# Charities' use of technology 'patchy'

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1997/04/27/charities039-use-technology-039patchy039/
- Published: 1997-04-27T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charities are slow to adopt technology to help improve their communications, according
to a new report by CAF.
A new report by Charities Aid Foundation has found that 
charities are not using technology effectively and extensively to help improve their
communications. The survey, _Keeping Posted_, found that although 48% of the 300
organisations polled thought that new technology would be important for future communications,
only 17% reported that is was used extensively in their organisation.

Ninety five per cent had their own PC, and 32% used e-mail.

_Keeping Posted_ looks at how charities are using different types of media to contact
donors and which achieve the most success.

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