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Nigel Allen,
6 Silver Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario M6R 1X8,
Canada
Telephone (416) 535-8916

You can send mail to ndallen@interlog.com

Last revised September 22, 2008.

Useful forms and files to get yourself or your organization listed in various directories

These are text forms that you can save (perhaps using the "view source" comand on your browser) and fill in using a text editor or word-processing application.

• Questionnaire for Encyclopedia of Associations of national associations, foundations, charities and other non-profit groups in the United States. To learn more about the Encyclopedia of Associations, click here.
• Questionnaire for Regional, State and Local Organizations directory for U.S. non-profit groups operating on a scale smaller than nation-wide
• Questionnaire for Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory.
• Questionnaire for Telecommunications Directory, a directory of telecommunications systems and services published by Thomson Gale, formerly the Gale Group, of suburban Detroit.
• Questionnaire for International Organizations directory for national associations of Canada and other countries other than the United States, and for trans-national associations.
• List of directories that Canadian non-profit associations can be listed in.
• Submit your biography to Marquis Who's Who, publisher of Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World, or nominate a colleague for a listing.
• Questionnaire for Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives.

Telecommunications industry information sources

• The telecommunications links that used to be here have moved to Nigel Allen's telecommunications page.

Links for Journalists

• PR Newswire, a U.S.-based press release distribution service
• Canada NewsWire, a Canadian press release distribution service. Today's CNW press releases.
• Canadian Association of Journalists, a national non-profit advocacy and professional development organization serving Canadian journalists from all media, including print, radio and television.
• Marketwire (formerly CCNMatthews and Canadian Corporate News), another press release distribution service. Today's Marketwire press releases.
• Canadian Advertising Rates and Data. Links to Canadian broadcasters and publications
• Canadian University Press
• Newsdesk, a British press release distribution service.
• Newslink. Links to hundreds of newspapers
• Sources, a Canadian directory and database of contacts for journalists.
• Trans World News
  Distribution of press releases and news items to a network of newsrooms, journalists, and internet affiliates.
• The Varsity at the University of Toronto. "Toronto's most feared and respected morning newspaper," according to the staff T-shirts of a few years ago.
• Associated Collegiate Press, an association of U.S. student newspapers and journalism instructors.

Places to Surf

• University of Toronto, with links to departmental WWW servers at the university
• University of Toronto Staff Association. Now closed down, following the certification of the Steelworkers union as the bargaining agent for most of the U of T employees formerly represented by UTSA.
• Dun & Bradstreet, the credit reporting agency for businesses - order a credit report on a U.S. or Canadian business or list your company with Dun & Bradstreet. Canadian companies can visit Dun & Bradstreet Canada instead.
• Citizens for Safe Cycling, Ottawa. Four wheels bad, two wheels good.
• American Numismatic Association, for collectors of coins and other forms of money.
• Cyberspace World Railroad. Transit and rail information.
• Newslink, links to online newspapers.
• American Journalism Review.
• Canada Post Corporation.
• Canada Post's postal code look-up for any address in Canada. Look up the address corresponding to any Canadian postal code.
• Look up a Canadian postal code, courtesy of Westminster.
• My sister Laura Ashton, an international marketing expert.
• U.S. Postal Service
• Look up U.S. zip codes online
• Canadian National Railway Company.
• Canadian Pacific Railway.
• GO Transit, the official site.
• Albania: country code 355
• Languages of Albania from Ethnologue.
• Babylon.com's English-Albanian online glossaries. Also worth visiting: Babylon.com
• Gifted Youngsters Show Keen Instinct for Needs, Innovative Math Curriculum Approach Suggests: summary of 1993 talk by my father, Dr. Harold Don Allen
• Moveable Inc. of Toronto, formerly known as Moveable Type Inc.
• Apikoros Sleuth, a novel by Robert Majzels published in a deluxe edition by Moveable.
• The Internet Nonprofit Center, Putnam Barber's non-profit page.
• National Capital FreeNet, Ottawa. Lots of pages for Ottawa-area community groups. Telnet to National Capital FreeNet
• Request free catalogues in a variety of subject categories. Other sites for catalogs include Froogle and Google Catalogs.

Rather odd WWW sites that may be of some interest

• Doonesbury Electronic Town Hall, inspired by Doonesbury, the brilliant comic strip. See also the Doonesbury page at ucomics.com
• Lymphovenous Canada, for people with lymphedema or other lymphovenous disorders. This site links people in Canada with dysfunctioning lymphatic systems to support groups in their area and to other organizations around the world. The site's focus is self-help and education from a balanced perspective that is free from the conflict of interest that is often associated with money-making operations.
• Spririt of Radio. Unofficial site celebrates CFNY-FM as it was in the 1978-1990 era. The CFNY reunion party.
• Smurfs.
• User Friendly, a daily comic strip best appreciated by Internet geeks.
• Badia Software, Toronto. Home of Badia Duplica, a useful add-in for Quark XPress.
• www.FeteNet.com, covering the Toronto Caribbean entertainment scene.
• The site of blood is such a high.
• Automation Consultants Ltd of England.
• Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto.
• Bibury Court Hotel in the Cotswolds. A very nice hotel.
• European Passenger Federation, a rail advocacy group.
• List of member associations of the European Passenger Federation.
• Xstrata
• www.SulfuricAcid.com
• Grand River Toy Company. Good-quality toys from a Canadian e-store.
• Stop The Net. WWF explains how marine life is needlessly wasted by incorrect harvesting techniques.
• Forensic entomology.
• History of the Allen or Alan surname by Charlie A. Allen.
• History of the Allen surname by Mike Allen.
• Loblaw Companies Limited corporate annual reports in PDF format.
• Pause to Play. Ontario government promotes physical activity for children.
• Neighbourhood Toy Stores of Canada. An association of retailers that offer quality toys in Canadian communities.
• Uzbekistan.com
• Uzbekistan's embassy in the United States.
• London's Transport Museum at Covent Garden.

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