Additional Resources 

Grantmaking 2.0: Using New Technology to Enhance Grantmaker Practices

http://www.geofunders.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=526&nodeID=1

TechSoup Article: Ten Ways to Use Web 2.0 to Change the World

Extremely useful look at how to start using the new Internet tools immediately.

http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/webbuilding/page5669.cfm

Keeping Your Community Foundation Ahead of the Technology Curve: How the latest technology trends could help you serve your community better

Report produced by Blueprint and the Monitor Group describing how community foundations can use new technologies.

http://www.communityphilanthropy.org/downloads/future_matters_spring06.pdf

Soucial Source Commons

Social Source Commons is a place to share lists of software tools that you already use, gain knowledge and support, and discover new tools. It’s a place to meet people with similar needs and interests and answer the question: what tools do they use?

http://www.socialsourcecommons.org/

Net2: remixing the web for social change

Site dedicated to helping nonprofits use new online tools, aka Web 2.0

http://www.netsquared.org

TechSoup Forums: Emerging Technologies

Discussion among nonprofits about emerging new technologies

http://www.techsoup.org/fb/index.cfm?fuseaction=forums.showSingleForum&forum=2033&cid=117

Organizer’s Tool Crib

A participatory directory that allows organizers to share, review and rate online tools and resources.

http://toolcrib.ning.com/

Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beth Kanter has assembled an array of how-tos for using new technologies.

http://beth.typepad.com/

SocialEdge

A project of the Skoll Foundation, Social Edge has become a site where social entrepreneurs, nonprofit professionals, philanthropists and other practitioners of the social sector connect to network, learn, inspire and share resources. It is an example of a foundation's effort to use the Internet innovatively, and includes some useful information resources related to technology.

http://www.socialedge.org/

ONE/Northwest: New tools and strategies for engaging people in protecting the environment

ONE/Northwest regularly publishes articles about online communication strategy for the Northwest environmental community and beyond. Very readable tips and how-tos.

http://www.onenw.org/toolkit

ConsultantCommons: Sharing Tools for Nonprofit Technology Support

ConsultantCommons.org provides an online collaboration space and community for non-profit technical assistance providers to collaboratively build and share knowledge.

http://www.consultantcommons.org/

TechSoup Learning Center

Information and how-tos about technology, written for nonprofit leaders.

http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/index.cfm?cg=header&sg=howto

TechSoup Toolkits: Everything You Need to Know About Web 2.0

New technology tools described for nonprofit audience by TechSoup

http://www.techsoup.org/toolkits/web2/