Bounties of Nature

As the title says, WordPress for non profits charities in Australia. Most companies worry about not having easy access to a website or blog that they have spent good money on and they can’t get access to it because the webmaster is not available to give them time to set up changes for them.

In just a short space of time I can set up a WordPress blog site for any non profit charity and show them how easy it is to build pages and posts with it. Don’t bother to contact me if you have absolutely no time to learn just the simple basics for being able to write those all important news articles or reports that you want on the Internet.

The cost, it just a little bit of your time to learn how to look after your own blog site. I wont charge any non profit charity a single cent to set up and then be in the background if you need help. The only exception to my rule is multi purpose centres in Australia, they are not non profit by they keep shoveling their money back into community projects, so I will make an exception for any branches that approach me.

Heart Support Australia are a worth while Non Profit Charity, and I would like to start a branch in the Morisset or Cooranbong area of NSW Australia. They are not there to give medical advice, your local GP or Cardiologist is there for that. What do they do! They are there for providing Support Information and Encouragement for people with a heart condition and their families.

The only person that will stop you from smoking or get you to eat better quality food and exercise correctly is the one you will find when you have a look in the mirror. I was always planning to do these things and yes I will get round to it one day said I. Well I am lucky, I walked away from a heart attack, with the help of a Angiogram and got that big rude awakening that nearly killed me.

If you have been lucky also, give Heart Support Australia a try, and join one of their support groups. If there is none in your area, then do what I am doing here, seek out people in the same situation and ask Heart Support Australia how to start a local branch.

So if you live within driving distance of Morisset or Cooranbong and would like to start a new group give a ring. PH 49773521 or go to the contact us page and drop me an e-mail. Home most days 9am-5pm Mon – Fri.

So don’t wait for the Angina like I did, lets get a group happening today.

Google Adwords for Non Profits in Australia

If you live in Australia and you are a Non Profit Business, you may have visited Google for Non-Profits. When you visited there, if you came to the conclusion that the website is just for America, then you would be wrong. Google Adwords for Non Profits can take up to 6 months to get approval but it is worth the wait.

You will need to have your DGR certificate to prove you are entitled to apply and your ABN as well. Think very carefully about how you layout your application. Don’t have affiliate marketing on your website or use Google Adsense to advertise your business. Not sure about this last one. You can go to the Google Grants forum for more help.

Google Apps for Non Profits.

Google has launched their support for Australia in the area of Google Apps for Non Profits. I support a local branch of Meals on Wheels and they applied for 20 accounts with Google Apps and to their surprise Google came back with 50 accounts for them. Here is a link to UTube on Google Apps. You can set up your company with interactive support between each other. In other words if you are working on a document and another staff member is working on the same document at the same time then your document will update straight away. This is what is known as collaboration. You can even revert back to your original documents if you don’t want what was changed. What does this mean for you, well no more e-mail documents all over the place. It is much easier and faster. There are lots of other things that come with Google Apps, like Google Gmail and Google Videos.

How do you apply for a Non Profit account is easy, there is some confusion on this, when you apply you need to fill out the Education package. It starts out by saying Google Apps for Non Profits but when you click on get started, it says Educational. Just ignore that and fill out the application, you will need your ABN number handy to quote, when filling out the application. You also need to have your own domain name, so you can setup your system for your company.

If you have been keen and setup a Business Account and you installed Postini, uninstall it before applying because postini is not supported in the Non Profit package and they will tell you to uninstall it. A Business Google Apps account costs $50us per person and the Non Profit package is free for up to 3,000 accounts.

If you are having trouble doing all of this you are welcome to contact us and we will help you through the process. There is no charge to any Non Profit Charity company willing to learn how to run their own business online. Google Adwords for Non Profits and Google Apps are free accounts, no strings attached.

Update:

I have just received an update for Non Profits in Australia. here is the extract from the e-mail I received from Google:

Though we have reached out to some Australian organisations as a pilot, we haven’t rolled out the availability of Education Edition to non-profits outside of the US. We are hoping to do so in the future, but need to overcome some obstacles to achieve this.

Lets hope the outcome will be soon, and there is nothing stopping you from using the free online Google tools while you wait.

I cannot speak more highly of WordPress. Like they said on their front page, it is both free and priceless at the same time. It is easy to install and once you get use to the admin section, it is very easy to post articles on the Internet. Any Non Profit in Australia who is looking for ease of access to the Internet, cannot go past WordPress.

Most webhosting companies support the software for WordPress and once installed it is easy to maintain. You can get different themes (look and feel) for your new blog site and you can add different plugins as well.

Getting that all important message out there could not be easier anymore. If your hosting company uses Cpanels then you can install WordPress from a package called Fantastico or Simple Scripts. The web hosting company that we recommend is WebHost Australia. If you are a Non Profit you will find that they will sponsor your company for free. The only catch is you have to have a banner on the front page of your website. They do support WordPress and a lot of other software as well.

So for ease of access and easy to manage, you cannot go past WordPress. If you have any problems install WordPress, just drop us a line and we will help you out.