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A Few Good Page Layout Tools September 2008 A Few Good Photo Manipulation Tools September 2008 A Few Good Methods for Processing Credit Cards August 2008 Managing Constituent Relationships: Four Case Studies By Anthony Pisapia and Brett Bonfield, July 2008 A Few Good Online Conferencing Tools July 2008 Better Organization through Document Management SystemsBy Peter Campbell, June 2008 A Few Good Web Hosting ProvidersJune 2008 A Consumers Guide to Grants Management SystemsJune 2008 This detailed 89-page report summarizes the common features and eighteen different systems used by grantmakers to track outgoing funds, with prices and a comparison chart. Register and download the free report on our partner Solpath's site> Online Project Management Software in the Real WorldBy Michele Murrain, May 2008 Coordinating all pieces of a project can be daunting, but online project management software can help. We present three case studies of nonprofits who have used packages like Basecamp, Central Desktop and Trac to manage real projects. Read more> A Few Good Mapping and GIS ToolsBy Eric Leland, April 2008 A map can be worth a thousand words. If you're looking for ways to create maps or to display geographic data, there are a number of software package that can help. We talked to five nonprofit GIS specialists experts to find out what tools have worked well for them. Read more > A Few Good Tools for Sharing Files with Distributed GroupsMarch 2008 Sharing and collaborating on files can be a challenge when your team isn’t together in one office. We asked six nonprofit professionals about the file sharing software that has worked for them. Read more > Using Wikis for Internal DocumentationBy Jeremy Wallace, March 2008 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your organizational procedures can be a big help, but this information often languishes in obscurity and goes slowly out of date.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. Read more> Characteristics of Successful Online CommunitiesBy Andrew Cohen, February 2008 Successful online communities require more than a software package. In this article, we outline the strategies and features that can help you build online message boards, social networks, or other conversation based sites that become vibrant, useful communities. Read more>
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