Free Conference Call www.freeconferencecall.com
An invaluable tool. Host conference calls with up to 96 participants without having to make a reservation, all for free. You can even record the conference and download it later. Toll free numbers are available for a fee.
Skype www.skype.com
A great tool to keep in touch. Use your computer like a phone and have converstions with multiple people and send instant messages anywhere in the world for free. Video conference is available if your computer is equiped with a webcam. This is a free program that you will have to download and install on your computer. You can even call a phone from your computer for a fee.
Yugma www.yugma.com
Organize online conferences, presentations, and collaborations with this program. Share what you see on your screen with up to 2 people for free or 1000+ for a charge.
Vyew www.vyew.com
Host free online meetings with up to 10 people. No software to download, share PowerPoint presentations, documents, vidoes, images, mp3 files, and features like whiteboarding, video conferencing, screen sharing, and Voice-over-IP.
Meeting Scheduling & Group Tools
Any Meeting www.anymeeting.com
Host free webinars with up to 200 people. Share what's on your screen with others, record your presentation, assists in scheduling and registering participants, and share your smile with video broadcasting.
My Committee www.mycommittee.com Mycommittee is a free tool to manage boards, committees and other groups that meet regularly and make decisions. Easily create meeting agendas and minutes, share and work together on documents and other tasks, communicate with other members through message boards.
Resist Collective www.resist.ca
The Resist Collective is a small group of activists in Vancouver, Canada. They provide free email addresses as well as hosting listserves.
Google Groups www.groups.google.com
A free google groups account will let you create and manage an email listserve and share files on a group page.
Email Marketing & E-Newsletters
Email marketing is an important tool not just for businesses, but for nonprofit organizations as well. These tools help you provide updates to your donors and members, share pictures and videos, and track responses and manage subscription lists.
Most of these services cost money, and the pricing depends on the number of subscribers you have to your list but generally average about $10 per month for up to 500 contacts, $20-40 for up to 5,000 contacts, and over $100 for up to 25,000 contacts.
For a comparison of the pricing and reviews of the top 10 industry leaders, click HERE.
Here are a few free options:
Email Marketing Pro www.emailmarketingprofessional.com
Unlike the paid services, you will have to download and install software, but you get many of the same tools as the paid options.
Vertical Response www.verticalresponse.com/non-profits/
Vertical Response is one of the industry leaders, and if you are a 501c3, you will be able to use their services for free with a 10,000 emails per month limit.
Mail Chimp www.mailchimp.com
Mail Chimp offers a no-contract, free service for up to 2,000 subscribers, and a monthly limit of 12,000 emails sent.
