Belinda Gorman, Community Affairs Manager at Microsoft NZ, spoke about her experiences in the NGO sector before starting at Microsoft. She spoke about Microsoft's partnership with Techsoup which donates software and hardware to community groups.
Pamela Minett from yMedia spoke about changing technology and how to successfully involve tertiary students into community groups (NPOs, NGOs, charitable trusts). She introduced web 2.0 and discussed exciting web 2.0 tools that are potentially valuable to community groups in New Zealand.
Jeanie Richards from YouthLaw talked about her experiences in the 2007 yMedia Challenge. Last year, tertiary students worked with YouthLaw to develop an online presence on Bebo for them. Jeanie explained that because the legal information they were trying to disseminate to children and young people needed to be entirely accurate, it was a challenge condensing that information into small bite-sized chunks for the YouthLaw Bebo site. However, the site has been a success including fun quizzes about the law and videos from the YouthLaw stand at the Polyfest. Check out Jeanie's presentation below!
Thanks to everyone who made the workshop possible and thanks to the people from the following organisations for attending:
- Volunteering Auckland
- Preventing Violence in the Home
- Tamaki Pathways Trust
- YouthWorX
- Auckland Women's Centre
- Discovery Foundation
- Raeburn House
- North Shore Community and Social Services
- Auckland City Council
- Takapuna Community Facilities Trust
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