Our goal is to build the capacity of the nonprofit learner. To this end, we encourage you to explore all avenues for training and development. We are proud to provide the following links to free resources that are available on the web.
GCFLearnFree.org creates and provides quality, innovative online learning opportunities to anyone who wants to improve the technology, literacy, and math skills necessary for them to be successful in both work and life.
Grant Proposal.com is a site devoted to providing free resources for both advanced grant writing consultants and inexperienced nonprofit staff.
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
Free-ed.net offers a variety of courses in many subject areas. Learning most effectively at Free-Ed.Net is ... well ... different, to say the least. It isn't all about teachers, exams, textbooks, classrooms, and all that sort of thing. Rather, it's about learning how to learn.
The Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) site offers a comprehensive listing of curriculum and educational resources developed by, and for, Federal Agencies.
Nonprofit.pro is a Website that contains articles and information on fundraising, nonprofit management, law, charity regulation, communications and e-philanthropy. These articles are written as an introduction to the topic and provide a basic level of understanding for those new to a subject.
The Free Management Library provides easy-to-access, clutter-free, comprehensive resources regarding the leadership and management. Content is relevant to the vast majority of people, whether they are in large or small for-profit or nonprofit organizations. Over the past 10 years, the Library has grown to be one of the world's largest, well-organized collections of these types of resources.
Nonprofit Resource Center is a good site for information on topics related to nonprofit organizations. With a comprehensive list of links to websites of interest to nonprofits, you can find a lot of information on how to form, manage and maintain your nonprofit organization.
Nonprofit Resources (at Kresge Library) maintains a list of resources on management of nonprofit organizations as found on the Internet as well as paid resources provided by the University of Michigan.
The eLearning Guild is a member-driven online information center and Community of Practice where anyone involved in the design, development, and management of web-based educational or instructional content (e-Learning) can identify and access resources needed to ensure that their organizations' projects are successful, engage in a professional peer network, and focus on expanding their own professional skills, knowledge, and expertise.
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) is the world’s largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals. ASTD’s members come from more than 100 countries and connect locally in more than 130 U.S. chapters and with more than 30 international partners. Members work in thousands of organizations of all sizes, in government, as independent consultants, and suppliers.
Brandon-Hall - Brandon Hall, Ph.D., is a leading independent expert in e-learning, helping organizations make the right decisions about technology through his writing, advising, and presenting. With more than 20 years as a training professional, Dr. Hall is the Chairman of Brandon Hall Research and author of the groundbreaking "Web-Based Training Cookbook."
MERLOT (Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) is a leading edge, user-centered, searchable collection of peer reviewed and selected higher education, online learning materials, catalogued by registered members and a set of faculty development support services. MERLOT's vision is to be a premiere online community where faculty, staff, and students from around the world share their learning materials and pedagogy.
Learning Circuits Online Magazine - ASTD launched Learning Circuits in January 2000. Its goal was to promote and aid the use of e-learning, creating a body of knowledge about how to use technology efficiently and effectively for learning. It delivers a fully interactive Website with discussions, demos and resources, and articles on a weekly basis. A monthly opt-in email newsletter, LC Express, sends news, teasers, and links to subscribers. There are nearly 800 articles currently on the Website.
eLearn Magazine – eLearn magazine is all about online learning. The magazine and its affiliated webstie feature blogs, articles, reviews, best practice, case studies and research papers on eLearning.