Interview: Cool Online Tools for Nonprofits

06.01.07

My friends at NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, are starting a monthly "cool tools you should know" video series and I did the first one with them. I hope it proves useful, not too basic for nonprofits but not too "head in the clouds" either. Links to the tools discussed are below the video player.

If you are in the mood for explanatory video you should make sure to check out this post: The Common Craft Show: A Case Study in Video Awesomeness. Fantastic videos introducing the concepts of RSS and wikis. Not to be missed.



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What tools should I share with Holly and the NTEN community next chance I get? I'm sure some of you out there have some suggestions. I'm thinking BlogRovr, which I would use all the time if I used Firefox instead of Safari, Google Gears, the new framework for taking GMail, Google Reader and other apps offline onto the desktop, and maybe NetNewsWire/FeedDemon. Do readers have other suggestions for cool tools for nonprofit folks to check out?


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5 Responses to “Interview: Cool Online Tools for Nonprofits”

  1. Brad Barrish Says:
    June 1st, 2007 at

    Yeah, definitely include the google apps. I also recommend Backpack by 37 signals, Thunderbird for email, Skype and VLC.

  2. Sameer Says:
    June 1st, 2007 at

    I think TaDa lists by 37Signals is a very useful tool for straightforward projects that require remote collaboration. They also provide an RSS feed so you can get alerts when someone changes the status of a task.
    Other somewhat mainstream tools that come to mind are UpComing.org and EventFul when you need to get exposure to say a fundraising event you may be hosting. And finally, MyFeedz from Adobe to discover feeds and sites. Ive been training it for a few days and its started to find some really interesting stuff that’s actually relevant. Hope this helps.

  3. Marshall Says:
    June 1st, 2007 at

    Thanks for the suggestions, fellas.

  4. Beth Kanter Says:
    June 4th, 2007 at

    So cool to see this .. I got to do the “proof of concept” interview which will never see the light of day since I was wearing my PJs .. but I’m delighted that NTEN has moved forward with this!

  5. Marshall Kirkpatrick » NTEN’s Tools You Should Know Video Podcast Says:
    July 6th, 2007 at

    […] Earlier this week I was interviewed by Holly Ross at NTEN about some of my favorite new applications on the web. NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, is an organization worth checking out. Whether you’re in the nonprofit sector or not, I hope some of the tools we discussed will be helpful. Here’s the first interview we did, last month. […]

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