Conference Calling
Zoom | Free + Paid
Uber Conference | Free + Paid
StreamYard
Skype | Free + Paid
Google Meet | Free + Paid
Jitsy | Free
Doodle | Meeting Scheduler
Project Management
Airtable | Free + Paid
Monday | Paid
Asana | Free + Paid
Trello | Free + Paid
Slack | Free + Paid
Google Docs | Free + Paid
Google Workspace for Nonprofits | Free + Paid
Email and Ad Writing
Copy Ai | Checks subject line
Send Check It | Checks subject line
Sharethrough | Checks subject line
Portent | Creates the subject line
KeeWee | Free + Paid – creates copy for FB and Google Advertising
WordTune | Free + Paid – Plugin added to Chrome. Helps you rephrase your thoughts.
Copysmith | Free trial + Paid
Storage
Dropbox | Free and Paid
Google Drive | Free and Paid
One Note | Paid included in Microsoft Packages
Surveys and Forms
Survey Monkey | Paid + Free Trial
Typeform | Paid
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Free Tech Tools for: Social Media
Linktr.ee
Want to link to more than one page in your Instagram bio? This tool lets you build an intermediary landing page that contains the links you need in a visually pleasing layout.
Sharekit.io
Though, not free, we wanted to include this on our list because of how helpful we find it for social sharing. Sharing links on social media can give you some funky looking results. With this tool (and some IT support) you can customize what your link previews look like. (Read here for more info on their pricing)
Free Tech Tools for: Teams
MEEKAN by Doodle
Forget sending out Doodle polls and waiting for responses or going through everyone’s calendar manually to schedule a meeting. Meekan’s AI will analyze schedules and automatically find a meeting time that works for everyone.
ASANA
We love using Asana for project management and collaboration. Add multiple team members, manage tasks and deadline, and communicate about progress. Bonus: unicorns will fly across your screen when you complete a task. And if you need to find a happy place in the middle of your workday, they’ve got plenty of settings and hacks to bring you joy. Including a screen full of kittens. Seriously.
KRISP.AI
If you ever need to join a conference call from a crowded coffee shop, this AI driven audio filter will remove the background noise so all they hear is your voice.
BOOMERANG
With the Boomerang Gmail add-on you can schedule emails to send at a certain time, better manage your inbox, and even setup Read Receipts to know if your messages are being read.
TRIPIT
Planning business travel for teams or volunteers can quickly become a hairy business. With TripIt, you can create travel itineraries and email everyone with updates.
Free Tech Tools for: Volunteer Management
TWILIO
Jason Shim, the session presenter, demonstrated this tool in real-time. With Twilio, you can automate a series of text messages to collect information from potential volunteers or other event attendees. Just setup your custom messages in advance and have everyone text a single phone number to participate from their phone. A great resource that lets you ditch the clipboard and manual entry for followup! (Note: Twilio does have a cost, however, they offer eligible nonprofits a $500 kickstart credit)
Free Tech Tools for: Self-Care
JUSTGETFLUX.COM
This last tool is about self-care. If you’re having trouble falling asleep at night, it might be from staring at your computer screen all day. Installing f.lux filters out the blue light that comes from our screens and messes with our sleep patterns.
Free Tech Tools for: Content
CANVA
Canva’s free image editor lets you create beautiful graphics for all your content. And even more important: nonprofits can access their Professional version (collaborate with teams, setup your brand colors + fonts, and more) for free
PHOTOPEA
A free online version of Adobe Photoshop. It’s great for when you have limited licenses in the office and need to make edits to photos (without borrowing someone’s laptop).
REMOVEBG
Have you ever tried to manually remove a background from a photo? You need to know Adobe Photoshop and it still takes forever. This tool lets you remove the background in a few clicks, as long as the photo is of people. The technology relies on facial recognition, so it’s not great at removing backgrounds from other images. But still, it’s a huge time-saver!
KAPWING
You can do plenty of video editing in iMovie if you’re on a Mac. But if you’re using Windows and looking for a video editor, Kapwing gives you lots of functionality to create and edit video.
VIDYARD – GOVIDEO
This chrome extension lets you capture video right from your computer and share it via link. It’s great for simple, personalized thank-you videos for donors on the fly! Your staff can record a quick message and add the link right into your thank-you email.
LICECAP
Have you ever tried to record your computer screen and turn it into a .gif? It can be WAY more complicated than you want it to be. This program lets you record videos right from your computer and turn them into .gifs.
TEMI.COM and REV.COM
These tools are so helpful for transcribing speech to text or captioning your videos. While they’re not free, the rates are as low as $0.10/minute for transcription or $1.00/minute for captions.
Express Scribe
Their standard tool is great if you have an audio recording that you need to transcribe. Save your staff time for more important things!
MAILCHIMP
Mailchimp is a must-have nonprofit tool email marketing and any mass email communications. We wrote extensively about it in our earlier post, but it’s worth mentioning here as well. You can maintain up to 2,500 contacts and send 12K emails per month for free!
