The Virtual Activist

A Training Course

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The Virtual Activist Reader

Section I: General Resources for Activists

• About.com's section on nonprofits and charitable organizations
• Idealist's links to staff and management resources, employment and internships
• Common Dreams Newswire progressive nonprofit information portal
• International Organizations' Web page
• WebActive Directory, annotated list of 1,000+ charities, run by RealNetworks
• Compass Point Nonprofit Services (formerly the Support Center/Nonprofit Development Center)
• National Alliance for Nonprofit Management (formerly the Support Centers of America)
• NetAction's Virtual Activist Training Guide
• Getting Started on the Internet (from idealist.org, Action Without Borders)
• ITrain's collection of Internet training materials
• Online Resources for Non-profit Organizations
• California Public Libraries with Internet Access
• ONE/Northwest
• The Management Center
• Benton Foundation's Best Practices Toolkit
• ILC Glossary of Internet Terms
• Project Vote-Smart: Information on Politics, Activism, and Elections
• Nonprofit GENIE
• Nonprofit Consultants ONTAP
• Mailing List Directory (locates email lists)
• Directory of Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists (PAML)
• Google Groups (locates newsgroups)
• The Bay Guardian Action Network
• Craig's List (events, jobs, items of local community interest)
• MediaChannel

Section II: Additional Resources on Web Page Development

• Web Interface to Whois (at Network Solutions)
• HTML Editors
• About.com's HTML guide
• All About the Web (W3 Consortium)
• Use the META Tag

Section III: Articles on Internet Activism

• Phil Agre on Internet petitions
• Nonprofit and Watchdog Groups Work the Net (You will be prompted for login/password to NY Times's site. Free subscription.)
• The Online Activist

Section IV: Additional Resources for Online Activism

• LINC Project welfare rights organizers toolkit
• Free Speech Internet Television
• IGC's Progressive Gateway
• Organizers' Collaborative

Section V: Non-Profit Technology Planning and Assistance

• TechSoup (articles and worksheets)
• Strategic Technology (detailed lesson plans, worksheets, articles and examples)
• NPower (online interactive assessment and planning tools)
• Technology Literacy Benchmarks (comprehensive assessment tool)
• One/Northest (assessment and planning tools)
• LINC Project presentation for low-income organizations on developing a technology strategy
• Arts Wire "Spider School" Training on Technology Planning
• New York Foundation for the Arts technology planning curriculum
• NYFA's budget worksheet
• Nonprofit Use of the Internet
• The eNonprofit: A Guide to ASPs, Internet Services, and Online Software

Section VI: Fundraising Resources

• Community Wealth and their Resources Directory
• GuideStar donor's guide to nonprofits and charities
• PhilanthropySearch search engines for nonprofits and philanthropy
• Council on Foundations
• Foundation Center
• Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers
• eBase: Free Database for Managing Donor, Member, and Supporter Information

Section VII: NetAction Notes Articles on Internet Activism

• No. 8: Notes from the Virtual Activist Workshop
• No. 9: Resources for Virtual Activists
• No. 11: More Resources for Virtual Activists
• No. 14: Act Locally, Organize Globally
• No. 14: Is It Outreach or Is It Spam?
• No. 18: Cyberspace Challenges to Racism and Hate
• No. 18: Raising Hell With Email
• No. 20: Media Online
• No. 20: A Tool Kit of Media Tips
• No. 20: Freedom of Information in Cyberspace
• No. 22: Atoms in Cyberspace
• No. 25: A Look at Lists
• No. 26: The Value of Freeware
• No. 27: Technology Tools for Empowerment
• No. 28: More Technology Tools for Empowerment
• No. 31: Power to the People Online
• No. 31: Digital Postcards from the Epidemic
• No. 33: Pictures and Words
• No. 38: Preparing for the Millennium
• No. 39: Post That Protest
• No. 43: Virtual Tools for Human Rights
• No. 44: Making the Most of Lists

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