Getting ready for AI at your charity
Welcome to the Smartdesc July newsletter. In this edition, we cover how you can utilise Microsoft’s new productivity tool Copilot at your […]
AI for charities – what is Microsoft Copilot and what can it do?
Since its arrival in November last year, ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. This powerful new chatbot with seemingly endless possibilities […]
Save money and optimise your IT with outsourcing
Welcome to the Smartdesc April newsletter. Are you considering outsourcing IT at your charity but don’t know where to begin? We’ve compiled […]
Charity Technology Roundtable – Inflation and increasing IT costs – Summary
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last week we hosted the first of our Quarterly Charity Technology Roundtables, with Microsoft Tech for Social Impact and Charity Finance Group. […]
Reduce your communications costs and improve user experience
Welcome to the Smartdesc March newsletter. Lots of organisations are asking us about how they can move their telephony into Microsoft Teams and […]
Let’s talk about Internet and Telephony
Big changes are afoot in the world of internet connectivity, and telephony, across the sector. Traditional copper phone lines in the UK […]
Defending against phishing
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/5″][vc_single_image image=”2037″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/5″][vc_column_text]Welcome to the Smartdesc February newsletter. This month we focus on how charities can protect themselves against phishing attacks […]
Improve your IT security
Welcome to the Smartdesc January newsletter. We are NCVO-approved IT experts specialising in the charity sector, enabling nonprofits to achieve more with […]
Reduce Cost & Simplify your IT
Welcome to the Smartdesc December newsletter. We are NCVO-approved IT experts specialising in the charity sector, enabling nonprofits to achieve more with technology and […]
Consolidate and Optimise your IT
Challenge The 2022 Charity Digital Skills Report underlined the significant increase in adoption of cloud services that the nonprofit sector has seen […]
Cost of Living Crisis: IT Cost Saving
According to our partners at the NCVO, charities are at the front line of the cost of living crisis. Supporters are reducing […]
Azure Cost Optimisation
Microsoft Azure is an incredibly powerful Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform, but costs can quickly escalate if not carefully managed. […]