Technology

May 11, 2007

‘Hot’ Teleconferencing savings…

The following ‘open letter’ to NonProfits and small businesses, who may need to run teleconferences for less than 30, has been sent to us. Please do your own research as well, our adviser says…there may well be even better deals […]
May 3, 2007

Broadband, Coonan & the Connecting Up 07 Conference

Without fast broadband we’ll perish, says Robert Gottliebsen…while Australia’s current and projected facilities will offer the broadband capacity required for enhanced communication, as numbers grow these facilities just won’t be able to cope with all the other applications as well, […]
May 1, 2007

Blindness the first barrier to finding work for many Australians

An alarming number of potential workers who are blind or have low vision are unemployed or too discouraged to look for work Last month Vision Australia published a report stating that an astonishing 63% of people who are blind or […]
April 15, 2007

Nonprofit access to donated Microsoft & Cisco technology

A new service for Australian charities and nonprofits at www.donortec.com.au Donortec is a new service that operates for a small administrative fee. The Donortec program is delivered in Australia by CommunIT, the South Australian CISA (Communities Information Services Australia) project […]
April 14, 2007

IT strategy workshops for senior nonprofit staff

Early funding from the Dept of Communications, IT and the Arts (DCITA) Over the past year there has been a national consultation on the possibilities for a National Nonprofit ICT Coalition (NNIC). The NNIC’s report has been submitted and is […]
March 12, 2007

Social marketing…at the community group level?

Can we learn to get a message ‘out there’ from the Canadian ‘Fostering Sustainable Behavior Listserv’ ….. Is there an Australian equivalent? Only 5 days till Webinar on California’s Flex Your Power Program Friday March 16 2007 is the post […]
March 8, 2007

New Funding For Training In Remote Areas

$940,000 available for trainers to set up E-learning in remote communities The Australian Flexible Learning Network are offering three sets of grants totaling almost a million dollars this month to community-based trainers, local councils, libraries and local business. Project Manager, […]
March 5, 2007

Will the heart of the community put ‘local first’?

A BALLE network here? Two PWF conference workshops to ‘test the water’ First Workshop Raising the Neighbourhood House profile through a ‘Local, Living Economies Network’? at the ‘Taking the Next Step’ Neighbourhood House & Learning Centre Conference 7-9 March, Melbourne. […]
January 22, 2007

Marketers: Internet now a ‘mainstream media being’ in Oz

Help with building brand profile both online and offline To help marketers Network PR has produced two documents – with the help of Galaxy Research – available from their website. )i) ‘Australian Online Search Habits 2006’ an online survey in […]
November 19, 2006

Young IT businessowners tackle aged need

The IT generation has NOT deserted the needs of the ageing As a teenager Ben Spratt became acquainted with old age loneliness through his Grandad, living in a NSW Aged Care Hostel. At age twenty, in September this year, Ben […]
November 3, 2006

Future Materials: Technology for Competitive Advantage

High-quality, premium price wheat grown under degradable plastic The nonprofit Australian Materials Technology Network’s free e-newsletter ‘Future Materials’ (FM) shares materials development info from around the world. FM believes smaller businesses often miss out on opportunities for advancement because they […]
September 18, 2006

50% search engine revenue to nonprofits?

Yahoo’s ‘GoodSearch’ – a search engine with a heart This new search engine concept means that a nonprofit’s supporters can donate money to the organization each time they conduct a simple Web search. GoodSearch is a Los Angeles based search […]