ICT Questionnaire

Submitted by root on Thu, 06/03/2008 - 13:12.

ICT Questionnaire

The LeicesterShire Infrastructure Consortium has commissioned Trading for Change to undertake research into ICT usage in the Voluntary and Community Sector in Leicester and Leicestershire.

Completion of this survey will help provide the data that will be analysed and incorporated into the research report and recommendations, which in turn will inform the consortium’s IT Strategy for the VCS in Leicester and Leicestershire.

Your name:

Organisation:

Post code:

What is your organisation's key interest?:

Is your organisation a BME organisation?:

Yes

Is your organisation rurally based or do you operate in a rural area?:

Yes

What was your organisations income last year?:

Administrative/Communication

Does your organisation produce letters or reports on computer?:

Yes

Not yet, we plan to do this

We need support to do this

Does your organisation use mail merge to produce letters from a database or Excel spreadsheet?:

Yes

Not yet, we plan to do this

We need support to do this

Do you use email to communicate with others?:

Yes

Not yet, we plan to do this

We need support to do this

Do you have a database to manage membership of your organisation?:

Yes

Not yet, we plan to do this

We need support to do this

What are the major challenges to using ICT to administer your organisation?:

Other:

Any additional comments?:

Publicity/Communication

Does your organisation use PowerPoint or an equivalent program to produce presentations?:

Yes

Not yet, we plan to do this

We need support to do this

Does your organisation produce marketing materials using computer equipment?:

Yes

Not yet, we plan to do this

We need support to do this

What are the major challenges faced as regards to using ICT to publicise your organisation?:

Does your organisation have a website?:

Yes

Not yet, we plan to do this

We need support to do this

Other:

Any additional comments?:

Finances

Does your organisation use computer software to manage its finances, accounts etc?:

Yes

Not yet, we plan to do this

We need support to do this

What are the major challenges?:

Other:

Additional comments:

Performance Management & Project Evaluation/Monitoring

Does your organisation use specialist project management for this i.e Microsoft Project ?:

Yes

Not yet, we plan to do this

We need support to do this

Does your organisation use spreadsheets or databases for this?:

Yes

Not yet, we plan to do this

We need support to do this

What are the major challenges?:

Other:

Additional comments:

Research & Analysis

Does your organisation use specialist software for this i.e. SPSS?:

Yes

Not yet, we plan to do this

We need support to do this

Does your organisation use spreadsheets or databases to collect and analyse research data?:

Yes

Not yet, we plan to do this

We need support to do this

What are the major challenges?:

Other:

Additional comments:

Organisational

How does your organisation maintain its IT systems?:

Other:

How many desktop PCs do you have in your organisation?:

How many laptops do you have in your organisation?:

What type of server do you have?:

Please tick the software that you use in your office?:

Office software (e.g. Microsoft Office)

Desktop publishing software (e.g Adobe Creative Suite)

Database software (e.g. Filemaker)

Specialist software (e.g. Accessibility software)

Accounts software (e.g. Sage)

Free open source software (e.g. OpenOffice, Linux)

Backup software

Anti-virus/spam prevention software

Custom software (created for your organisation)

Please tick the other equipment that you use in your office?:

Additional comments:

Finishing up

Thank you for completing this questionnaire!

We may wish to contact those organisations completing this survey to help us to further understand ICT needs in the voluntary sector.

Would you be willing to discuss further?:

Yes

If you chose yes to the previous please could you provide contact details?:

This survey was created by:

Voluntary Action Leicester Changing Lives for the better

Should you supply any personal data on the contact details form, that information will be held on computer and will be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The information will be held in accordance with the Voluntary Action Leicesters records management and retention policy.

Information carried out in the questionnaire may be subject to release to others in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Certain exemptions from release do exist including where the information provided is protected by the Data Protection Act 1998.

ICT Questionnaire

ICT Questionnaire

Administrative/Communication

Publicity/Communication

Finances

Performance Management & Project Evaluation/Monitoring

Research & Analysis

Organisational

Finishing up

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