NGO Pulse
Published on NGO Pulse (http://www.ngopulse.org)

Home > Participation Required: Academic Study Into Open-Source Software Usage by South African NGOs

Participation Required: Academic Study Into Open-Source Software Usage by South African NGOs [1]

Monday 26 July, 2010 - 17:29

Normal
0

false
false
false

MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }

/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:#0400;
mso-fareast-language:#0400;
mso-bidi-language:#0400;}

http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/enterprise/files/2009/12/tech-300x295.pnghttp://lunduke.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/tux-g2-huh.pngI am a student and fellow civil-society employee working towards my Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree in Information Systems at the University of Cape Town (UCT). I am working on a research assignment as part of these studies. This blog is intended to inform and request your participation in this research as it will allow me to gain an understanding of the experiences of South African NGOs in terms of software selection and use. As incentive I have a R250 Kalahari.net gift voucher that will go to one lucky survey participant.

I kindly request you to participate in this research by completing the survey questionnaire found here: SURVEY LINK [2]. Your input is very important and will remain anonymous. If you know of a partner NGO that may be willing to participate, please forward them this link. My research purpose is to understand the selection and use of software by South African NGOs (with a focus on open source software adoption). As previously mentioned your participation will remain completely anonymous and the hope is that a national view of software selection by the NGO sector will be possible.

The collective findings of this study will be captured in a report that will be presented to the University of Cape Town for academic purposes. The findings may also be published in an academic journal or presented at a conference if the information is deemed of academic value.

Completing the questionnaire should take no longer than 20 minutes.

http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/Services/SelectSurveyASP/TakeSurvey.asp?Su... [2]

Important: You do not have to complete the survey questionnaire. Participation is voluntary. However, by participating you will be eligible for a R250 Kalahari.net gift voucher or gift of the equivalent amount. One participant will be contacted and will receive this gift.

For more information please contact the following:

Gregory Rowles greg.rowes@gmail.com [3] (Researcher)

Prof. JP Van Belle Jean-paul.VanBelle@uct.ac.za [4] (Research Supervisor)

 

Groups
Civil society
Development
Education
Environment
Governance
Health
Human rights
Media
Youth
Content
Articles
Blogs
Events
Newsflashes
NGO profiles
Opportunities
Premium Ads
Press releases
Vacancies
Resources
Books
Papers
Presentations
Reports
Toolkits
Training manuals
Media
Banners
Brochures
Development calendar
e-Newsletters
Social media
Facebook
Flickr
Twitter
YouTube
Legal docs
Independent Code
King III
NPO & Tax
NPO Act
Contact us
Tel: +27 11 403 4935
Fax: +27 11 492 0435
Email: info@sangonet.org.za
Physical address
Maths Centre Building,
28 Juta Street,
Braamfontein,
Johannesburg,
Gauteng, South Africa
Postal address
PO Box 31392
Braamfontein
2017
South Africa
© 2016 SANGONeT - Unless otherwise stated, content on the NGO Pulse website is licenced under
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works.

Source URL: http://www.ngopulse.org/blogs/participation-required-academic-study-open-source-software-usage-south-african-ngos

Links
[1] http://www.ngopulse.org/blogs/participation-required-academic-study-open-source-software-usage-south-african-ngos
[2] http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/Services/SelectSurveyASP/TakeSurvey.asp?SurveyID=35Jnn9L3ln94M
[3] mailto:greg.rowes@gmail.com
[4] mailto:Jean-paul.VanBelle@uct.ac.za