London Regional ICT champion

Stevenage CVS is the bedrock of the local non-profit sector, and provides a range of community services across the borough and the county. This is my presentation from their AGM on 8 July on why non-profit organisations need to be telling their stories and showing funders the difference their make to our lives if they [...]

In these tough economic times with funding cuts of 15-20% widely predicted for the third Sector, the organisations that survive and prosper will be those who understand and invest in their technology.  A key part of that is convincing a funder that investing in technology – a campaign website, a case tracking database and so [...]

A funding fare jointly hosted by KCSC and CaVSA H&F brought together last week funders from City Bridges Trust, Big Lottery and Grassroots Grants.  With apologies to the keynote speakers, I’m reproducing the edited highlights of their presentations on the state of funding for London’s third sector. Context: coalition Government Labour controls 17/32 London boroughs [...]

Some forthcoming ICT events for your diary. 18 May @ I-Trust, Ely, Cambs – How to Cost and Fund ICT projects – In this 90 minute workshop I’ll be showing the essentials of how to put together a winning technology bid to a funder.  More details to be confirmed. 24 May @ NCYVS, London N1 [...]

Earler this week I presented workshops on fundraising for technology projects and using the internet for fundraising at the North London CVS Partnership’s Workforce Development conference. With charitable funding tight and funders even more risk averse than usual, these workshops clearly explain how to use the internet to locate sources of funding and work through [...]

I’ll be presenting 2 workshops for the North London Workforce Development Conference on 15 March @ Cypriot Community Centre, Haringey, Wood Green, N22 5HJ Using the Internet for fundraising Writing a winning ICT grant proposal Competition for funding is tough even in good economic times, let alone bad.  So what makes the difference in a [...]

Following on from last week’s gig for NAVCA at Reading, I was asked to make available my presentation on “ICT doing more with less” In hard economic times, it can be easy for organisations to cut back on ICT, particularly with maintenance support and training.  These are false economies – ICT underpins service delivery, and [...]

It’s not quite rock and roll, but I’ll be presenting 2 workshops on ‘ICT – doing more with less’ on 3 February at NAVCA’s Shining on a Shoestring conference. During the economic downturn and Big Squeeze on funding, ICT could become an easy cut as organisations look to save money.  This workshop will show that [...]

What’s happening? Join us at 1pm on 15 December 2009 @ Novas Scarman Contemporary Urban Centre Lasa, London E1 7SA for a networking lunch with members of LVSC’s STAN (Development Workers) and CASCADE (Information Workers) networks. During the afternoon session we’ll be hearing a presentation from Mike Veitch on data mining and exploring what circuit [...]

From the London ICT bulletin.  Subscribe here. 01 December: Netsquared Net Tuesday @ eOffice, 2 Sheraton Street, Soho 5.30 -7.30 – This month’s meeting looks at the eCampaigning Louder.org.uk website and an opportunity for sharing. Sign up for Net Tuesday. 4 December: SpiceWorld London @ Roxy Bar and Screen, London SE1 – A full day’s [...]