In this blog post I'm trying to promote a great opportunity and some great tools, largely be ripping off the text of Michelle Murrain, the Coordinator, Nonprofit Open Source Initiative (NOSI). There are lots of great non-profits in Canada that haven't been able to attend any NTEN events, but heck, webinars are open to the world, so hopefully more people will take advantage of them.

NOSI and NTEN are putting on a webinar series this year (one per month for the whole year). If your organization is looking to cut costs, improve effectiveness and learn more about the opportunities of using open source software, then this is certainly a series to watch out for.

• OpenOffice.org: The Free and Open Source Office Suite (2/26/2008)
• Free and Open Source CRM Tools (3/27/2008)
• Learn More About CiviCRM: Can This Be Your Organization's CRM? (4/29/2008)
• Choosing and Using Free and Open Source Software (5/20/2008)
  * Free and Open Source Blogging Tools (6/24/2008)
• GNU/Linux Desktops in Nonprofit Organizations (7/29/2008)
• How to Migrate to Open Source Tools (8/26/2008)
• Setting up a Joomla Organizational Website (9/23/2008)
• Setting up a Drupal Website (10/28/2008)
• Diving into Plone (11/25/2008)
• Open Source Database Options for Server and Desktop (12/9/2008)

Please spread the word about the webinars to people who might be interested (and please, if you want to, of course partake yourselves.)