Infoxchange Australia MeasureIT Project

Infoxchange would like to offer your community organisation a free visit to review your use of technology and give advice

We’ll do a review of your computers, take a look at the hardware and software you use, and assess your Internet, database and phone systems. We’ll ask you questions about your ICT capabilities and needs, and find out how your organisation could make better use of technology.

How you can benefit from a visit?
You’ll get the opportunity to discuss your IT needs with a techie who works in the not-for-profit sector and understands your needs. Afterwards you’ll receive a report in plain English with suggestions for using ICT more efficiently in your organisation. The report will outline the technology you currently use, identify immediate savings and provide recommendations for future ICT benefits and improvements. Plus you’ll get a month’s free calls to the Infoxchange IT helpdesk.

Be part of a state-wide review of organisations’ IT needs!
Infoxchange is conducting a comprehensive ICT review of more than 120 community service organisations across Victoria. This work is funded by the Community Sector Investment Fund (Department of Human Services) to provide a statewide snapshot of the state of technology in small to medium sized nonprofits. The resulting report will inform a new statewide ICT strategy for the delivery of ICT services to community service organisations.

Is your organisation eligible?
The ICT review will be of small to medium sized community service organisations. We intend to visit a range of direct service, referral and advice organisations, in metropolitan, regional and remote areas. If you meet at least two of the following criteria:

are now or have ever been DHS funded;
have an annual turnover of less than $750,000;
employ ten or fewer F/T or P/T staff (volunteers are not counted);
... then we would like to visit you!

Visits will take upwards of three hours but this depends on how many computers you have and how much time you are able to give us. As a rough guide, we usually take two hours to fill out the survey together and discuss your needs; and another hour or more to do a survey of your computer equipment.

We’d be happy to talk to you about the ICT reviews. Please phone the Infoxchange helpdesk on (03) 9418 7490 for more information.

About Infoxchange
Infoxchange Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that works for social justice and social equality by empowering people through access to technology.

Infoxchange Australia provides a full range of Information Communication Technology (ICT) services for individuals, not-for-profit and the community sector - from computers, internet connectivity and helpdesk assistance, to web-based applications and multimedia services, training and online information services and directories. Infoxchange also draws on these varied and unique resources to successfully run complex social projects empowering disenfranchised and disadvantaged communities.

For over 20 years Infoxchange Australia has successfully created employment opportunities helping people to develop the skills and job experience necessary to begin or progress their employment. The company currently employs some 70 people and provides services around Australia and in a number of Asia-Pacific countries.

Infoxchange Australia proudly runs social initiatives such as Green PC – the supplier of affordable refurbished computers; Infoxchange Service Seeker – Australia's most extensive community service directory; Grassroots Networking – a social enterprise working to strengthen community capacity; and Service-to-Service – a suite of internet-based applications enabling networking and coordination between services.

Infoxchange Australia is the winner of both national and international awards that recognise its achievements in creating positive social change.

For more information: www.infoxchange.net.au