Our picks for the top nonprofit software news and articles for this month

Civil Technologies: The Values of Nonprofit ICT Use (Social Science Research Council)
This tremendous, detailed report explores the opportunities and challenges of internet use by nonprofits. It includes detailed interviews with the eleven different organizations worldwide.

Flickr: The Best $24.95 MoveOn Ever Spent (Personal Democracy Forum)

A great case study of how MoveOn uses Flickr, the community photo-sharing site, to allow supporters around the country to post and share photos.

DIY radio: Getting Started in Podcasting (IndyWeek)

The Independent Weekly provides a detailed, Mac- and PC-friendly guide to creating a podcast – a method of sharing and downloading audio programs.

Storage and Small Business (SmallBusinessComputing.com)

Part 1 | Part 2

An overview of storage strategies and vendors. It is targeted at small businesses, but is applicable for nonprofits.

Examples of Nonprofits Using Emerging Technology (NetSquared) CompuMentor’s NetSquared project is collecting case studies and examples of nonprofits making interesting uses of internet technology. There are more than 150 posted so far.

One Organization’s Journey to Salesforce.com (gokubi Blog)

Steve Andersen of ONE/Northwest is blogging in detail about their process for choosing a constituent database, their decision to use Salesforce.com, and technical details of Salesforce. A tremendous resource for anyone considering Salesforce.com.

Seven Knowledge Management Mistakes (Nonprofit Online News) Michael Gilbert explores seven common mistakes that can hinder successful knowledge management systems.

Why Governments Really Choose Open Source (ZDNet UK)

An overview of various European governments’ approach to open source software.

GoodStorm Launches: Printed Merchandise Sales for Nonprofits GoodStorm provides nonprofits with online sales and fulfillment for T-shirts and other printed items. You provide the graphics, and they sell, print, and ship the merchandise for a 30% fee. It’s also one of the biggest applications built on Drupal to date.

How ONE/Northwest Customizes Plone for Grassroots Websites (PloneBlog)

A brief outline of some of the techniques and tricks ONE/Northwest employs when using Plone to make good looking, powerful, easy-to-use websites for small nonprofit organizations.

Overview of Blogging, RSS, Podcasts, and More for Educators PDF FORMAT  (Cable in the Classroom)

Will Richardson provides overview of internet tools that allow interaction and publication, with a summary of what they are, tips for classroom use, and more resources.