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As a long-time ESRI user, I'd like to recommend a *much* simpler tool for NPOs who need to do some level of geographic display and analysis, but don't have or want a trained GIS professional on staff (ESRI software leads the pack, fur sher, but also takes years to learn well). Look at http://www.awhere.com. Not only will it do many GIS analysis
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Three follow-ups: (1) I want to second Christian's suggestion. A simple Word doc, saved in HTML format, can start your Intranet. If you've never had one before, it's an easy way to start. Maybe you want to do this for a few months, just to get a feel for how/whether people use it. Put a shortcut to the "home page" document on everyone's
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I think the real answer to wireless signal strength is the new standard: 802.11n (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11#802.11n and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11#802.11-2007). "MIMO" is one of the nicknames; even 'pre-n' standard routers have a lot stronger signal strength. Crazy thing is, it's based on a technology invented by a Hollywood
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I would like to second the vote for hosted Exchange. With 8 staff and 3 locations, it's a lot easier (and likely cheaper, all costs considered) to have 'experts' maintain your email system (config, updates/patches, security, and usually antivirus) for $10-12/mo/person -- Exchange is a complex program. Small Business Server is indeed a wonder
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I'd add this after the 'not sure what word to use?' section: If you keep many highly-sensitive logins, it may not be possible to remember them all without writing them down, let alone changing them periodically. How do you ‘write down’ a password without really writing it down? Answer: use a code. For example, you might use the 'famous
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For alternatives (that's why I tuned in), how about: - making a form in Microsoft Word? check the help in Word to learn how. Most folks can use that. - creating a form on your website which will post data via a cgi script to a file you download (I know, old-fashioned, and sounds hard if you're not a programmer, but some web hosts provide pre
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If you are wiki-inclined, but don't want to learn wiki markup, there are wiki hosts out there which use pure WYSIWYG interfaces, like wikispaces.com (where I keep my wiki). If you can use WordPad (baby version of Word), you can use Wikispaces. You can choose whether to use pages as documents (like wikipedia does), or whether to upload the documents
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Agreed: Dragon has gotten much better in the past few years. It's great for a single-voice environment (you train it to recognize your speech patterns by reading a short story, and it continues learning from there). NOT useful for e.g., interviews, where more than one person speaks. Still has some limitations mentioned by ENO (including issues w
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I consult to small (5-30 people) nonprofits in the SF Bay area. I'd say most of them have high printer density: one printer per two to three people; often one printer per room (not usually per PC, tho). Printer density is increasing in most places I work, as good lasers last many years and it doesn't cost that much (initial outlay) to buy another