Computanews
Our Computanews web magazine is published on the knowledgebase quarterly (February, May, August and November) and is full of informative and entertaining articles, written in plain English and relevant to small to medium third sector organisations. Topics include:
- News of the latest technology developments in the third sector
- How-to articles in plain English
- Reports from organisations on how they got technology under control
- Analysis of strategy issues affecting voluntary sector technology
- Software, book and film reviews
- Regular updates on data protection, open source and green computing
We also publish a range of Computanews guides for a more in depth look at specific areas.
What our readers say
"Computanews is a wonderful, clearly written and interesting publication. Such a relief to get jargon-free writing on IT ... Keep up the good work." Law Centre NI.
In the current issue of Computanews
- Collaborating To Transform Advice Services - case study of the project management and development of a client booking system for Sheffield's advice agencies by Morgan Killick at ESP Projects
- Using Technology To Have A More Effective Dialogue... - Louise Brown of People’s Voice Media discusses their Community Reporter Programme.
- Paul Ticher's Data Protection Update - Our data protection correspondent updates us on European Union proposals for significant changes to data protection law.
- Things That Can Go Wrong With Social Reporting - How to avoid making mistakes when making short videos - Sarah Lord Soares attends a digital storytelling training, returns with the wrong camcorder and a bunch of learning points.
- Of Wikis, Collaborative Working And Private Social Networks - Software and services for collaborative working discussed by UKRiders.
- New Directions In Green Computing - A round-up by Tim Watkins-Idle of the hot topics at Green Computing Expo 2011.
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Writing for Computanews
Computanews welcomes contributions from readers on technology matters relevant to its audience. Please contact the editor, Ian Runeckles, at computanews@lasa.org.uk or call 020 7426 4471.
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