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Accidental Techie ResourcesCraigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot
Camp
October 18, 2008Prepared by Steve Spiker
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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Techsoup Forums Reviews & Guides Support Super cheap software Good quality refurbished computers
Source other local computer donation centers and recyclers!
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MS v Opensource Purchase Cost v Service cost paradigm
Features you will need Interoperability- servers/desktop programs Training pains
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Support Vendors Volunteers Soloists Non profit support firms Local companies Online
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CRM/Donor Databases Customized Access SugarCRM Giftworks Microsoft CRM Server Salesforce.com foundation
How bad do you want it?
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Mailing Tools Low-end
Constant Contact, ListRocket Mid-range
Democracy In Action High-end
Why would you pay more?
Need investment to maximize benefits
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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?
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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
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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
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Google Maps for everyone
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Feeling adventurous?http://www.juiceanalytics.com/writing/excel-geocoding-tool-v2/
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More from your maps? www.infoalamedacounty.org
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Dataplace.org
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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!
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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
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Follow Up For more information..Contact us: Steve Spiker, Research & Technology [email protected] or 510-893-2404
www.urbanstrategies.org(for research, mapping & analysis assistance)
www.stealingbeautyphotography.com(for photography, web design & more)