This assessment tool from the Nonprofit Financial Center can help your organization estimate its need for financial staff or consultants. Experienced financial managers will find the 13-question tool easy to use, but those with less knowledge of the subject may have trouble with the jargon, which is not defined. Despite this, the text following the tool provides useful general advice. Energize provides articles, electronic books, and links on a wide variety of issues affecting volunteerism. The Reflections section has some heartwarming, funny and motivational comments on volunteering, provided by visitors.
Researchers can link to sites with statistics and reports on volunteering.
The links in the site are carefully selected so that visitors can reach quality information, but it does not have a search engine. Its Tech library contains case studies, technology-related articles, and practical examples on working with applications. Wired for Good, a project of the Center for Excellence for Nonprofits, provides information on how to strategically use technology to improve organizational effectiveness. Although the site targets nonprofits in Silicon Valley area, it is useful to other nonprofit managers and leaders. The Technology Lessons Learned section introduces some advice from nonprofits that have implemented technology in their organizations.