These are the tools that I have to use in order to be the best SSC Community Manager that there is. Whether it be updating the WordPress blog with Cyberduck or chatting on Adium about Google Analytics, these tools help my world go 'round.
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Adium
in 62 toolboxes
add to my toolboxI use Adium to stay in touch with coworkers when either of us is not in the office. It's easy, combines your buddy lists and has tabbed windows. Good times. Too bad there's no video chat though...
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Basecamp
in 125 toolboxes
add to my toolboxBasecamp is our project Manager of choice here at Social Source Commons. While it doesn't have the best interface in the world, it's good at giving everyone a single place to post info, leave messages and share to-dos and calendars.
tagged: AJAX, ASP, globalmelt, groupware, hosted, lasatech_pm, management, project, project-management, projectmanagement, project_management, Ruby, rubyonrails, task, time, tracking -
Bloglines
in 30 toolboxes
add to my toolboxReading a billion tech blogs is easy with Bloglines. Because it can aggregate all of the tech blogs I follow in one place, it's where I go to stay in touch with techie news.
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Cyberduck
in 27 toolboxes
add to my toolboxCyberduck is a simple, slick FTP client for Mac OS X. A nice alternative to FileZilla for those who haven't upgraded to Leopard, I use it to fiddle with the blog.
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Firefox
in 345 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFirefox is my best friend and browser of choice to navigate nonprofit tech.
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Google Analytics
in 68 toolboxes
add to my toolboxI follow the statistics of our websites (SSC and the Blog) using Google Analytics and I couldn't ask for anything more. I'm not sure if it could be any more informative and easy to use.
tagged: analytics, audience, globalmelt, google, hosted, lasatech_monitor, management, marketing, pageview, referrals, tracking, traffic, website -
OpenOffice
in 203 toolboxes
add to my toolboxUsing OpenOffice for all of my document needs makes me a fan of open source software. It can completely replace that other office suite and still hold its own.
tagged: apc, bloatware, calc, crossplatform, editor, microsoft, office, officesuite, opensource, powerpoint, preocessing, presentation, productivity, spreadsheet, spreadshet, suite, word, wordprocessing -
Skype
in 228 toolboxes
add to my toolboxTalking to coworkers in Singapore has never been easier (or cheaper) than this free audio chat utility. Video chat makes it that much more useful (and cooler).
tagged: apc, calls, chat, crossplatform, free, globalmelt, IM, instantmessaging, internettelephony, leadlearn, MacOSX, management, OnDemandNPO, phone, project, secbox, Security, skype, skypeout, tools, video, voip -
Smultron
in 10 toolboxes
add to my toolboxSmultron has won me over as my go-to text editor with its syntax highlighting and preview pane.
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Thunderbird
in 137 toolboxes
add to my toolboxThunderbird handles my email needs with a certain open-source flair.
tagged: client, communication, crossplatform, e-mail, email, GNU, IMAP, Linux, mac, mail, mail_client, opensource, secbox, side -
VerticalResponse for AppExchange
in 11 toolboxes
add to my toolboxVertical Response has become our email blast management tool of choice at SSC. Its ease of use and analytics information make it great to use (especially with its free license for nonprofits...)
tagged: appexchange, blast, blaster, bulk, communication, directmail, email, free, management, marketing, newsletter, newsletters, nonprofit, Salesforce, webbased -
WordPress
in 198 toolboxes
add to my toolboxManaging a blog is super simple using WordPress. It is very visual, simple and easy to use (and if not, easy to figure out).
