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A core benefit of NationBuilder's all-in-one system is its ability to seamlessly capture a 360-degree view of your supporter’s actions. Having this perspective means you have the insight you need to optimize your supporter engagement strategies. But the first step, of course, is acquiring supporters with whom you can begin building those relationships. Although a common strategy for supporter acquisition is importing lists, the most successful NationBuilder customers follow a different path. They use their website. While buying a list and importing it into your database might seems like the easiest path to supporter acquisition, the return on investment calculation is not as simple. Creating an action-focused webpage that drives supporters to spread the word, attracts new visitors, and inspires interested supporters to sign up organically may take more work initially, but the return on this grassroots acquisition strategy pays off in the long-term.Posted on 22/07/2021 by -
Space Trust NZ supports new parents as they transition to parenthood. Operating out of Wellington, Space NZ Trust works with a number of national and local organisations to deliver facilitated group sessions where parents consider different perspectives about parenting and early childhood development. Aided by TechSoup New Zealand and Infoxchange, Space NZ Trust transitioned to Microsoft’s Office 365 for non-profits program and have more reliable data redundancy and more efficient administrative processes for both staff and partners.Posted on 21/10/2016 by -
Donor technology engages children, parents and teachers at rural NZ kindergarten.Posted on 20/07/2016 by
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Group Training Organisation PEER VEET provides an efficient training hub for studentsPosted on 25/06/2015 by
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Disability Service Spurs Independent Home-living with Reactive Home CarePosted on 15/05/2015 by
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In mid-2013, Wellington was shaken by two earthquakes within weeks of each other. For many, this meant access and buildings was restricted until they had been approved for re-occupation. Thankfully for Funding Information Service (FIS), their choice to move their operations to Cloud meant they could keep working and stay in contact even when they weren't in the same place.Posted on 28/05/2014 by
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The Depot Artspace is a multi-disciplinary, creative community based in Devonport, Auckland. They say their thriving multi-disciplinary creative centre is testimony to a clear vision, a strong philosophy of inclusiveness and accessibility, unfaltering tenacity and a large helping of community can-do.Posted on 18/03/2013 by
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The Heart foundation is New Zealand's heart health charity working to stop New Zealanders dying prematurely from heart disease. It is committed to promoting heart health through funding vital research, promoting heart healthy lifestyles and advancing cardiac care. The Foundation is an organisation with over 120 staff. Recently the organisation wanted to do a complete upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, and TechSoup New Zealand was able to help.Posted on 13/03/2013 by
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TEAR Fund New Zealand has been running in New Zealand for more than 30 years. TEAR Fund partners with local organisations in developing countries to work directly with the poorest people to help them find their own solutions to overcoming poverty. "Without TechSoup NZ, the Microsoft Dynamics CRM package would have been out of our reach, and we may not have considered it as an option, and instead continued on with our many systems; which in the long run would have been more costly in time, effort and expense." Jon Horne, General Manager, TEAR Fund NZPosted on 14/08/2012 by
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RDA Equestrian Therapy Centre provides therapeutic horse related activities for children and adults with physical, mental, cognitive, social or behavioural needs. "The 'user friendly' Microsoft software has allowed staff members to not only create communications, data bases and input data with ease - it has given them the confidence to delegate tasks to our volunteer force for updating or processing with confidence - because it isn't so complicated that it might result in elimination and or corruption of data."Katharine Birks, Fundraising Manager, RDA TaurangaPosted on 09/11/2011 by
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Waitakere Adult Literacy found that their early 21st century technology capability was restricting their ability to meet the demands of their busy tutors and the growing sophistication of their learners and their needs. "We now have a digital work environment that effectively supports the demands of our busy tutors and the growing sophistication of our learners and their needs. A shortage of office space and computers is also a thing of the past." Jane Gilmour, Manager, Waitakere Adult Literacy.Posted on 11/10/2011 by
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Methodist City Action's Computer school has an intake of over 3000 students per year. Some of these students have some sort of physical or psychological disability, and some are Senior Citizens of 55 years of age and over. Methodist City Action has a strong focus on the use of technology for an inclusive society. "Microsoft Office has empowered students with a sense of inclusion in society and helped them to break out of seclusion and spark their interest in learning." Kaveh Farbeh-Tabrizi, IT Administrator/Tutor, Methodist City ActionPosted on 22/08/2011 by
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By, For and About the community... that’s the core principle that surrounds what you hear on any Access Radio station in New Zealand, and Access Manawatu is no exception. Anyone in our transmission area is encouraged and entitled to make radio programmes that reflect their views and values. "As a result of the TechSoup discounts, we could – almost effortlessly – upgrade our staff machines, offering all staff a 'level playing field' for document creation and – increasingly important – contact sharing."Posted on 05/07/2011 by
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The Champion Centre is the largest and longest running centre-based programme for infants and preschool children with disabilities in New Zealand. "We needed an efficient server that therapists can log into and work on their reports, sharing drafts and contributing to a final integrated document. We also needed the individual computers upgraded to run on the same operating system using the much more efficient 2010 Microsoft Office suite.The gift from TechSoup has been fabulous! The new server has enabled us to retire several dinosaur computers that couldn’t keep up, to put in a new server, and finally get most of us into the 21st century!"Posted on 05/07/2011 by
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"We are really delighted with the software and are immensely grateful to Microsoft for making this happen for our organisation." Pam Thomas, Office Administrator, RDA ChristchurchPosted on 04/07/2011 by
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The Disability Resource Centre (H.B) Trust provides overall Governance to Home Support, Network Personnel and Turning Point – who each have their own Mission Statement relative to their specialist area and the services they provide to the Hawkes Bay and/or Central Hawkes Bay Community. "Not only have we been able to obtain the latest Microsoft software as a donation but, obtaining donated software through TechSoup has enabled us to implement an IT upgrading planning process which we would not have been able to do otherwise. Because of TechSoup New Zealand and the generosity of Microsoft we are covering all bases."Posted on 21/04/2011 by
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Working from a community development centred approach the Bishop’s Action Foundation was established as a charitable trust to create and support initiatives that meet the unanswered needs of communities within the Taranaki region. They are driven by the goal to enhance the social, spiritual, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of the region. "Voluntary and community organisations are fundamental to society because they are major stakeholders in building social capital that underpins healthy and well functioning communities" “As a capacity builder within the region, we welcome the arrival of Techsoup in New Zealand; it has made a significant difference for our ICT capability and is great news for groups within our region too.” Simon Cayley, CEO, Bishop’s Action FoundationPosted on 01/12/2010 by
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The New Zealand Federation of Family Budgeting Services Inc (the Federation) is a collective of community organisations sharing a common code of ethics, philosophy, and commitment to delivering top quality, free budgeting advice to family/whanau and individuals. “We were finding that we were starting to receive documents we could not open as our software was so out of date, so it is great we now have Office Professional” Sally Bray, Office Manager Family Budgeting Services IncPosted on 01/12/2010 by
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It takes a world class system to help create world class athletes and every part of that system, right down to the IT, helps create New Zealanders who can win. And when New Zealander’s are winning on the world stage it helps create a sense of national pride and sends out a positive and healthy message. The administration of our scholarships has become increasingly complex. Automating processes has enabled us to cope with such things as the large number of payments being made to institutions and athletes and the uploading of online reports by athletes that gauge their progress. Other automated or electronic processes adopted have strengthened interaction between the Academy of Sport in the South Island with the Academy of Sport in the North Island.Posted on 01/12/2010 by
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Last year when our computer system was limping along, trying to avoid an imminent fatality, Techsoup came to our rescue with software allowing us to upgrade to a server-based system. A large IT expense was just not on the cards for a small charitable organisation such as ours where government funding was minimal and funds from donors are aimed at the direct support programmes. What a change! The timely upgrade has allowed our staff more efficient access whilst in the office, and also for our staff on the road and in remote offices to be able to access the information directly rather than via a call to the office and have it relayed over the phone. I am actually sitting at home writing this case-study (due to the Christchurch earthquake) but still managing to offer our usual support to our clients throughout New Zealand, thanks to Techsoup software and our new system.Posted on 04/10/2010 by
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Newtown Union Health in Wellington have recently upgraded their software thanks to TechSoup NZ and Microsoft. Odette Wood, Newtown Union Health’s Operations Manager, explains the impact on their organization. “It has enabled us to achieve a number of things including improved email capability, the ability for everyone to “hot-desk”, a standard suite of MS Office software so everyone is using the same version and future upgrades can be done across the whole network at once and an improved central storage of our organisation’s documents. At a higher level, the upgrade means a much more robust system, less maintenance costs/risks, better internal communication systems and processes and the increased ability to support a growing organization spread across geographically separated sites as we move into the future.Posted on 10/09/2010 by