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Hi there,
Keeping on top of technology and digital transformation is a headache for most companies – from understanding which technologies are best for your business to sourcing the required skills and budgets to implement it.
For the large (and growing) not-for-profit community, it’s a particularly painful issue. A new report shows a full 64 percent of NFPs across New Zealand and Australia aren’t happy with the way they’re using digital.
It’s a worrying, albeit understandable, problem for a vital contributor to New Zealand society, but the 'Connecting Up' report into the NFP sector does offer helpful tips to such organisations – and some hope for the future.
In other news:
- Avoid the GST grinch – get your online Xmas shopping done now
- NZ Govt not so pushy with online content removal requests
- Seafloor mapping gets the Google treatment
- Future of work debate gets an empirical assessment
If you’re looking to convince management and stakeholders of the benefits of your accounts receivable automation project, we’ve got a white paper that will help you win over the business and move the project up their priority list.
Enjoy the read,
Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.co.nz
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Not-for-profits feeling the DX pain
Infoxchange report highlights the manual process pain the sector faces meeting stakeholder demands...
While many local businesses are feeling the strain of keeping up with technology demands and digital transformation, for not-for-profits, that pressure can be even greater.
“The success of any NFP in the future is going to be largely dependent on how well they are able to embrace technology.”
ONLINE SHOPPING
Taxing times: ‘Amazon tax’ gets set to bite Kiwi consumers
But the early Christmas online shopper can avoid the GST charge…
November is a heavy online shopping time, with Singles Day, Black Friday and early Christmas shopping, but this year it’s likely to be even busier as Kiwis rush to buy up before the new ‘Amazon tax’ hits.
“The tax saw Amazon shutter its US e-commerce site from Australian shoppers.”
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ONLINE CONTENT
Australia hits ‘take-down’ rankings
Makes top 20 list requesting platforms remove content, NZ not so bothered…
When it comes to online content, most of us probably have information floating around out there that we’d like to see disappear forever.
YouTube accounts for 52 percent of all removal requests.
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BATHYMETRY
Google Street View goes underwater
From search and rescue to building better ports and making mining safer…
A Melbourne company hoping its new ocean mapping tech will help save species from extinction, aid search and rescue – and help businesses.
“Imagine no more.”
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FUTURE OF WORK
Watson crunches 170m job postings to predict tomorrow’s work
Conclusion: All jobs will change…
Predictions around how AI is going to affect the workforce tend fall into one of two categories: Happy-worker utopian fantasies and dystopic, you-can’t-beat-the-man nightmares.
There’s no substitute for common sense.
[Read more]
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AUTOMATION
Building a business case for AR automation
How to confront outdated processes and make your project a top priority…
Your project isn’t the only one vying for approval and budget dollars in the organisation.
Before an AR automation project can hit the ground running, one critical hurdle must be cleared.
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