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
- New Cookie Law: Just Around The Corner - The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 came into force last year. Paul Ticher provides an overview of one of the provisions, the new cookie law, and its implications. See also Paul's presentation and record of the Q&A from the related cookie law Webinar.
- Nine Ways To Make Your Website More Effective - Your website is often the first port of call for potential supporters, clients, funders and volunteers. So it makes sense to use it as effectively as possible. In this article, Andy Pearson at White Fuse Media gives a number of tips to help give your site impact.
- Getting IT Right For Disability Rights - Fay Heatley describes how she worked as an IT4Communities volunteer IT consultant and project manager on the selection of CRM database and CMS website systems for a merger of three organisations into Disability Rights UK.
- How Can Microsoft Lync Benefit Non-Profits? - Communication within organisations is more important than ever. Holding meetings, collaborating on documents and presentations, and sharing information are all vital for the modern non-profit organisation. Lucy Hunt at QA looks at how Microsoft Lync can enable seamless communications.
- Encryption Software - Graeme Batsman examines open source and proprietary encryption software which encrypts (or encodes) data and means that it cannot be understood without the means to decrypt it if gets into the wrong hands.
- Online Tools Tweetchat and Toolbox - A toolbox of favourite cloud tools from social media analytics to online offices compiled from contributions to a Lasa tweetchat.
- Fundraising Software - There are over 100 fundraising systems in existence. Peter Flory updates his article with what has been happening in the fundraising software market in the last few years, what is available now and what we can expect in the future.
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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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