases Customized Access SugarCRM Giftworks Microsoft CRM Server Salesforce.com foundation

How bad do you want it?

Mailing Tools Low-end

Constant Contact, ListRocket Mid-range

Democracy In Action High-end

Why would you pay more?

Need investment to maximize benefits

To Blog or to Weave Dreams? PLAN your website! Be generous in your budgeting Don’t get pushed into bleeding-edge Who will need to maintain the site?

CMS (Joomla, Drupl) or blog (Wordpress) Does LatinWorkerRights.blogspot.com look

serious?

Dealing with Spam Gmail? Done deal – Postini included Have your own mail server?

GFI, Postini

Don’t be the problem- use mass mailing tools, secure your servers

Respect people’s information

Spatialize your life 90% of your data has a spatial component--- it

can be mapped Understand your clients, donors, workflow,

community Google Earth Pro grants Google Maps from spreadsheets Web mapping systems- data for grant writing

& more

Google Maps for everyone

Feeling adventurous?http://www.juiceanalytics.com/writing/excel-geocoding-tool-v2/

More from your maps? www.infoalamedacounty.org

Dataplace.org

More data? http://www.nkca.ucla.edu/ Can load your own data Make thematics of number of clients per zip.. Geocode your client addresses Save maps, store data, share information!

End-of-the-day bonuses Xerox – free printers for everyone…but just

the once http://www.freecolorprinters.com

Where to buy: Tigerdirect, CDW, Dell Outlet, AcademicSuperStore, Techsoup

Social Source Commons www.Idealware.org

Follow Up For more information..Contact us: Steve Spiker, Research & Technology Directorsteves@urbanstrategies.org or 510-893-2404

www.urbanstrategies.org(for research, mapping & analysis assistance)

www.stealingbeautyphotography.com(for photography, web design & more)