• The Free Site
  - good place to find free photographs, images, fonts, etc.
• PagePlus SE - Free Desktop Publishing Software - freeware software that is easy to use, with preset document layouts, automated templates, nice colour schemes and artistic effects for creating various documents. Free Templates for various projects are also available from this site.
• Microsoft Office Templates
  - lots of templates to use with Microsoft Office, including brochures, flyers, booklets, Powerpoint, Excel, Word.
• Licium’s Technology Resources
  - a list of products, services, resources, articles, a newsletter related to media production.
• Snap Files
  - an extensive list of freeware Multimedia related software downloads.

GRAPHICS

• 3D Graphic Tools
  - list of freeware 3D graphic tools to help you create realistic graphics. Some learning curve for most.
• HP Free Presentation Images
  - some really nice images to use in your project - business people, children and family, sports and recreation, nature and landscapes, conceptual, technology, cityscapes, industrial. Other templates available here too.
• Free Clipart - some usable free clip art for your media production - medical, people, activities, etc.
• Corel Trial Graphic Programs
  View and/or download 30 day trial software
• DrawPlus 4
  Free graphic design and vector drawing software, simple to use, professional quality results.
• 3DPlus 2
  - free 3D Animation and Modeling Software, simple to use, powerful, professional looking.
• PhotoPlus 6
  - free image and photo editing software, that lets you create, manipulate, and enhance photos, graphics, and web animations.
• GIMP Graphics Program
  - freeware graphics editor and image manipulation software that rivals Adobe Photoshop for ability, quality and complexity.
• Real SlideShow Basic
  - freeware that allows you to combine audio, images to create media slide show.
• Smart Draw
  - free graphic software for drawing flowcharts, forms, floor plans, calendars, organizational charts, project charts, software designs, teaching materials, concept maps, flyers, scrapbooks, and more.

FLASH

• Flash Professional 8
  Free demo copy of the professional industry-standard animation tool available. Steep learning curve.
• Flash Kit Loops
  - great resource for sound loops for background repeated music in Flash and other multimedia presentations.
• Fotana Photo Album
  - freeware to create online photo albums and galleries. Easy to use.
• Free Layouts
  - offers generators for creating Flash elements, web pages, scripts, graphic navigation bars, templates.
• Flash Animation Tools
  - freeware, easy to use tools to create Flash like animated creations.

HOW-TO'S & TIPS

• A guide to coalition building.
  - a practical how-to from Cypress Consulting.
• Designing effection Action Alerts for the Internet.
  Citizen handbook with great instructions from the Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.
• Developing effective coalitions
  - An eight step guide from the Prevention Institute.
• Getting on the Air.
  Community – Media.com: Services and Resources for Community Organizations.
• Guide to Lobbying
  – Part 1 of 4 by Lobbying Australia. (1995).
• Guidelines on shaping effective health policy.
  - from the International Council of Nurses. (March 2003).
• Multimedia Design for the World Wide Web.
  From NCSA - excellent resource on ways to effectively incorporate media for the web.
• Public Participation Toolbox.
  from the International Association for Public Participation. (2000).
• Using the Media.
  - from Social Change Media.
• Using Grassroots documentary films for political change: Outreach tips for nonprofits and activist organizations.
  - from Media Rights: Media that Matters.

OTHER MULTIMEDIA

• AlbumDIY Digital Photo Albums
  - freeware to create digital photo albums that look like a virtual book with flipping pages, background music, text comments, multimedia objects, etc.
• ClipFactory Slideshows
  - freeware that helps you to create slideshow presentations with MP3 background music. Requires a downloadable viewer file for visitors to see your creation.
• Diji Album Editor - shareware that helps you to combine photos and graphics, text, multimedia.
• DigiBookShelf Photo Album
  - free virtual photo album software that presents photos, sound and text in a virtual bookshelf interface.
• Slide Show Movie Maker
  - freeware to create moving presentations from still jpg and gif graphics.

POWERPOINT

• Powerpoint Tutorial
  - free tutorial to help you to create a true multimedia Powerpoint presentation. Offers text and streaming video instruction.
• Powerpoint in the Classroom
  - another helpful site with a detailed tutorial for getting the most of out of Powerpoint: slides, adding images and charts, adding motion and sound, timing and rehearsing.
• Powerpoint Tutorial from Electric Teacher
  - yet another useful set of tutorials to help you perform common and not so common tasks in Powerpoint, including how to save your work as a web page.
• Real PresenterOne Basic
  - freeware that allows you to combine Powerpoint and rich media
• Free Education Templates
  - six pages (total of 116 templates) of lovely free education-focused Powerpoint templates to make your presentation shine!
• HP Powerpoint Backgrounds
  - unique free backgrounds to use with PPT presentations from Hewlett Packard. Some are really beautiful!
• More Free Beautiful Backgrounds
  - 208 really nice backgrounds available free here from Sonia Coleman Designs.
• Powerpoint Templates
  - free Powerpoint templates to spruce up your presentation.
• More Powerpoint Templates
  - here are some more free Powerpoint templates with some nice examples of finished work. Note there are more links to other templates at the bottom of the page once you click on this link.

RADIO

• AnalogX SimpleServer:Shout
  - freeware to help you create streaming MP3 server.
• Live365.com
  - create and broadcast your own Internet radio station for a modest fee.
• Create Your Own Internet Radio Show
  - helpful article to help walk you through the process of setting up an Internet Radio show.

VIDEO & AUDIO

• Apple’s QuickTime
  View and/or download multimedia player and displayer for audio, video, animation, graphics, text, music, virtual reality.
• Real.com
  - offers free and commercial products for audio, video and multimedia production and internet viewing.
• Real Producer 10 Basic
  - offers a free (more limited) and commercial version to create high quality audio and video productions for web use.
• WavCentral.com
  - an extensive collection of wav sound files for video, flash, web projects.
• WindowsMedia.com
  - offers downloads and guides to audio and video programs, clips, samples.

WEBSITE CREATION

• Free Web Templates
  - a few professional looking web templates for quickly designing a nice looking web site.
• Elated Web Templates
  - some more free website templates - really snazzy designs!
• Web Plus 6
  - free web site design and publishing software. Easy to use, has automated templates, takes just a few minutes to get your site going!
• Advanced HTML Editors
  - several freeware advanced selections for building websites
• BrowserBob Weblications
  - freeware to create web based presentation easily
• Easy HTML Editors
  - several freeware easy selections for building websites
• Yale Web Style Guide
  - 2nd edition from Yale University. Wonderful, easy to understand guide to developing effective and attractive web sites.