To NGOs in Karnataka & Kerala: Golden opportunity
in IT training for you in Karnataka
1082 participants have taken advantage of IT training workshops
in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat and Delhi. Now it is your turn to
attend… Apply NOW!
GuideStar India
(www.guidestarindia.org),
India’s first fully searchable information portal showcasing 700+NGOs, is
pleased to invite you for free high impact IT
training workshops titled ‘ConnectIT workshop’ in Karnataka. These
workshops are organised by NASSCOM Foundation (www.nasscomfoundation.org)
in partnership with Microsoft.
Diana, Babubhai, Pandurangji, Vipul and
Arpit believe everyone should benefit from these workshops. Unless you have a
very compelling reason, you would not want to miss it.
Rajkot Workshop
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Ms Diana Peters from Habitat for Humanity India,
Mumbai, said, “Overall the training was educative, informative, effective,
building upon the basics. Content was excellent and faculty was interactive,
reaching out to everyone’s level of understanding”
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Mr Babubhai Ramjibhai Patel from Sanjivani Health
& Relief Committee who attended the Amdavad workshop, said
“It was a very useful workshop. It was a very interesting experience to
learn along with other NGOs.”
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Mr Pandurang Solanke from Action For Agricultural
Renewal in Maharashtra-AFARM had this to share:
“Very helpful, learnt additional features, shortcuts which
will save time, learnt additional Power Point features like power point
video, hyperlinks, etc which will help in presentations, got to know about
online tools and how to do marketing online, also shall spread the
learnings to colleagues which will help them in their daily activities. I
will ask other NGOs from our network to register for Nagpur and
Sangli.”
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Mr Vipul Parmar from Saurashtra Medical &
Educational Charitable Trust who attended the Rajkot workshop, said,
“It is a very useful workshop and NGOs can use the learnings from
the workshop in their work. Also online tools will help the NGOs
to develop their organisation.”
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Arpit Desai of Rajkot Voluntary Blood
Bank and Research Centre, “The workshop was good & it will help
in increasing the efficiency at work. I have suggested the same
workshop for my fellow workers and the remaining NGOs. I would personally
take initiative to promote this movement.”
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For the first time
in Karnataka, NGOs can take advantage of free IT training on MS Office &
social media worth at least Rs5000. Thanks to NASSCOM Foundation and Microsoft,
this programme comes to NGOs free of cost.
And, you can nominate TWO participants, which means a saving of Rs10,000 and your NGO will get the benefit
of using IT more effectively.
Where & When are
ConnectIT Workshop to be held:
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Locations
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Dates
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Bangalore
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05 – 08 Jan, 2011
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Belgaum
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18
– 21 Jan, 2011
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Hubli
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25-
29 Jan, 2011 (26th Jan holiday for Republic Day)
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Mangalore
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01-04
Feb, 2011
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Venue for ConnectIT
workshops: will be informed to
participants on confirmation.
What is the workshop
content:
Practical training
on desktops/ laptops including advanced use of Microsoft Excel, Word, making
presentations, newsletters, movie making, animation, sound and video in Power
point, use of new media such as blogs, Twitter, Face book, etc. There is a session on how to get
featured on GuideStar India. All NGOs that register for ConnectIT workshops
will be trained to showcase their work on www.guidestarindia.org, an online platform for NGOs to
create and manage their own web pages. You will also get to enroll for NASSCOM
Foundation’s software donation programme BiGTech.
Please refer to
the agenda for details.
Participants who
attend all 4 days sessions in any one ConnectIT Workshop will receive a
Certificate of Participation and a CD based user manual to help them use their
learning after this workshop.
Who can participate
NGO leaders and
staff who currently use MS Office and are keen to learn to use these and other
tools more effectively. These will be conducted in English and Hindi. Nominate 2 persons, one of who is a key decision maker so that
your organisation can implement the learning most appropriately.
Accommodation: Participants have to make their own arrangements for stay and
travel.
How to register
Click http://bit.ly/connectitregn
to register online.
Or
If you are
not able to fill the online Registration Form,
please download the Word document ,
fill it and email to regi...@guidestarindia.org.
If you face any difficulty, please call Lathika at GuideStar India on
022-26856900/99.
How will you know if your Participation is Confirmed
You will receive
a mail from GuideStar India within 3 days of receiving your registration form.
If you do not receive a mail, please feel free to call
Lathika at GuideStar India to verify your
confirmation status. Confirmation is based on selection criteria and first come
first served basis. Entry will be allowed strictly against copy of confirmation
mail and photo ID.
 
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You will
receive a series of important emails after you register. Please read all our emails carefully as it may contain important
information about the ConnectIT Workshop.
If you have any
questions regarding participation, please write
to us. Please
apply at the earliest and await email confirmation of your registration.
Feel free to inform
other NGOs from your network to register for the ConnectIT Workshop. You may
simply forward this mailer to them.
If you do not want to miss this golden
opportunity, apply NOW.
Best
regards
Lathika
Lathika Rajan
GuideStar India
An initiative of Civil Society Information Services India
814-A wing, Corporate Avenue | Sonawala Road | Goregaon (E) | Mumbai 400 063.
India.
Ph: +91-22-26856900/99 | Visit www.guidestarindia.org and http://guidestarindia.blogspot.com/
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To get your organisation
featured on GuideStar India, please visit: http://www.guidestarindia.org/Registerorg.aspx
