Publications and resources to help not-for-profit organisations make effective use of Information Technology and especially the Internet.
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.tel is a new domain name extension for your personal or organisation contact details such as telephone, mobile, fax, address etc.
Date updated: 1 April 2009
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Not-for-profit organisations often utilise free or Open Source software with out any knowledge of the many associated software licenses. There are numerous free licenses available with a myriad of ...
Date updated: 27 May 2008
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Web Site analytic software allows you to view detailed information about where your visitors are from, what they viewed, what page they left your site, the number and frequency of visitors and many ...
Date updated: 15 May 2008
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Many organisations do not understand the need for backing up their data regardless of the fact that in a matter of seconds hundreds of hours of labour, intellectual property and other valuable ...
Date updated: 31 March 2009
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The Internet is constantly changing as people find new uses for information technology. Community groups are sometimes unaware of recent developments and how they might use them. This page provides ...
Date updated: 18 June 2008
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Often the media verbally drown us in new technology jargon. We are often informed that we need to be prepared for a new technology that will change computing forever. Most recently there has bee a ...
Date updated: 4 June 2008
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Web-based collaboration tools make it possible for groups to work together even when members work in different towns, or even countries.
Date updated: 8 February 2007
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Tips for community ICT projects written by Welsh digital inclusion website Communities @One.
Date updated: 27 February 2009
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A short publication with a number of tips to reduce costs and improve efficency for community groups.
Date updated: 19 September 2008
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Every time you access the Internet small files record various information about your surfing habits including your browser version, sites you have visited, advertisements you have clicked on many ...
Date updated: 28 January 2009
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Useful resources for planning, designing and creating your own website.
Date updated: 25 June 2009
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Ideas from Welsh digital inclusion website Communities @One to help you engage the people you are trying to reach.
Date updated: 27 February 2009
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This page will help you find what you want on the Internet using search engines, databases and catalogues.
Date updated: 19 September 2008
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Facebook.com is an online social networking website that allows users to post online profiles (including photos, information about themselves, messages, blogs etc.) and then connect to other users ...
Date updated: 1 April 2009
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FriendFeed is a web service that allows you or your organisation to subscribe to and add all of your web 2.0/Social Network updates so that interested parties can subscribe to updates of what your ...
Date updated: 31 March 2009
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Information on buying second hand computers, getting an internet account, surfing safely, and training on using the Internet and computers.
Date updated: 30 August 2007
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Know in real time what the world is saying about your organisation on the Internet.
Date updated: 1 April 2009
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Google Apps is a large collection of free software that you do not need to download or install onto your computer. It is available at no cost to you via a web browser.
Date updated: 28 January 2009
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Google Friend Connect is an add-on service or a script that you can add to your web site that allows you to create a social gathering of friends and followers or members of your site.
Date updated: 1 April 2009
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Google Wiki allows you to customise search result rankings and to write comments about web sites that are produced from a Google search. The comments that you write are then viewable by anyone else ...
Date updated: 1 April 2009
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Getting Rid of "Spam" … and Other E-mail Pests by Randy Cassingham talks about the basics of spam, "phishing" and other e-mail pests, how they got your address in the first place — and what to do now that you're inundated. ...
Date updated: 30 August 2007
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Most user communities take a typical path—the newbies ask questions, and a select group of more advanced users answer them. But that's a slow path to building the community, and it leaves a ...
Date updated: 1 April 2008
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This UK based website has a selection of useful and informative publications on ICT for voluntary and community organisations.
Date updated: 6 December 2007
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Podcasting gives you a powerful way to share, promote and educate people about your organsiation or project via an audio file on the Internet.
Date updated: 17 June 2008
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Twitter.com is a micro blogging web site where you write short messages (tweets) of up 144 characters. Your followers (subscribers) can then read the tweets via SMS, email, Twitter web site or RSS ...
Date updated: 28 January 2009
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The Managing Well resource catalogue (online in the Community Centre section of this web site) includes references or links to manuals, websites, information sheets, books, and other documents, and a ...
Date updated: 19 September 2008
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The Māori Keyboard Definition allows users of standard keyboards to be able to easily insert the extended characters used in Māori language, in a format displayable by commonly used browsers.
Date updated: 1 April 2008
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Net Guide offers a number of easy to understand ICT tutorials on a wide range of everyday computer subjects.
Date updated: 6 December 2007
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This issue of the Magazine of the New Zealand Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations (NZFVWO) has an introduction to Web 2.0 technologies including a glossary of the more common terms ...
Date updated: 16 September 2008
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For many organisations creating an online brand name of their organisation is essential and often only requires the right domain name or web address from which suitable email addresses are created. ...
Date updated: 28 January 2009
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Links to useful and free or inexpensive on-line tools for surveys and collaboration.
Date updated: 1 April 2008
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Open source software programmes can replace or supplement commercial programmes. Software is available for almost everything you want to use your computer for, including word processing, email, creating spreadsheets and databases, and graphic design. ...
Date updated: 1 April 2008
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Keep your website up-to-date and in order. You don't need any special skills for a review, just the ability to use a web browser and make some notes. Here's a checklist. You can also download the same information as a PDF to print off: ...
Date updated: 1 April 2008
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The Web is scattered with orange square boxes, many with the characters RSS inside them. We are constantly asked to subscribe via RSS to blogs, Podcasts and even to web sites.
Date updated: 31 March 2009
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A low power FM radio station is a very useful and cheap way for community groups to get their message across. A few years ago, the Government opened up a number of frequencies on the FM band to low ...
Date updated: 28 March 2008
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Social Bookmarking is a popular method of storing your (or giving your readers the opportunity to store their) favourite links and bookmarks in a public database that is shared by other like minded ...
Date updated: 28 January 2009
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Tips to promote your organisation on FaceBook, MySpace, Bebo and other Web 2.0 services.
Date updated: 28 January 2009
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SPARC has a wide variety of useful ICT resources for sports clubs and non-profit organisations.
Date updated: 7 November 2007
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This guide provides practical advice for organisations working with volunteers on IT projects.
Date updated: 26 October 2004
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General tips and hints to promote your organisation and your drive more traffic to your web site.
Date updated: 28 January 2009
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Whether you make websites or simply run a site someone else makes for you it's important to keep an eye on how well the site is working for visitors. These free tools will help.
Date updated: 1 April 2008
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Blog systems are an excellent way for a group to make a quick, easy websites with lots of modern features. And some of them are free.
Date updated: 3 April 2008
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If your organisation has an email address with your own domain name (YourOrganisation.org.nz), Google offers a free email service as part of Gmail that allows you to use your own domain name.
Date updated: 31 March 2009
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Many people have heard of Wikipedia and use it as a reference tool or even to edit some of the copious pages available via Wikipedia. A Wikipedia uses Wiki technology which is a free technology that ...
Date updated: 10 June 2008
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YouTube is a social media website where an organisation can host and view video clips free of charge. The site is so popular that main stream television networks around the world see it as a threat ...
Date updated: 15 May 2008
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In working with online volunteers, there are certain types of tasks where real time voice communication can be an efficient way to solve a problem quickly.
Date updated: 1 April 2008
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FMS-Online is a web based funding management system (FMS) for foundations, trusts and charities involved in distributing funding. It provides functions to manage and track funding activities.
Date updated: 1 April 2008
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Each month CommunityNet Aotearoa publishes a web-writers tip, or reviews a website we think is great. The aim is to promote excellence in electronic publishing for and by tangata whenua and community ...
Date updated: 19 September 2008
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A webinar is a web-based: seminar, conference, presentation or meeting. It is one way to reduce your costs when your staff and volunteers are scattered all around the city, the countryside or perhaps ...
Date updated: 31 March 2009
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After hearing the media create hysteria about Web 2.0 and all the benefits it will bring to people, many organisations are wondering what impacts Web 2.0 will have on their organisations and whether ...
Date updated: 10 June 2008
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This book is not just for nerds or geeks. It provides plain language, step by step instructions for starting up and using a free blog at WordPress.com (no web page skills required), as well as ...
Date updated: 1 April 2008