[Ict4women] Women'sNet winner of 2008 South African Web Awards

[Sally-Jean]

Dear all
a boastful email from Women'sNet :-)

Congratulations also to Gender DynamiX (who we have worked with this 
year on a digital stories project) and Career Planet!

Sally
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For immediate release: SANGONeT announces winners of 2008 South African NGO
Web Awards

5 December 2008

The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) is pleased to announce the
winners of the 2008 NGO Web Awards. The winning entries are:

Career Planet (www.careerplanet.co.za <http://www.careerplanet.co.za>)
Gender Dynamix (www.genderdynamix.org.za <http://www.genderdynamix.org.za>)
Women'sNet (www.womensnet.org.za <http://www.womensnet.org.za>)

Two websites also received special mention. These are:

South African History Online (www.sahistory.org.za 
<http://www.sahistory.org.za>)
Alzheimer's South Africa (www.alzheimers.org.za 
<http://www.alzheimers.org.za>)

In a tough selection process, 10 websites were shortlisted out of the 60
entries received. The top 10 entries reflect what judges described as an
"increasing recognition of the value of using web 2.0 tools" to reach and
"hold" their audiences. The top three websites were selected based on their
compliance with the criteria developed for the awards which included
marketing, accessibility, tone, aesthetics and relationship building
aspects.

"The 2008 winners reflect a growing recognition amongst civil society
organisations of the importance of having an online presence. Organisations
are beginning to realise that it is not only about providing information,
but how this information is presented, and whether it encourages feedback",
says David Barnard, SANGONeT Executive Director.

The awards aims to raise awareness amongst South African NGOs about the
benefits of having an online presence, stimulate interest in the application
of
web solutions and applications, and showcase best practices in website
creation and maintenance.

The three NGOs each walk away with R10 000 worth of prizes sponsored by
Torque IT.

The top 10 entries for the 2008 NGO Web Awards:

Career Planet (www.careerplanet.co.za <http://www.careerplanet.co.za>)
Parliamentary Monitoring Group (www.pmg.org.za <http://www.pmg.org.za>)
Feedback Food Redistribution (www.feedback.org.za 
<http://www.feedback.org.za>)
Gender Dynamix (www.genderdynamix.org.za <http://www.genderdynamix.org.za>)
Malamulele Onward (www.cpchildren.org <http://www.cpchildren.org>)
South African History Online (www.sahistory.org.za 
<http://www.sahistory.org.za>)
Women'sNet (www.womensnet.org.za <http://www.womensnet.org.za>)
Open Africa (www.openafrica.org <http://www.openafrica.org>)
Men on the Side of the Road (www.employmen.co.za 
<http://www.employmen.co.za>)
Alzheimer's Association (www.alzheimers.org.za 
<http://www.alzheimers.org.za>)

The winners of the 2007 NGO Web Awards were:

Afesis Corplan (www.afesis.org.za <http://www.afesis.org.za>)
Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (www.fairtourismsa.org.za 
<http://www.fairtourismsa.org.za>)
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of South Africa 
(www.heartfoundation.co.za <http://www.heartfoundation.co.za>)

Contact the winners:

Career Planet - Karin Chisholm: +27 83 254 8933
Gender Dynamix - Liesl Theron: +27 21 6335287
Women'sNet - Lebo Marishane: +27 79 312 5843

For more information contact Jan Moolman on +27 83 783 3094 /
editor at sangonet.org.za <mailto:editor at sangonet.org.za> or Butjwana
Seokoma on +27 73 066 6851 / Butjwana at sangonet.org.za 
<mailto:Butjwana at sangonet.org.za>
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