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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition (Includes 1 Processor License)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition is a complete data storage, management, analysis, and reporting platform for medium-size organizations and larger departments. It can be used as a back-end database server for internal applications or for powering a dynamic Web site.
Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 Server (Includes Software Assurance, 10 Server MLs, and 50 Client MLs)
System Center Essentials 2007 is a server application for monitoring IT services and installing and updating software throughout a network.
System Center Essentials 2007 shares many features with System Center Operations Manager 2007 and System Center Configuration Manager 2007, but is designed specifically for use in medium-sized companies and organizations.
Microsoft Expression Web 2.0
Expression Web 2 builds on and improves the Web authoring technologies of FrontPage, which Microsoft no longer sells but continues to support.
Although Expression Web is geared toward professional designers, task panes and menus help beginning users build Web pages without knowing any markup or server code. More advanced creative professionals can build Web sites that fully support Web standards such as Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML), cascading style sheets (CSS), Extensible Markup Language (XML), and Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)
Microsoft Expression Design 2.0
Expression Design 2 is a graphic design tool for Windows. Expression Design can be used to create and edit vector-based graphics, bitmap-based graphics, and hybrid documents including vector and bitmap elements. Users can employ a variety of drawing tools and image enhancements while still retaining the original, unedited image data.
Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009 DVD
Encarta Premium 2009 is a multimedia reference library
that provides accurate, up-to-date information on a wide variety of educational subjects. Nonprofits focusing on educational enrichment can use the software as both a teaching aid and reference tool for students of virtually any academic level.
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| Online Social Networking for Children |
National E-security Awareness Week was held over the 6th – 13th June this year and it bought about a lot of discussion within the sector about children using the internet for social networking. As you can imagine there are many traps to be found with unsupervised children chatting online without always knowing who they are conversing with.
With over 65 million visitors using MySpace per month it’s easy to see that online social networking is an accepted modern method of keeping in touch with one another however children do not have the skills to judge what information about themselves they should be placing within the online arena.
It's undeniable that most kids these days are quite net savvy however this has bred almost complacency in what information they share about their lives whether it be personal details or even photos and videos of themselves and their friends.
Whilst many parents fear this trend its essential that children are taught the skills necessary to participate online safely and the Federal Government has set up several websites for parents to learn about what is available.
http://www.netalert.gov.au/
Australian Governments online safety website
http://www.safekids.com/kidsrules.htm
Some rules that kids might use for their surfing
http://www.nettysworld.com.au/
Preschool
http://www.cyberquoll.com.au/hub.htm
Primary School
http://www.wiseuptoit.com.au/
Teenagers
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Testimonial Competition
DonorTec is now running the Testimonial Competition. to enter All you are required to do is let us know via email to testimonial@donortec.com.au what the core purpose of your organisation is, how the products you have received via the DonorTec donations program have helped to build the information communication technology capacity of your organisation and any ways in which they may have helped to improve operations.
The winning testimonial may include:
- Who you are and why your organisation exists
- Where you are situated
- What services you provide
- What products you received
- The outcome for your organisation
- Your entry may include pictures and quotes from staff that further illuminate the benefits of the donated products. To get some ideas on the types of entries we are looking for please have a look at some of our case studies on the DonorTec website.
You may enter as many times as you have received donations from each vendor. For example if you have received donations from Microsoft and Bytes of Learning you may enter twice. If you have received donations from Flickr, Cisco and Microsoft you may enter three times and so on. The winner can choose one preference from the following prizes:
Up to $500 credit for your DonorTec order
Or
$500 for you organisation towards Professional Development (ICT Training / Conference)
Or
X-Box 360
FURTHERMORE the winning testimonial will be selected for publication in our next newsletter which may help promote your own organisation’s message to thousands of other non-profits who receive our monthly newsletters.
The competition will close 31 October and the draw will be held shortly thereafter. The winner will be published in the following DonorTec newsletter.
A Few Good Page Layout Tools for Nonprofits
By: Chris Bernard
September 9, 2008
This article is courtesy of Idealware, which provides candid information to help nonprofits choose effective software. For more articles and reviews, go to www.idealware.org.
Do you want to create letterhead for your non-profit, or lay out a monthly newsletter or report? Send thank-you cards to donors? Create an invite for your next event?
All these tasks fall under the umbrella of page layout.
If you have a complicated project or need a polished result, it probably makes sense to hire a freelance designer. Professionals in that field have an eye for design and a broad knowledge of page layout, typography and graphic arts, plus the skills to combine those elements into visually aesthetic materials. But if you just need to put something basic together, or if you find your organisation needing more and more layout or design work, it might be time to take matters into your own hands.
We spoke to five non-profit technology and creative professionals about the page layout tools that have worked for them and their organisations. We've consolidated their advice to help you find a tool that might work for you.
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