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Melbourne food icon, author and restaurateur Stephanie Alexander created the Kitchen Garden Program at Collingwood College, Victoria, in 2001, to engage children in growing, harvesting, preparing and sharing delicious and healthy food.

In 2004 she established the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, which currently supports 27 projects in Victoria.

We are very proud to announce the winner of our most recent Testimonial Competition is West Lakes Seniors Computer Club and have published their case study in this month’s edition for all to see.

We have a had a fantastic response to this competition and we thank all of those people who have taken valuable time out of their days to show their appreciation towards DonorTec and its donors, whom without we would not  have a donations program. Below are just some of the quotes we have received from testimonial entrants:

Although over 450 organisations have already completed our short survey, this is a reminder for those that have not had the chance to complete the survey to participate. We are very appreciative of all those people who have taken the time to complete this customer satisfaction survey, your input is essential to the team at DonorTec.

Please note that the survey will close at 5pm November 7 2008.

Below find links to a array of buttons and badges for you to post on your Web site, blog or below your email signature to let your friends, family and favorites know you're part of DonorTec Program

Download the buttons onto your computer and add it as an attachment to your email, or just copy and paste the code into your web site or blog. If you need any assistance please do not hesitate to cotnatct us through email.

The following buttons are available in GIF format. Just copy the source code and paste it into the source code of your webpage.

The Chief Executive Officer of Connecting Up Australia, Doug Jacquier, has won the award for significant innovation in the 2008 Equity Trustees’ Not For Profit CEO Awards.

Adopting new information and communications technology (ICT) can be daunting for any business, but it can be particularly difficult in the community and Not For Profit (NFP) world, where resources are tight and expertise limited.  That’s where Connecting Up Australia (Who facilitate the DonorTec program) comes in.

DonorTec is pleased to announce Cisco orders will be reopening from Monday 3 November 2008 from 9:00am EST. As many of you may already be aware, DonorTec is  renowned for time and again exceeding global expectations in reaching its quarterly budget allocation for Cisco donations well ahead of time. So once again it will be a case of first come, first served.

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DonorTec customer support will be offline from 24/10/2008. The DonorTec team is moving offices and hence our email server and phone systems will be offline. We expect to be back in operation by start of business on Tuesday the 28/10/2008.

Please note that the DonorTec website will still be online and clients will still be able to register and place orders during our move.

From gymnastics to cheerleading, box-ing to martial arts, dance to discos, the Police-Citizens Youth Clubs have it all!

With 45 branches throughout Queens-land, Australia, PCYC have more than 100 different activities for young people to enjoy, with activities varying from
branch to branch.

The Youth Clubs facilitate and en-courage participation in sporting, recreation, cultural and welfare programs with the aim of improving the lives of individual members, and also of
developing local communities throughout the state.

Following the highly successful Connecting Up Conferences 2004-2008. Australia’s National Nonprofit Technology Conference Connecting Up 2009 ‘The Online Future of Nonprofits Are we there yet?’
will be held on the 11th-12th May with workshops on the 13th May. The conference will be held in Sydney (New South Wales) this year at the Brighton Novotel.

It is already shaping up to be one of the best yet in the Connecting Up Series. Last year was a corker in Brisbane and this year in Sydney has already attracted an exciting crew with more to come:

• We have the Managing Director of Microsoft Australia, Tracey Fellows, joining us as a speaker to talk about the amazing things Microsoft does in and for the community and some of their new directions.
• We have Jay and Ryanne – the star Video Blog experts of the US presenting at the conference and also running a fantastic workshop on Wed  13th ( Book early for this one!) Check out their awesome site showing how it can be done - raise the profile of your community group! http://ryanishungry.com

 

Welcome to the Connecting Up Australia 2008 technology capacity survey of the non-profit sector.

Many of you will recall the 2006 survey we conducted, which proved extremely useful to those who participated and to us in advocating to governments for greater technology support for the charity, community and nonprofit sectors. This time around we've also included some 'green' questions, to assess how the sector is addressing environmental issues.

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