Articles
| Title | Summary | Date | Topic Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Computing | With April 22nd so recently behind us, it's the perfect time to review your Earth Day Resolutions! Of course you need to use computers and printers in your efforts to make a difference, but there are ways to reduce both the cost and the impact of your computing. Here are a few ideas for using less energy and producing less waste over the lifetime of your equipment. | 04/29/2008 | |
| Using Wikis for Internal Documentation | Documenting your organizational procedures can be a big help, but this information often languishes in obscurity and goes slowly out of date. Jeremy Wallace talks about how wikis - easily editable websites - can help. | 03/18/2008 | |
| 10 Tech Tips to Go Green | If you count yourself amongst the growing population of people seriously concerned with environmental issues like global warming then you will want to read these ten tech tips on how to go green without giving up your technology. | 01/29/2008 | |
| Should Your Organization Use Social Networking Sites? | Are social networking sites like MySpace or FaceBook likely to be a good fit for your nonprofit's goals? Brett Bonfield outlines some guidelines to help you decide if social neworking is right for you. | 01/08/2008 | |
| Enewsletter Planning and Tools | There is, unfortunately, no perfect, one-size-fits-all solution for email newsletters or other mass email. Here we explore different options so you might avoid common pitfalls and select the most appropriate tools and techniques. | 12/30/2007 | |
| Educational Software Matrix | The following table lists a variety of educational computer games and online activities for youth, many of which are available for free. | 11/13/2007 | |
| Things You Can Do to Prevent Spam | Follow these simple steps to reduce your inbox's spam indigestion. | 11/12/2007 | |
| Six Views of Project Management Software | There are many software applications that can help with project management tasks - but also many different opinions about what types of functionality you might want. Idealware spoke to nine different nonprofit project managers to understand what software has been useful to them. | 11/05/2007 | |
| Google Apps - an Exploration | More free stuff (for nonprofits) from Google: Google Apps. Steve describes the features, benefits, and drawbacks of these hosted applications, and shares some personal experience. | 10/31/2007 | |
| Volunteer Computing in the Background | Office computers, and to an even greater extent computer labs, are excellent candidates for volunteer computing because these machines generally experience a great deal of idle time. However, it is often the case that there should be minimal visibility and user interaction. This article takes you through a configuration of the BOINC client for near-invisible operation. | 10/30/2007 |