Change.org is a social network for hundreds of social causes and over 1 million nonprofit organizations. Good petition support and an excellent place to build up organizational mailing lists.
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Blogger
in 36 toolboxes An entry-level, hosted blogging option that is owned by Google.
WordPress
in 198 toolboxes Flexible open-source content management and blogging software with an active user and developer community and a wide variety of plug-ins or extensions available.
Firefox
in 345 toolboxes Firefox is the popular open source web browser from Mozilla
Dreamweaver
in 53 toolboxes Rich client application for editing a full range of web content, from simple HTML pages to PHP and other dynamic content formats
Powerpoint
in 51 toolboxes A presentation tool which is part of the Microsoft Office software suite.
Skype
in 228 toolboxes Free/cheap Internet telephony and handy IM tool.
Delicious
in 173 toolboxes Web based social bookmarking lets you share online finds and discover new ones. Ground zero for tagging.
OpenOffice
in 203 toolboxes Full-featured open source office productivity suite, featuring word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database packages; free MS Office replacement.
Basecamp
in 125 toolboxes Web-based project management tool
Google Earth
in 83 toolboxes Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
Thunderbird
in 137 toolboxes Mozilla's Open Source email client
pbwiki
in 32 toolboxes Free hosted wiki software
Bloglines
in 30 toolboxes Web based RSS aggregator and blog reader
Flickr
in 160 toolboxes Web based photo sharing service
digg
in 29 toolboxes Technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical editorial control
Audacity
in 96 toolboxes Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
TinyURL
in 45 toolboxes URL-shortener (for emailing and general usability)
Adobe Photoshop
in 72 toolboxes Powerful but expensive digital image manipulation package.
SurveyMonkey
in 65 toolboxes Hosted online surveys
Yahoogroups.com
in 19 toolboxes Set up your mailing lists speedily. Some curbs and restrictions. Benefits being debated.
Picasa
in 55 toolboxes Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Picasa also makes advanced editing simple, and makes it easy to share your pictures; you can email, print photos home, make gift CDs, and even post pictures.
YouTube
in 75 toolboxes Upload up to 100MB videos and embed them in your sites. Now with dedicated channels for nonprofits.
Wikipedia
in 131 toolboxes Wikipedia is a global and multilingual Web-based cooperative free-content encyclopedia.
LinkedIn
in 144 toolboxes Social networking for non-social purposes with a focus on professional development, networking for jobs and problem solving through the expertise of those in your extended network.
Gmail
in 159 toolboxes Gmail is a web-based email with very user-friendly interface and huge storage capacity
Google Calendar
in 76 toolboxes A free web-based calendar.
Google
in 105 toolboxes Google is the quintessential search engine.
Google Groups
in 31 toolboxes Hosted web/email/usenet discussion groups.
upcoming.org
in 30 toolboxes Upcoming.org is a social event calendar, completely driven by people like you. Manage your events, share events with friends and family, and syndicate your calendar to your own site.
Facebook
in 114 toolboxes Facebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you.
Google Docs and Spreadsheets
in 83 toolboxes Now covered by Google Drive.
Web-based word processor and spreadsheet tool. Formerly Writely.
Google Alerts
in 45 toolboxes Have Google email you notifications of news, new web results, or new blog posts containing your desired search term.
StumbleUpon
in 19 toolboxes Social Bookmarking website
Google Reader
in 62 toolboxes Web-based RSS aggregator
FeedBurner
in 32 toolboxes FeedBurner is the leading provider of media distribution and audience engagement services for blogs and RSS feeds.
Twitter
in 125 toolboxes Twitter is a global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing? Answer on your phone, IM, or on the web.
