You may be able to rattle off the names of ten different types of content management systems, or you may be asking yourself what the heck that phrase means. No matter what your level of expertise is, choosing the best CMS for your organization can be a challenge. The bottom line is that content management systems make it easier to manage your website, and a new guide makes it a little bit easier for you to select one.

The technology consulting agency Common Knowledge just released a how-to guide called A Nonprofit's Guide to Content Management Systems, and it is exactly what it says it is. The guide walks nonprofit organizations through all the steps of selecting a CMS - from explaining what this is and what it does, to describing how it can help nonprofits, to listing what criteria should be weighed before choosing one. The guide also gives advice on how to budget for the project and how to write a Request for Proposal that effectively communicates your organization's needs to potential vendors.

If you are looking for a CMS - no matter if you're new to the concept or if you consider it old hat - this guide can help you make the right choice on which to use for your website. Also consider attending the upcoming NTEN webinar on Comparing Open Source CMSs: Joomla, Drupal, and Plone, part of our Idealware webinar series.