Free Mind µ

Mind Mapping – scroll down the page for the links

DimDim

Host web conferences for up to 20 people for free

GoogleSites µ

Create your own Intranet or collaborative site for free. This is also called a wiki site. You need a Gmail account but you should have one by now.

Free Malicious Software Removal Tool  µ

If you think your computer may be infected with malicious software, this tool might help.

Free Bulk Mailer Programs

For your email blasts. Many to consider

MailChimp µ

Develop your own online newsletter

CutePDF  µ

Free alternative to Adobe’s version. This is an excellent FREE pdf maker. Once you load it, it becomes a printer choice in Word. You print to it and voila, a PDF is made.

Photoshop Lite  µ

If you need to use a photo editor but just can’t justify expense of buying Photoshop, use this free online version. It doesn’t have all the features of the purchased version but it seems to have enough and you can store your images online too.

Google Analytics µ

This is Google’s free web stats package and it is among the best you can find. It’s not too complicated really, though you likely need someone who is somewhat web savvy to use it – just like you would with other stats packages.

GOOG-411

This is Google’s free 411 service. Why pay up to $1.50 for this service when you don’t have to?

BlogSpot  µand WordPress µ

These are the two premier free blogging platforms. The content manager and the hosting are free. If you have never blogged you might need some training (Contact us. We do that).

Google Docs µ

This is a free online competitor to Microsoft Office. You can do word processing, presentations, and spreadsheets – and all are compatible with Microsoft Office. Also you can build forms and automatically store the data in a spreadsheet. What is even better is you can collaborate with others in preparing or presenting. Great alternative for small organizations. It`s pretty easy to use, but if you need help we provide training in Google Docs. By the way non-profits can gain a free license to use the enterprise version of Google Docs and Gmail and other Google applications. 

AVG Anti-Virus  µ

While not for a network, if you have stand alone computers in need of good protection, this free anti-virus software will do the trick.

Open Office

Want a robust alternative to Microsoft Office and know your files can be opened by Microsoft users? This is a longstanding free productivity suite. More powerful that Google Docs.

Picassa  µ

Also by Google is a free photo organizer, which automatically organizes your image files into its own library of images. All this is stored on your computer. You can edit photos too and create web albums.

Flickr µ (by Yahoo) and Box.net µ

These are two more storage sites for photos, but these are online applications. You can link your photos to your websites or blogs rather easily. I like Flickr the best.

Blueberry PDF Form Filler

Blueberry's PDF Form Filler is a free program that enables you to fill in and print PDF forms - even those that can't be filled in using Adobe Reader

Express Accounts Accounting Simplicity

Express Accounts is a professional accounting application for Windows and Mac that allows you to track and report on incoming and outgoing cash flow including sales, receipts, payments and purchases for a single or multiple companies.

AdminSoft Accounting Software

With Adminsoft Freeware you can record all your customer details, print sales invoices, keep track of who owes you money, record all your supplier details and keep track of who you owe money to, and so much more.

File Amigo µ

Employee Database

Employee Database stores data relevant to extensive human resources management requirements. This is a self-contained database that includes searchable fields, supports importing and exporting and allows you to print the entire database or selected records.

Stickies µ

Sticky Notes for Your Desktop

Microsoft Office Templates µ

For Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and Access – all by Microsoft.

Doodle.com µ

This is a free online tool that helps you set up meetings or events with people.

Facebook µ

You can set up your organization with a Facebook page for free. I recommend you have a strategy in mind before doing that. See the learning section of this document for more info. Here`s what my facebook page looks like

Twitter µ

Twitter is an in effect a mini blog and might take a little bit to understand how it can help your organization. See the learning section of this document for more info. Here is what my twitter page looks like.

Ning µ

Build your own social network. Use it as an Intranet, a collaborative space, a place for donors or volunteers or members. There is a free version (which has some advertising like Facebook does), but you can get rid of it for $19.95 per month.  Here is an example.

Paint.net µ

This is a pretty good free photo editor. You need to know how to use one to take full advantage of the Internet.