Online Resources for Leaders

Are you a group leader for your home, school, church, sports league, nonprofit, or college? We've compiled some useful sites that may help! Check out our quick reviews below.

• Church Resources
• School Resources
• College Resources
• Home & Family Resources
• Nonprofits Resources
• Sports Resources

Church 

Bible Gateway - BibleGateway serves as a biblical study tool. It contains multiple versions of the Bible, an audio Bible, reading plans, devotionals, a blog, and a store.

Bluefish TV - BluefishTV supplies users with tips concerning different groups in a church and leadership development. It also sells products to aid any church funtion, from small group guides to worship session electronic backgrounds.

Church Metrics - ChurchMetrics is a web-based application that helps users keep track of the goings-on in their churches. The application lets church leaders keep track of salvations, baptisms, and giving within the congregation and is able to export the data into a spreadsheet.

Church Relevance - ChurchRelevance is useful for anyone looking to blend church with modern culture. The site has free church graphics and memos about the latest technology and serves as a center for updates on the worldwide church community.

Life Church TV - LifeChurchTV contains free church resources such as sermons on a wide variety of topics, devices for teaching kids, and other tools such as small group leader training and promo videos.

North Point Store - NorthPoint is a web store that sells resources for churches. Merchandise ranges from message DVDs and CDs to worship music for children to books on leadership.

Outreach Magazine - OutreachMagazine provides tips and tools for a wide range of church goers. It features stories and articles that highlight influential church leaders and presents ideas and ideologies concerning churches and the Christian faith.

Sermon Central - SermonCentral provides resources for preaching. It allows users to browse online sermons and outlines, as well as provides tools for illustrations, videos, and powerpoints.

Sermon Spice - SermonSpice contains downloadable church videos to enrich sermons and small group discussions.

Study Light - StudyLight serves as a religious study tool, online Bible, and center for ministers and is equipped with weekly columns and daily devotionals.

College

Cappex - Cappex allows students who create profiles on the site to view which colleges want them, apply for scholarships, weigh their chances of admission, and more.

Chegg - Chegg is a site where students can rent or buy textbooks at a discounted rate. Online textbooks are also available as well as homework help.

College Board - CollegeBoard is home to the providers of AP testing, SAT testing, and college planning. Its resources include: SAT and AP prep, a college search engine, education advocacy, and education research.

College Majors 101 - CollegeMajors101 is a site dedicated to teaching students about different college majors in depth so they can make more informed choices about higher education and their careers.

College Navigator - CollegeNavigator will aid in the college decision making process with “side-by-side comparisons” where students can weigh the pros and cons of their favorite schools.

Collegiate Choice - CollegiateChoice is a site that provides DVD tours of college campuses across the country and abroad.

Course Hero - CourseHero is home to four main learning resources: study materials, certified tutors, collaboration tools, and an educator platform for teachers and professors to publish their scholarly learning tools.

Cramster - Cramster gives homework help from experts in any subject. Answers are available in as little as two hours from people waiting to help.

Fin Aid  - FinAid gives information and directions on everything that has to do with getting financial aid for college.

Merit Aid - MeritAid will help merit-based scholarship candidates locate their share of the $11 billion available for financial aid across the country.

The Choice - TheChoice is a blog found in the Education section of The New York Times site. Its mantra is “Demystifying College Admissions and Aid.”

The Univeristy of Texas -The University of Texas’ site has a lists of colleges in every state on one page.  

Home and Family

Coupon Cabin - CouponCabin has coupons for virtually every store and lets you compare prices.

Contest for Moms - Contest for Moms shows contests and sweepstakes.

Do It Yourself - DoItYourself contains tips for making over your house without hiring a pro.

Dummies - Dummies supplies helpful articles that are clear and simpful in an exhaustive array of topics.  

Empowering Parents - EmpoweringParents gives parenting advice and has numerous resources for children with difficulties.

Family Circle - FamilyCircle has tips for every holiday and good recipes that are easy to follow.

Family Fun - FamilyFun is filled with ideas for families including holidays, snacks, crafts, vacations, and celebrations.

Fun Kids Party Ideas - FunKidsPartyIdeas contains everything from planning, to budgeting, to helpful tips!

Martha Stewart - MarthaStewart contains several different sections about all areas of home living.

Our Family Budget - OurFamilyBudget helps families with advice on saving cash, getting out of debt, and managing spending.

Parenting - Parenting is a great site for new parents including topics that span from pregnancy to good computer games for kids.

Win Prizes Online -  Lists contests and sweepstakes.

Nonprofits

Caring Bridge - CaringBridge provides free websites for people and families experiencing health challenges. Families post pics and updates, and visitors leave comments to create an online support community.

Do Something - DoSomething is geared toward teen empowerment and involvement. The site provides ideas, motivation, and tools for teens who are determined to make a difference.

Foundation Center - FoundationCenter provides online courses, connects nonprofit organizers to possible funders and supplies users with crucial tips.

Fundraising Tips - FundraisingTips is a site that provides tips, ideas, and strategies to those involved in any type of fundraiser.

Help Net USA - HelpNetUSA brings together charities, nonprofits, and businesses that are dedicated to bettering communities across the nation.

The National Council of Nonprofits - TheNationalCouncilofNonprofits is the nation's largest nonprofit network.

Nonprofit Resource Center - NonprofitResourceCenter contains information about starting, funding, and running a nonprofit. It is equipped with local funding, consulting, and volunteer connections.

USAgov - USAgov provides information and services for nonprofits by supplying users with links to various government sites. It also includes information about federal grants, disaster preparedness, and tax information.  

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School

ABC Teach - ABCTeach allows teachers to explore and find custom documents, workbook pages, printable activities, lesson plan ideas, PowerPoint presentations and templates, and online interactive activities.

Kids Know It - KidsKnowIt is an educational site for kids that makes learning fun with games, videos, activities, worksheets, and free online classes.

Math - Math is for students, teachers, and parents alike. Anyone who needs math help or needs assistance in helping others with their math problems will appreciate this site.

National Geographic - NationalGeographic for kids has fun and educational games for kids, as well as educational videos and interesting daily facts.

Nestle Family - NestleFamily hosts a plethora of articles that are helpful to parents and educators. It’s home to lots of fun and kid friendly recipes, but it also boasts parenting advice, children’s health advice, craft and activity ideas, and a teacher/educator’s corner.

Parenting - Parenting is the online version of the magazine by the same name. It contains recipes, activities, pregnancy and fertility advice, baby/toddler/child pages, great deals, giveaways, and more!

PBS Kids - PBSKids has games, videos, and activities for kids that are fun, educational, and parent approved.

Scholastic  - Scholastic is a top-rated site among educators, but it also has a lot available for students and parents. From student activities to lesson plans for teachers and resources for parents, this site has a lot for everyone involved in schools.

Smithsonian Education - SmithsonianEducation is an educational site for teachers, parents and students where they can find lesson plans, activities, videos and more.

TeachHUB - TeachHUB brings teachers together to share their thoughts, advice, resources, recommendations, photos, lessons and more.

Teachers - Teachers is home to an online community of teachers willing to chat and share. Lesson plans are available by grade level as well as a section devoted to job opportunities for teachers.  

Sports

Active - Active is full of information about a variety of sports activities available in the USA and a few other countries. Information about specific endurance races (running, triathalons, cycling) as well as information ranging from team sports to outdoor sporting is available.

Live Strong - Livestrong  provides healthy lifestyle information including nutrition and fitness help. A tracking system is available to help users keep up with healthy goals.

Little League - LittleLeague has information about baseball and softball. It has sections for players, coaches, parents, umpires, etc. There is also information on how to find a local league to join.

Positive Coach - PositiveCoach has online courses and live group workshops to assist coaches. Their goal is to create a positive, character-building youth sports environment.

Responsible Sports - ResponsibleSports  supports volunteer youth coaches and parents to help children succeed both on and off the field.

Soccer Coaching Notes - SoccerCoachingNotes offers ideas about coaching soccer, especially the role of the youth soccer coach.

Soccer Training Info - SoccerTrainingInfo provides useful tips and training ideas that will help athletes become better quality players and students of the game. It's useful for any soccer player interested in improving his/her game.

United States Sports Academy - USSA is a sports university that provides undergraduate and graduate level instruction to prepare men and women for careers in the sports profession.

Posted by Angel Rutledge