Non-Profit Tools

With the technology that is available nowadays allowing workers to telecommute is a very viable option for non-profits. However, there are both costs and benefits to making this option available to your employees. Overall I believe that the benefits do outweigh the costs but there are many things to take in to consideration before making this a policy of your company.

=> Read more!

Ad-Aware is a free anti-spyware tool that you can use to scan your computer for spyware. Spyware is a major problem when it takes a hold on your computer. It can result in problems such as advertising pop-ups, computer slow-downs, and even identity theft.

=> Read more!

Continuing on from the "Build a Web Presence" post the next step after finding a host is to create a website. In the future I will take a look at some of the solutions for easily creating a website but for the time being I highly recommend checking out W3 Schools which contains plenty of information to help you out.

=> Read more!

Having access to a powerful Word Processing program is essential nowadays but the cost of a program such as Microsoft Word can be formidable. Fortunately there are a number of Open Source solutions available which are almost as powerful, if not just as powerful, as commercial solutions.

If you are just after a Word Processing solution then I highly recommend that you look at AbiWord which is available for free from their website.

=> Read more!

Web Meetings are an extremely powerful tool if you are able to conduct them. Unfortunately, programs such as WebEx are very expensive to use. Recently I came upon an Open Source alternative called DimDim. I have installed this on our company's server and had a chance to play around with it.

More after the jump:

=> Read more!