London Regional ICT champion

There’s nothing like a story-telling to get one’s message across, and video is one of the most accessible medium’s for getting the message across quickly and effectively to stakeholders and funders.
Why video?
With the advent of Youtube and other internet video sites, organisations can now get their message out relatively inexpensively, not just to their stakeholders, [...]

Twitter starts with a deceptively simple concept “What are you doing now?” Answer on your phone, IM or right here on the web!”
According to Twitter’s own blurb, “Twitter is a community of friends and strangers from around the world sending updates about moments in their lives. Friends near or far can use Twitter [...]

Last week I finished off an expanded version of the ‘Great Web Office Experiment’ article for the ICT Hub Knowledgebase – which talks about practical reasons for using web tools to collaborate with colleagues and the tools you could use to do this, even replacing desktop applications.
To recap, some of the benefits of using online [...]

In part 2 of the series, we look at getting started with online documents, spreadsheets and presentation tools. The tools reviewed here offer users great potential for cost savings, collaborating and sharing work with colleagues.
What are these tools and why use them?
The online document writers and sheetsheets reviewed here – Google, ThinkFree and [...]

I’ve just been posting about video-blogging, and as if by magic the BBC has confirmed a deal with YouTube to make programming available via 3 BBC branded channels, including supplying an ad-funded BBC News clips service.
You can read Beth Kanter’s take on it and also check out the YouTube Educational Group.
According to the Beeb, it [...]

In previous posts I’ve been talking about video can help voluntary and community sector organisations get their message over – not just to their traditional stakeholders (service users and funders) – but also to a much wider audience who may be inspired to contribute in some small way, either through volunteering their time or donating [...]