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Resource Roundup 1/22

By Laura Quinn
Created 2008-01-22 11:03
By Laura Quinn [1], January 22, 2008
How to get your small nonprofit up on the Web, Part 1 [2] (Confessions of a Nonprofit IT Director)
A fabulous overview of how to get yourself a domain - the www.YOURADDRESS.org [3] web address that you can use for email addresses and your website.

Evaluating Free and Open Source Software [4] (NTEN)
A nice overview from Michelle Murrain on the factors to consider when you're looking at free and open source software

Online Collaboration Tools Have Political Uses [5] (ePolitics)
Colin Delaney talks through a mini-case study - from our MNTP event! - of a group of software developers who used a whole slew of collaboration tools to work together remotely

Web site monitoring tools [6] (Beaconfire Wire)
Quick summary of tools you can use to monitor whether your website is up or not

Detailed comparison of Plone vs Drupal [7](Modulus)
If you're trying to make a choice between Plone vs. Drupal for a website content management system, don't miss this excellent and detailed comparison geared towards those with some content management experience. It goes into much more detail than our own article on the topic.

The ROI of Social Media [8] (NTEN)
A summary from Beth Kanter of her (substantial) work in defining metrics with which one can judge the success of social media projects

The Lowdown on Colocation [9] (Beaconfire Wire)
Very useful look at what colocated hosting is, and why you might want to use it for your website

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[1] http://www.idealware.org/users/laura-quinn
[2] http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3
[3] http://www.YOURADDRESS.org
[4] http://nten.org/blog/2008/01/11/evaluating-free-and-open-source-software
[5] http://www.epolitics.com/2008/01/15/more-than-nerd-cool-online-collaboration-tools-have-political-uses/
[6] http://www.beaconfire.com/blog/2008/01/03/web-site-monitoring-tools/
[7] http://m.odul.us/2007/09/02/plone-vs-drupal-take-one
[8] http://nten.org/blog/2008/01/11/the-roi-of-social-media
[9] http://www.beaconfire.com/blog/2007/12/26/the-lowdown-on-colo/