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How To Browse The Internet Safely
The internet has provided women the opportunity and space to have their say, react and voice opinions on patriarchy, opinions, and many other topics that they have never been able to speak out about before. Sadly, women can also experience online harassment, threats,...
Stop Cyberbullying Day 2020 Encourages Kindness And Acceptance Online
Stop Cyberbullying Day 2020 has arrived and there has never been a more important time to come together to promote kindness and acceptance while forming a collective voice against hate and abuse. The success of last year’s event saw a wide range of activities around...
9 Strategies To Help Grow Your Nonprofit Organisation Online
Whether you are an existing nonprofit organisation, or you are thinking of starting a nonprofit organisation, the vision for your organisation is to make it a success. A part of that journey is one of digital transformation. Your NPO needs to have a clear and...
The Rise Of GBV In Times Of Crisis
For women, girls and the LGBTQ community that are already living in violent or abusive situations, violence tends to get worse in times of crisis. With lockdowns happening now, even beginning to think about leaving a violent place of living may seem and be impossible....
5 Must-Haves For Your Cause / Charity Website
In the first video of our #TechFriyaySA series with our NetSquared South Africa Community, we detail the 5 must-haves for your website for your online fundraising needs: 1. About Us Page Your About Us page is the number one place a potential donor will go to, in...
Invitation: Free Online Safety Bootcamp: #KeepSafeOnline
Our online safety programme, Themba Southern Africa, is inviting your NPO to a free, virtual Online Safety Bootcamp. How will the #KeepSafeOnline Bootcamp work? Starting 22 April 2020, the virtual #KeepSafeOnline Bootcamp will begin. Daily, for 5 days (Wednesday 22...
Guidelines for Configuring Zoom at Your Nonprofit
As organisations increase the use of remote work tools, Zoom usage has skyrocketed. With this, some basic flaws in Zoom's native and default security have come to light, along with increased concern over privacy. In response to this, Zoom has worked to improve its...
GBV In the Workplace
Women around the globe are lopsidedly affected by gender-based violence, sexual assault and harassment in the workplace. A huge number of female professionals are compelled to work in a terror, unfriendly or humiliating working condition while experiencing different...
How to start a conversation with your child about their online activity
There will possibly come a time when your child will encounter some form of a bad situation online. It is best to start having meaningful and open conversations with them early on in their online journey than have to crisis-manage a hurt, bullied or flamed child...
How To Report Fake News On Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Twitter
Fake News online is a term used to refer to fabricated and misleading news. Basically – it is a lie someone creates online to distract people from the real news and truth. When it comes to fake news, this is what is important to remember: the information is false,...
What is Identity Theft and Why is it Dangerous?
Identity theft is one of the fastest developing type crimes in the world: specialists believe that a person's identity is stolen every 2 seconds around the world. Identity theft occurs when a thief gains access to the personal information of a person online such as...
Introducing Family Link
The Family Link app from Google helps parents stay in the loop as their child or teen explores on their Android device, and lets parents set certain digital ground rules for their family. First, a child/teen will need a compatible device (see which devices work with...
Fake News: What is it, why is it dangerous and how can you identify it online?
What is fake news? Fake news consists of misinformation or hoaxes that are deliberately published on newspapers, television, radio and social media sites for the purposes of: misinforming people, humiliating, bullying and causing hurt, financial gain or to push...
Creating Strong Passwords
It is important that you help your children create strong and unique passwords to protect their online accounts. Children are curious and will want to know the why’s – so tell them the possible dangers as you go along! Here are some thoughts and...
Safe Browsing Sites For Homework Research
Many children need to use the internet to help them with their homework research and many parents are fearful of the online browsing world. To help, we have created a list of safe browsing sites to use during homework research times: Google Scholar Comprehensive,...
Online Learning At Home: Tips For Parents
Being told to implement an online education environment at home has made many parents feel overwhelmed. To be fair, none of us (educators included) were really prepared for this and most of us are learning “on the hop”. Here are a few tips that may help you create a...
How To Manage Screen Time During Covid-19 School Suspension And The Holidays
Schools across the country in SA, and countries abroad, are on shut down due to COVID-19. Many children are now spending most of their time confined to their homes. Between the television and online school work, children will be spending more time staring at screens,...
Free and Safe Learn-To-Read App From Google: Bolo
Bolo is an Android app developed to aid children in Grades 1 to 5 to learn to read confidently - anytime, anywhere, using their own voice. The app works offline and uses speech-based technology to encourage children to read aloud - just the way they naturally do -...
Tech Donations and Discounts For Churches In South Africa That Need To Digitally Transform During The COVID19 Outbreak
"TechSoup has been a lifesaver… we are able to train all of our students on Microsoft Office to prepare them for positions in the workforce." — Christian Women's Job Corps of Madison County, Alabama "TechSoup has been instrumental in upgrading our computers … It is...
#NET2SAGoesDigital – An Update From NetSquared South Africa
We have had recent conversations with our partners and donors with regards to the International decisions that have been made for staff travel, hosting of public events and health-safety precautions relating to the COVID-19 Virus. As much as we don’t want to kneejerk,...
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