Open Source IT - Not for Profit Website Design

Not-For-Profit Website Design

Communicating with people has changed in the last ten to fifteen years. More and more people are now online. Website access cuts across socio-economic barriers in Australia. Australian Social Trends (2008) highlight that household internet access increased from 16% in 1998 to 64% in 2006/07. This report identified that 47% of families on the lowest income bracket have access to the internet from home. An effective website can be used effectively to engage with some of your most needy clients. Open Source IT specialises in web site development for not-for-profit organisations.

Every month thousands of people search for community care services, community youth services, community health services, community social services and community health service across Australia. In fact tens of thousands of Australians are "Googling" community services, family services and youth services every month. Is your not-for-profit organisation connecting with these people? Some of your social services provide real support, care and hope for many battling Australians. It is important for your organisation's website to be found when people need your services most.

Open Source IT develops websites that are found when people Google your services. Our design process, support and training will help you manage your website without costly IT intervention. Open Source IT delivers exceptional value and reliability to not for profit organisations. An Open Source IT website could be the key to connecting with many of your clients without blowing your IT budget.

Social Networking

Open Source IT uses free Content Management Systems (CMS) to develop websites that are search engine friendly and easy to maintain. What this means is that you don't pay excessive IT costs for building a website that does not attract client traffic from Google searches. Our websites also allow you to easily add website content, change the website as your business grows and change the look and feel of your website in a few minutes. If you can send emails and SMS friends then you can use a CMS.

Social networking draws people of similar experiences, activities or interests together into an online community. Open Source IT can provide an online social networking service for your clients. Such a service allows people to create an online profile and share it with other people. This is much like Facebook, Myspace or Twitter. An online network of support could provide a valuable service for your clients and field workers. Our Community Builder website feature would open up a social network to your clients. The major features Community Builder include:

• Registration of user facility. Each person wanting to join the service must complete all the information you require.
• Account activation can be automated or authorised by one of your staff members.
• User lists to identify who is registered and participating in the network.
• Ability for users to upload pictures.
• We can integrate your Community Builder user lists with newsletter functionality. This will allow you to send newsletters to your network.

Training and Support

Open Source IT is an Australian owned and operated internet solutions business. We provide local and personalised training and support to enable you to maintain your site without costly IT intervention. Our CMS solutions really save you time and money and deliver a site that will be found by potential clients. Our training is via the web, so all you need is access to the internet and some headphones. Our trainers are Australian, accredited and you simply won't find this level of support anywhere else.

What you Get

All our website packages include the following. You can add shopping carts, an accommodation booking service, real estate listings, dating service, blog and much more....