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By: Yann Toledano
August 25, 2008
Courtesy of Techsoup.org

What do your constituents think about your programs and services? What kinds of activities are your donors likely to fund? Should your organization initiate a new program?

Rather than resort to using telepathic powers or mind reading, an online survey is a powerful research tool that can deliver the feedback you need. Paper-based surveys are often too costly and time-consuming to administer, but online surveys make it easy for any organization to get feedback on the cheap.

Preventing Violence in the Home has recently started a new pilot project called "Safe At Home" which is aimed at keeping high risk families safe, by making their homes more secure, with locks being changed or fitted, sensor lighting installed, glass doors changed to solid wood, broken windows fixed, fire extinguishers and smoke detectors provided etc.  Each victim will also be given a personal silent alarm, monitored 24 hours a day.

This project will be running on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform.

“We anticipate having amazing information which will help New Zealand learn better ways to protect vulnerable families, as a result of this project and the only way we could manage this, is through our wonderful new database. Thank you for making this possible for us, we could never have afforded to buy your products. We are so grateful.” Jane Drumm.

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Since July 1 TechSoup New Zealand has already donated almost $100,000 worth of licences of Office Professional Plus 2007 to 37 organisations across New Zealand. This means that of the organisations that have placed orders via TechSoup approximately 7 in 10 organsiations have ordered Office Professional Plus 2007.

Office Professional Plus 2007 is part of the Microsoft Office system, an integrated collection of programs, servers, and services designed to work together to enable optimized information work. The

Professional Plus suite includes:

TechSoup New Zealand is proud to announce the addition of a new donor partner to its software donations programme. Bytes Of Learning have made available to the sector a innovative typing tutor called "UltraKey". For more information on UltraKey please visit www.bytesoflearning.com
Bytes of Learning assist disadvantaged people of any age and walk of life and offer offer their software donations to community organisations and other charitable groups that rely primarily on private donations. Eligible organisations may request a donation of up to five licenses within one fiscal year (July 1 – June 30).

Bytes of Learning restriction and eligibility criteria.

Bytes of Learning FAQ's

Click here to be taken to the Bytes of Learning Product page.

Communication is essential for all voluntary organisations, and computers are now an essential tool in all that we do. Recently the government released a new Digital strategy for New Zealand, which is available at www.digitalstrategy.govt.nz. It is a major revision of a previous strategy, and sets out a framework for all sectors to work together to get the most possible value out of the profound changes and opportunities offered by ICT technologies.

Things to know about the new productivity suite

If your nonprofit relies on Microsoft Office for crucial day-to-day tasks, you may be wondering about the recently released Office 2007 suite's new features, potential impact on your budget, and whether upgrading now makes sense.

Auckland, New Zealand – Wednesday, August 27, 2008 – Strengthening its support of charities, voluntary and community groups, Microsoft today announced its goal to triple its annual software donations to $4.5 million in a new partnership with TechSoup, a global organisation that is set up to provide a one stop shop for technology donations.

To read more on official Microsoft Press Release please click here

ew Zealand is now part of the international comparative study of the non-profit sector undertaken by the Johns Hopkins University, which compares 41 countries across the world, and builds a very interesting picture of global non profit activity. The New Zealand data is based on the satellite accounts of the not for profit sector which was published last year.

You can now sign-up for a day’s learning experience, where using the web as an everyday business tool will be unmasked. Participants at the September 4 e-Engage Your Community mini-conference at Massey University’s Wellington Campus will learn from hands-on workshops, presentations and case studies as an introduction to online tools, web 2.0 and social networking—what an organisation now needs to survive in the information age.

TechSoup New Zealand is proud to announce the introduction of a new donor partner to their donations programme. Bytes Of Learning (www.bytesoflearning.com) is a company that specialises in developing powerful learning tools for use on Windows, Macintosh and Dana computers in schools, homes, offices and training environments. The company also provides teaching resources and teacher training services.