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We are a purpose driven business that works with not-for-profits and community sector organisations to help make a better world.	We build on-line tools to help you harness the full power of your community and bring your message to the world.	We take your ideas, add our passion and community expertise, mix with innovative technology and create tools for change.

Finding the right CRM for Non Profit Organisations

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In an era where technology has become part of everyday work and funds are tightening, many not for profit (NFP) organisations are seeking more efficient methods of tracking member and donor interactions. This has created a wave of NFP's seeking to identify database solutions that will automate member and donor management tasks such as recording contact details, automating donations and member fees and communication tools such as bulk emailing.

Energetica is now a NSW Government Approved Supplier

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It has been a long process but finally Energetica has achieved NSW Government Approved Supplier Status for IT services. This is a great recognition of the work we do and we expect from this to find opportunities to build some great community websites.

Lisa Harvey is participating in the Vinnies CEO Sleepout

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Lisa has signed up for a night in the cold to raise money for homelessness. This is a great opportunity to remind people of the seriousness of homelessness in Australia. You can contribute by Donating, or signing up to participate.

Your Local Cinema

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Media Access Australia asked Energetica to build an accessible website for people with vision or hearing impairments as a place to provide information about "accessible" cinemas. www.yourlocalcinema.com.au has session times, movie descriptions and information about accessible technologies in cinemas.

The site was launched today as part of the "Accessible Cinemas" program. The program is funded by the Department of Health and Aging and includes equipping 12 cinemas with technologies for audio description and capationing. For more information about the program see www.mediaaccess.org.au.

Not-for-profits - lost between the cloud and the tower?

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The Cloud and the Tower, Mark Pesce's overarching metaphor, helped to frame much of the strategic thinking about the not-for-profit sectors use of web technology at Connecting Up Australia 2009. The tower, representing organisational structures and communication strategies of past and present traditional not-for-profit organisations, faces competition, challenges or perhaps a fundamental structural threat (according to Martin Stewart-Weeks thesis) from the networked, dynamic, creative, uncontrollable and unpredictable power of the cloud, manifesting as lightning bolts such as Facebook, twitter and a host of rapid fire solutions such as www.kiva.org . This is a space where someone's good idea (or 5 focussed and dedicated people according to Mark) can theoretically have an impact as large as that of tower organisations that have been plugging away for years.

The implications of this are exciting, but many talked about the erosion of tower organisations power, action and donor bases, as people are able to do myriad micro actions or micro donations online. So is this a 3^rd sector revolution? Where and what will your organization be in 1, 5 or 10 years from now?