No budget for training? The Web is rife with resources for training staff and helping you do your job. Below are some of the links I shared at the Associated Press Photo Managers conference in St. Louis. Add your favorites to the comments section of this post.

When I needed to learn to edit video in Final Cut Pro I turned to lynda.com. Lynda isn’t new but they continue to upgrade the hundreds of tutorials they offer for $25 per month for an individual user.

Amy Webb of Knowledgewebb was one of the highlights of the Associated Press Managing Editors and Photo Mangers conference. Webb, a former journalist, has 150 tutorials and learning opportunities available on Knowledgewebb with a yearly cost of about $129. If you attended APME you can receive a discounted rate by using the coupon code APME09.

NewsU.org is a Poynter website offering free tutorials on everything from video storytelling to management strategy. All you need to do is become a registered user and start learning.

Knight New Media offers dozens of free tutorials on audio and video storytelling, setting up a blog, CSS and a variety of multimedia gear.

Gotoandlearn provides free video tutorials on Flash and related products by Lee Brimelow. If you want to learn about Adobe Flash this is a great resource.

The University of Westminster offers Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash and various other multimedia software tutorials. They have a YouTube channel with dozens of how-to videos.

Everyone should be using an RSS reader and following blogs relating to tech and journalism. I use Google Reader and follow more than 30 blogs. Google Reader makes it easy for me to sort my blogs by topic and to skim through the hundreds of daily posts. Here are some of the blogs that I follow:

Video WTF? is a forum on all things video. Post a question and let the community help yu solve your problems. This is a give and take site, play nice and contribute when you can.

Mindy McAdams, Teaching Online Journalism is not just for teachers. Mindy writes on timely multimedia and online journalism issues. She also offers many how-to lessons on her site. The conversation is lively and she is quick to respond to your questions.

Channel your inner geek by reading Mashable and TechCrunch Both blogs offer reviews of gear, new software and news that effects the online journalism industry.

Another great resource for learning Final Cut Pro techniques is Larry Jordan’s Monthly Newsletter. Larry is in the training business and on the production side of the video business but he offers excellent tips and techniques for high level video editing. Sign up for the email newsletter, its free!

We all need to be more efficient. The next few sites will help you be your best.

Dropbox is a free large file transfer station. You can upgrade to a paid account and create your own intranet that is accessible online. Dropbox allows you to store and move files.

Google Docs is a free and efficient way to share budgets, project planning, databases and more with anyone you invite to collaborate. I used Google Docs to share the multimedia planning budget with editors and multimedia journalists when I was multimedia director at The Indianapolis Star. I still use Docs today to create, share and track multimedia assignments during training sessions at the Diversity Institute.

MindMeister is a mind mapping website that allows you to think visually as you do project planning and brainstorming. MindMeister also allows you to share the mind map and collaborate in real time.

Gist is a site that allows you to track people. It is a great way to keep track of sources already in your email contacts list. You get real time updates on your contacts Facebook, Twitter, blog posts or media mentions. This is a great resource for reporters.

Finally, if your photographers and multimedia journalists are using smart phones like the iPhone, HTC, Blackberry Storm, etc. you can use Qik to broadcast live video to your website via a video enabled phone. Need video of a press conference or breaking news event? Instead of carrying bulky equipment into the field for raw video use a smart phone and Qik.