London Regional ICT Champion

It’s been at least a week since the last round-up of ICT goodies, so…. Internet: British broadband customers are paying hundreds of pounds in hidden costs, according to a PC Pro news report Web 2.0 and video: Interested in instructional videos to get you started on that ICT project? Look no further than 5min, Howcast, [...]

We were delighted when this abstract piece from the NTC New Orleans arrived in our post last week. Thanks to Hilary Garner of Superhighways Partnership for the great art – keep ‘em coming, Hilary.

Lasa’s Ian Goodman reports from Idealware and Aspiration’s Managing NonProfit Technology Projects (MNTP) conference. Last week I attended the Managing NonProfit Technology Projects (MNTP) conference in New York, USA. Despite some confusion (mainly on my part) on some of the language used – the conference was an excellent opportunity to learn and share ideas. I [...]

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Welcome to the first bumper ICT news round-up of 2008 – follow the links. **London ICT Workers Network** Are you responsible for providing technical and strategic ICT support for your own and other organisations? Want to find out more about sources of help, learn about other ICT projects in the sector and network with others? [...]

Web 2.0 – The What? The Why? The How? October 16th 6.00pm prompt start 6.30pm to 9.00pm   Sounddelivery and Cass Centre for Charity Effectiveness is hosting an evening exploring the opportunities presented by Web 2.0 technologies. Using case studies from within the sector the evening will provide a solid introduction to anyone considering taking [...]

Do you have an IT project that has been developed with the help of IT volunteers that deserves a reward or does a volunteer provide your IT support and deserve an award as recognition? Don’t miss your chance to enter the 2007 national IT volunteering awards and win £250. Nominations close on October 6th. This [...]

Even Champs need time off. After a 2 week break to move house we’ve come back to a Burg Dubai tower sized pile of monitoring forms, newsletters, circulars, emails and RSS feeds all wanting immediate attention.   Never want to move house, see a paint brush, paint roller or watch a home improvement programme ever again… [...]

Last in the current series of workshops. You don’t want to have to say you haven’t been to an ICT accessibility workshop, you are not going to be one of the crowd or even hip and cool. Any self respecting IT person should be in ‘the know’ and geeky on this stuff.  Sign up for [...]

A Case Study of the Accessiblity Champion I was asked to signpost some solutions to aleviate problems of pain for someone while using a standard keyboard and mouse. What was highlighted was issues of contracting your IT company to support Assistive Technology you supply or the member of staff brings with them. What was the [...]

Thanks to Michele Martin for enlightening me to the wonderful world of ‘We Blog Cartoons‘  by Dave Walker .