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Newsletter May 2005

Welcome

Welcome to the very first edition of our new Social Change Online Newsletter. We hope you find it informative and useful and very much look forward to any feedback you may have.

In particular, I'd like to draw your attention to our upcoming event to launch our all new AIMS4 Content Management System. Hope to see you there.

Sean Kidney, CEO

In this Issue:

Feature: 68 Councils Online with the Local-e Project

The Local-e project has provided 68 rural and regional NSW Councils with a sophisticated website in Australia's biggest local government internet project.

The Local-E project came about in an effort to address the problem of rural Councils lagging behind metropolitan Councils in the use of internet based services, despite growing community needs and expectations. Rural Councils did not have the funds to maintain a static website and their communities were frustrated with difficulties and time delays in obtaining information. learn more about this project's success.

Latest News

	Social Change Online wins another European Client Social Change Online (SCO) has won another European client, the Brussels based NGO Migration Policy Group (MPG). MPG is a laboratory for strategic thinking about migration and anti-discrimination and is regarded as the leader in its field in Europe.

	Social Change Online to produce eStrategy Guide for NGOs Social Change Online has won a new consultancy project from the Commonwealth Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA).

	Shared Maps assisting emergency management Quickly and effectively managing a natural disaster which crosses state boundaries has been a stumbling block for emergency management agencies in the past. Social Change Online has recently been involved in the Spatial Data Interoperability Project (SIDP). The Australian roadshow of the SIDP Project has demonstrated the wide-reaching benefits of sharing spatial (mapping) data, such as the ability to quickly and effectively manage a large bushfire crossing state boundaries.

	New Online SupportDesk coming soon Social Change Online is introducing a new online SupportDesk service for clients. The service provides clients with the ability to submit and track support requests at any time (24/7) via a web interface. It provides a convenient communication point between Social Change Online support staff and clients.

	SeeGrid Demonstrator Project: improving access to minerals data Mining is one of Australia's biggest export industries, and mining companies are continually exploring for new deposits. Before they start field explorations mining companies spend a lot of time scouring through existing geological information, such as that held by Government geological survey agencies.

	Social Change Online's first UK Union website named TUC 'Website of the Year' The annual Trades Union Congress Press & PR awards in the UK this week named as "Best Union site" the website built by Social Change Online for the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW).

Case Study

The Liquor Hospitality & Miscellaneous Union ("LHMU") has 130,000 members from many sectors including child care workers, security guards, cleaners, and hotel workers. LHMU has had an AIMS-powered website for over 6 years and uses its Campaigning Module to stunning effect, most recently with their massively successful Pink Salt Campaign.

The "My Restaurant Rules" contestant, Pink Salt, tried to force their staff onto individual employment contracts instead of paying the agreed award. In response, the LHMU co-ordinated an email and Google campaign which resulted in 1,200 emails to the restaurant, and 135,000 appearances of their Google sponsored advertisement with 2,000 click throughs to the LHMU site. read more

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