3. Imagery to illustrate the activity and its impact Simple 'action shots', 'before and after' shots or photos of events, meetings, etc. taken with your camera or mobile phone.

4. Bring your stories to life with some video You can share videos on your website easily for free by uploading them to YouTube.com and copying and pasting the URL into your post or post's email.

5. Broadcast local voices You can share audio clips of interviews, live music, etc. taken with audioboo.fm – a free smartphone and online app that lets you record 5 minute clips with your mobile device or on your computer.

8. Troubleshooting Help and support Everyone hits some technical issues they need help with – try the excellent Posterous support site at posterous.uservoice.com/knowledgebase usually the search facility there gives you the right answer in plain English or scroll down the page for topics