1. Accidental Techie Resources Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp October 18, 2008 Prepared by Steve Spiker

2. Outline  The Council 1. Backup! 2. Google World 3. Techsoup 4. MS v Opensource 5. Support Vendors 6. CRM/Donor Databases 7. Mailing Tools 8. Blog v website 9. Spam 10. Spatialize your life

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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?

6. Techsoup  Forums  Reviews & Guides  Support  Super cheap software  Good quality refurbished computers  Source other local computer donation centers and recyclers!

7. MS v Opensource  Purchase Cost v Service cost paradigm  Features you will need  Interoperability- servers/desktop programs  Training pains

8. Support Vendors  Volunteers  Soloists  Non profit support firms  Local companies  Online

9. CRM/Donor Databases  Customized Access  SugarCRM  Giftworks  Microsoft CRM Server  Salesforce.com foundation  How bad do you want it?

10. Mailing Tools  Low-end  Constant Contact, ListRocket  Mid-range  Democracy In Action  High-end  Why would you pay more?  Need investment to maximize benefits

11. 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?

12. 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

13. 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

14. Google Maps for everyone

18. Feeling adventurous? http://www.juiceanalytics.com/writing/excel-geocoding-tool-v2/

21. More from your maps? www.infoalamedacounty.org

22. Dataplace.org

25. More data?  http://www.nkca.ucla.edu/ 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!

26. End-of-the-day bonuses  Xerox – free printers for everyone…but just the once  http://www.freecolorprinters.com http://www.freecolorprinters.com  Where to buy: Tigerdirect, CDW, Dell Outlet, AcademicSuperStore, Techsoup  Social Source Commons  www.Idealware.org www.Idealware.org

27. Follow Up  For more information.. Contact us: Steve Spiker, Research & Technology Director steves@urbanstrategies.orgsteves@urbanstrategies.org or 510-893-2404 www.urbanstrategies.org (for research, mapping & analysis assistance) www.stealingbeautyphotography.com (for photography, web design & more)