Here are some top FREE tools and resources that you should look at. Have I missed some? Can you recommend others?
Common Treasury equipment – range of laptops & other IT equipment available to North East Lincolnshire third sector organisations via VANEL & other organisations and very often free or at next to no cost.
WordPress – blogging & web design tool (used for most VANEL websites)
Joomla – open source content management & web design tool (used for www.vanel.org.uk website)
Google – search engine
Google maps – find your way around
Google Docs – free online office software
Open Office – free, open source equivalent of Microsoft Office
Twitter – micro blogging, it’s everywhere now
Facebook – social netorking
You Tube – video hosting
Vimeo – more video hosting, more professional than You Tube
Karens Replicator – free tool for copying files & running backups
Flickr – for photo sharing
Photbucket – more photo sharing
Firefox – internet browser
Chrome – another internet browser from Google
GimP – open source phot editing software
Survey Monkey – free package to allow you to carry out online surveys
Doodle – for arranging meetings
Slideshare – host and share powerpoint presentations
Google calendar
Prezi – there is a free option available for this innovative alternative to powerpoint
Skype – free phone calls !
Google reader – RSS & news feeds
Dropbox – online file storage & sync
Blogger – another blogging tool
Jing – for screen capture
Wikipedia – information and encyclopedia
Wordle – word cloud generator – cool
Audacity – free audio software
Wallwisher – online noticeboard
Evernote – note taking
LinkedIn – professional social networking
Picasa – photo organiser
Eventbrite – publicise your events
Gmail – free email
Thunderbird – free replacement for Outlook email client
Snagit – screen capture tool
7zip – free zip software
bit.ly – url shortener
Aviary - feeling creative, wish I could make the most of this stuff!
issuu – still investigating this new online publishing tool
article still under construction – bear with me, Karl
