Archive for the ‘Aotearoa New Zealand’ Category

ICT help for Rotorua groups on its way

Social service organisations in the Rotorua area will soon be able to access better IT support and advice. The Rotorua Community ICT Trust is looking for somebody with a technology background to work as an e-Rider in the area. The empahsis of the service is going to be on strategic advice, eg records management, security, [...]

Sweet Louise wins Computerworld Awards

The 2007 Computerworld Excellence Awards were announced on 27 July 2007 with the Louise Perkins Foundation receving the top award in the Not-for-Profit Organisation category. The Foundation, which is known publicly as Sweet Louise, offers a whole suite of practical help and restorative therapies, helping women with breast cancer to lead more positive lives. It’s [...]

Funding for community IT projects announced

Some pretty sizeable grants have been made as part of the 2007 round of the Digital Strategy Community Partnership Fund. Over $10 million in grants was allocated, virtually exhausting the $17 million fund. Announcing the successful applicants on Monday 30 July 2007 Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Luamanuvao Winnie Laban said the community-based ICT projects [...]

Laptops in hospices launched

Having sat through many updates about theWhanau Link project at Wellington Region 2020 Communications Trust meetings, I was delighted to join with fellow Trustees and Wellington 2020 staff at the launch of the expanded Whanau Link project on 25 July. Now a total of six hospices in the lower North Island have laptops available for [...]

One year on The Couch evaluation

According to website 101 advice, regular evaluation of your website is imperative, so is making incremental changes. As June Cohen says in The Unusually Useful Web Book “you launch the site, study how it’s used, and make continual changes to improve it”. Yet as evaluation takes time and effort it’s not always completed in a [...]

Tech exec share youthful insights

Technology is going to take over. Technology is going to be everywhere – embrace it! Internet is vital nowdays, just like water, food and shelter. These are just a few of the comments about the technology in the future from some members of the Wellington-based Tech Exec. The Tech Exec are a group of senior [...]

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