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This package includes the following session videos: 1. The whole world in your hand: Embracing the mobile revolutionThe mobile revolution is changing the way organisations work and interact with their audience. It adds another channel to the multi-channel world where our not-for-profits exist. This creates opportunities and changes the ways we can communicate, market, fundraise and provide services. This presentation will look at the range of effects that mobile connectivity has on the not-for-profit sector and examples of how organisations from Australia and abroad are learning about using mobile. It will also provide guidelines for approaching the integration of this global trend into your work.

Donors are the lifeblood of your organisation, volunteers the strong backs upon which it is built. You rely on them and on the partners and other constituents who interact with your not-for-profit on a daily basis. Tracking them all involves creating and maintaining a lot of data.  But that data also needs to be accessible. A database is like a First Aid kit—it doesn’t matter what’s in it if you can’t get to it when you need to. For example, if a donor calls, you want to be able to instantly access their donation history, their personal information and any other relevant data.  

Email is a key channel to communicate with our stakeholders, volunteers, donors and supporters. Many not-for-profit organisations use emails to send out e-newsletters, information on the upcoming fundraising campaigns, event invitations and other campaigns to promote their cause.  It is a powerful marketing tool that delivers value by driving response and cultivating ongoing relationships, and it is cited by marketers as one of the tactics with the best ROI. Numerous surveys of online marketers around the world also show that email is as important to them as it was two years ago. But it has to be done right to generate results.  This webinar aims to extend participants' skills and knowledge in practical and successful email marketing. Learning outcomes include: 

Things might have changed since you last built a website. It is now cheaper and easier to build well-designed websites that will be effective for you, your organisation, search engines and your mobile users. Make sure you go in this time with your eyes open and be aware of what is happening so you can get a website that does what you need and looks terrific. In this webinar we will go through the top 10 tips for building a new website:

When TechSoup New Zealand officially launched in July 2008 our initial launch partner was Microsoft. After only 6 weeks in operation Microsoft has already donated products to over 20 organisations with a total retail value of over $200,000. TechSoup New Zealand would like to thank Microsoft for its kind support and recognise the contribution Microsoft makes in regards to ICT capacity building in the Charity and Voluntary sector in New Zealand.

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:

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. Read more...

Get Genuine is a full operating system, not an upgrade, offered through Microsoft's Get Genuine Windows Agreement for Small and Medium Organisations program. It is available only to correct scenarios in which an organisation has an existing PC with one of the following operating systems installed on it:

Lindsey Talerico-Hedren (pictured) convened the first official NetSquared Auckland conversation late last week, at co-working space The Kitchen. The intention of the first meeting was to determine the needs of the local community, and help structure the format for future events.

Meet TechSoup New Zealand in the exhibit hall at these one-day events where you will learn the essentials of nonprofit knowledge necessary to perform your job effectively and confidently. This is your chance to immerse yourself in a full day's learning at an incredibly affordable price.  

Organisations across the community sector are reporting major changes and uncertainty  in their funding, and this is the  number one priority in any survey of organisation's  needs.  It has always been a high priority topic, but changes in Government policies, greater demands on philanthropic trusts and donors has created increased pressure for many.

Digital storytelling includes videos, photos and interactive ways we share information about meaningful endeavours. Here's how SlideRocket can be used to tell your story. Join Evonne Heyning, Interactive Producer at TechSoup Global in San Francisco as she shared how their social media team uses SlideRocket for sharing interactive presentations and media across offices. Topics included transmedia campaigns for causes, dynamic interactive presentations and live events, integrating social media discoveries along with the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge, an annual video and photo campaign. Original slides can be found at http://portal.sliderocket.com/TechSoup/slidestory

If your not-for-profit needs to set up a basic computer network, this webinar will take you through how to set up an organisational network.

Volunteers are important partners to any not-for-profit organisation. They serve by contributing time, talent or treasure. Volunteers can also share their experiences and create a positive word of mouth in the community for your organisation. As they are a valuable resource to the organisation, you need to make sure you recruit the right volunteers and have the right strategies to retain them.  This presentation will provide an introduction to volunteer recruitment and management. It will equip you to identify actions in the development of the detailed volunteer management action plan for your not-for-profit organisation and to improve an existing or start-up program. Key learning outcomes: 

The first Service Pack for the latest versions of Office, SharePoint and Exchange are now available for download.

Since the emergence of social media as a marketing method, it has been suggested that email marketing is no longer relevant or effective – this is not so! Used correctly, email marketing is an incredibly valuable component of your digital marketing toolkit to communicate with and encourage action from your database.

In this webinar:  Learn the different corporate purses to tap into The key consumer and corporate trends that are pushing corporates to partner with charities The opportunities and risks A robust strategy for success Inspiring case study Readiness checklist Key learning outcome : What you need to do to be successful and how to sell this to your board

Are you thinking of using SharePoint in your organisation but would like to know more about it first? Or maybe you already have SharePoint but unsure how to use it to its full potential? Join us as we explore three SharePoint features that you can customise to dramatically improve your team's collaboration and productivity.

Join this free webinar and determine what services you are actually providing, how to structure your accounting system to get the information you need, how to report on the profitability of your activities and more. The webinar will highlight lessons from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) rollout.

In this webinar Tony Nissen will highlight cloud computing technologies not-for-profit organisations of all sizes are currently leveraging to become more efficient as well as provide you with two real-world case studies of organisations who are already reaping the benefits of embracing a mobility driven strategy.