TCG Bulletin
August 2008, Volume 31, Issue 8
RESOURCES
Free Online Training Courses for Access 2007 and Access 2003
Microsoft currently offers nine courses for Access 2007 and 18 courses for Access 2003, roughly grouped for beginning, intermediate and advanced users. Courses include tutorials on choosing between Access and Excel, a tour of the Access navigation pane, creating a table by entering data, importing data from Excel to Access and selecting the right form view. All courses are free of charge, and self-paced.
Action: Visit Microsoft’s Training Homepage to access the free courses.
Back to TopNPower Seattle Pulbishes a Free Toolkit for Selecting Donor Management Software
NPower Seattle has produced a free, downloadable “toolkit” book to help not-for-profit organizations choose donor management software. The book guides the reader through four software-selection steps: assessing your current use of technology and setting goals, prioritizing your organization’s requirements, deciding which software package best meets your needs and preparing to act on the decision and implement the new system. The toolkit also includes three case studies of not-for-profit organizations that NPower Seattle recently assisted with donor management software selection, along with detailed worksheets, tables and checklists.
Action: Visit the NPower Seattle website to download the Donor Management Toolkit and all additional resources.
Back to TopWild Apricot Blog Highlights Practical Tech Solutions for Nonprofits
Not-for-profit software developer Wild Apricot’s blog discusses practical and cost-effective tech solutions for not-for-profit volunteers, webmasters and administrators. The blog discusses issues and trends in modern web technologies that help organizations “achieve more with less”. Recent posts include guidelines for posting a PowerPoint slideshow to your website, guidelines for putting together a Facebook page for your organization and web tools to help create an online quiz or survey.
Action: Visit the Wild Apricot website to read the blog.
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