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  • Digital Sisters: AI For Good.

    06/03/2024 · Announcements | Digital Sisters | Our projects

    Digital Sisters: AI for Good

    Revolutionary AI and digital literacy project set to change the lives of women across Australia

  • CEO of Good Things Foundation, Jessica Wilson

    08/02/2024 · Announcements

    [PODCAST] What you should expect in 2024: A preview with Jess Wilson

    What’s on the digital inclusion agenda for 2024? CEO of Good Things Foundation, Jessica Wilson, previews an exciting year ahead, an artificial intelligence (AI) project that's on the cards and a digitally inclusive future full of optimism.

  • Ensuring all Australians can benefit from AI

    06/02/2024 · Announcements | Our projects

    Ensuring all Australians can benefit from AI

    At Good Things Foundation we know that supporting people who are digitally excluded to build their digital skills and keep up with emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), has the potential to improve their lives, for good.

  • Pre-Budget 2024-25 Submission: cover

    06/02/2024 · Announcements | Research and reports

    Pre-budget submission for 2024-25

    Federal government investment in digital inclusion initiatives is essential. Here are our pre-budget 2024-25 recommendations that, if adopted, will ensure that no one will be left behind in our ever-evolving technological landscape.

  • Good Things Foundation's submission to the Queensland Government's Digital Economy Strategy.

    19/01/2024 · Announcements | Research and reports

    Digital Inclusion for Queenslanders Consultation: Our submission

    Here's what we believe the Queensland Government should do to ensure that everyone benefits from digital technologies equally, as it creates the state's future Digital Economy Strategy.

  • Not-for-Profit Sector Development Blueprint submission

    21/12/2023 · Research and reports

    Not-for-Profit Sector Development Blueprint submission

    A healthy Not-for-Profit sector is a digitally included Not-for-Profit sector. That's why it's essential that the Not-for-Profit sector of the future be based on a vision and action plan that has digital inclusion at its heart.

  • Top Get Online Week learning topics 26% Apps: Downloading and using apps eg Google, YouTube, social media, Pinterest, podcasts 17.7% Online safety: Scam awareness and recognition, being safer online, managing passwords 17.4% The basics: getting online, tips and tricks, general knowledge and confidence building 8.6% Devices: how to use an iPhone, Android, Tablets, iPad and laptops, settings, storage and downloadsDevices: how to use an iPhone, Android, Tablets, iPad and laptops, settings, storage and downloads 6.9% Photos and videos: taking and editing photos, selfies, making videos, and sending photos to print 5.5% QR codes: how to scan and use QR codes 14.3% Other: essential services, games and hobbies, shopping and banking

    11/12/2023 · Announcements | Get Online Week | Research and reports

    23,000 people helped in just one week

    ...through over 1,300 events. And, millions more reached through our campaign this Get Online Week.

  • Annual Report 2022-2023. Closing the digital divide for all. Good Things Foundation Australia logo

    06/12/2023 · Announcements | Research and reports

    Annual Report 2022-2023

    Good Things Foundation Australia's Annual Report for the 2022-23 financial year

  • CEO of Good Things Foundation, Jessica Wilson, helps a senior to get online at a Get Online Week 2023 event in Canberra.

    02/11/2023 · Be Connected | Get Online Week | Insights

    Incredible highs and a heartbreaking low: a reflection on the past month

    CEO of Good Things Foundation, Jessica Wilson, recalls Get Online Week 2023, the Voice Referendum result and a welcome announcement on Be Connected refunding.

  • Be Connected funding extension comes as welcome news

    20/10/2023 · Announcements | Be Connected | Get Online Week

    Be Connected funding extension comes as welcome news

    Good Things Foundation Australia welcomes today’s announcement that hundreds of thousands more Australians will benefit from the online world, thanks to the extension of the successful Be Connected digital skills program.

  • Bridging the digital divide for people with low vision

    16/10/2023 · Announcements | Get Online Week | Our projects | People with Disability

    Bridging the digital divide for people with low vision

    We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Guide Dogs NSW/ACT to create a new digital skills program for people who have low vision and make Get Online Week (16 - 22 October) even more accessible for all.

  • Media release: New report on attitudes to getting online

    15/10/2023 · Announcements | Get Online Week | Insights | Research and reports

    Media release: New research shows digital skills are a ‘must’ not a ‘nice to have’

    National digital inclusion charity Good Things Foundation has released new research revealing that many Australians are feeling overwhelmed due to constant changes in technology and the increasing costs associated with getting online.

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