Internet, Email & Telephones

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Flickr Creative Commons - sourcing free, copyright-friendly images

Sourcing images for use on your website or in your publications can be a difficult and expensive task but online photosharing platform Flickr provides an easy to use catalogue of images available for use under Creative Commons licensing.

22/09/2011
Creating cross-client HTML emails

HTML emails are a great way to quickly and cheaply get your news, events and latest campaigns out to a wide audience while allowing for a little colour, style and personality in amongst your message.

18/05/2011
The GPCG Computer Security Self-Assessment Guideline and Checklist for General Practitioners

This is a useful guide to data security and, while it has a focus on general medical practice, much of the information is relevant to small to medium community service organisations.  It was produced by the Department of General Practice, Monash University.

20/04/2011
Internet And Email Training Needs Analysis

An internet and email training needs analysis form is available in a PDF file.

12/04/2011
Internet Use Policy

Here are the main issues about internet use by staff.

07/04/2011
Social Networks in Health Care: Communication, collaboration and insights

Public, internet-based social networks can enable communication, collaboration and information collection and sharing in health care.

01/04/2011
National Broadband Network

The National Broadband Network will provide new infrastructure to provide an internet connection that can reach speeds of up to 100 megabits per second to 90% of all Australian homes, schools and businesses.

01/04/2011
Wireless Internet Hotspots

Wireless hotspots are facilities that offer Wi-Fi service to their customers. Some hotels, restaurants, cafes, and even libraries offer Wi-Fi service. You need a Wi-Fi capable device to make a connection.

01/04/2011
Wireless Internet Access - Mobile wireless broadband network coverage checker

An online location checker for finding the nearest wireless internet access service.

01/04/2011
Online security

A background to ensuring the online security of your organisation.

31/03/2011
The Future of Email

The Future of Email is an online presentation of a workshop mapping at the Walled Garden conference in Amsterdam 2008, led by Tapio Makela and Adam Somlai-Fischer.

30/03/2011
Alternatives To Outlook Express: Finding The Right Email Client

An overview of email clients for all platforms.

30/03/2011
Top 10 Ways To Save On Your Telephone Costs

Telephone costs too high? This article explains ways in which organisations can reduce their bills.

30/03/2011
Reaching Out Through Mobile

An introduction to raising donations via text, communicating with your supporters and the benefits of text-based help lines.

30/03/2011
Advice By Email - Security Issues

Answers to questions about the confidentiality of email.

30/03/2011
Secondary Mail Servers

Discussion of the need for a backup server for emails to protect you if your main server goes offline.

30/03/2011
An Introduction To Email Mailing Lists

 

Email mailing lists offer a very important benefit to non-profit organisations. They can build community through the internet. This article in collaboration with TechSoup explains list servers, their potential uses and how they work, as well as some basic tips for participating in an email list.

30/03/2011
Phone calls over the internet

An outline of why and how to make phone calls over the internet.

30/03/2011
From Spam To Ham

A discussion about controlling spam.

30/03/2011
Dealing With Spam (or Spam, Spam, Lovely Spam)

This article seeks to explain the problem of spam and offer suggestions for dealing with it.

30/03/2011
Spam - Solutions Anyone?

This article looks at how the various solutions to spam work and provides some guidance on issues to consider when choosing a solution for your organisation.

30/03/2011
Mobile 2.0 - The Applications

Consideration of the tools driving the use of mobile phones and how non-profit organisations can apply them to their work.

30/03/2011
Mobile 2.0

This article looks at the new developments in mobile technology, mobile 2.0, and how organisations can make use of these developments.

30/03/2011
A Business Case For Telephony

This article provides tips and guidance on making the case to funders for telephony in your organisation.

30/03/2011
Identifying Your Telephony Requirements

Taking a strategic approach to your telephony needs involves talking about your requirements rather than specifying solutions. This article provides some useful guidance.

30/03/2011
Switching Broadband Provider

You may want to switch broadband provider for many reasons. This article takes you through the steps you need to follow, and outlines some of the pitfalls.

30/03/2011
Virtual Meeting Tools

Some virtual meeting tools.

29/03/2011
Choosing Bulk Email Software

Rather than send bulk emails from Outlook or other desktop email systems, charities should be using specialist tools. This article outlines the options available, features to look for, and gives an overview of the most commonly used tools in the sector.

29/03/2011
Why Do Email Newsletters?

Many small not-for-profit organisations have yet to take advantage of email communications for a variety of reasons – some genuine and some which are out of date excuses. This article sets out to explain why almost everyone has the audience, the content and the capability of using email to communicate.

29/03/2011
Best practice for building and designing email newsletters

Different email clients (Outlook, Hotmail, Yahoo!, AOL, Gmail) display email slightly differently, and many of them are dependent on the web browser the user has chosen. So how do we build and design emails to fit across all systems?

29/03/2011
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