London Regional ICT Champion

Over the last few posts I’ve been talking about blogs, flickr, etc and how the voluntary sector might use this so-called Web 2.0 technology to get its message out to funders, supporters, people using its services and beyond. In his book, Flipping the Funnel, Seth Grodin, describes a  process whereby Web 2.0 tools might be [...]

The Organizer’s Tool Crib is a participatory directory which allows people interested in organising communities to share, review and rate online tools and resources. The directory currently lists over 110 online tools, including users ratings on favourites like flickr, WordPress, Skype, HiveLive, and Drupal. Users can also add their own tags to categorise the various [...]

Part of the ICT Champion’s role is to educate the voluntary sector and funders about new technology. With that in mind, readers of this blog will be wondering just what this web 2.0 stuff is that myself and other writers keep referring to. According to Wikipedia, which is itself a web 2.0 tool: Web 2.0, [...]

Clearly the need for a ‘champion’ or ‘Buzz Director’ as Steve Bridger calls it, to promote technology to the community sector is one that many commentators – including David Wilcox, Nancy White and Beth Kanter (amongst others) – have been talking about. As Steve Bridger says: It’s a particular crusade of mine to encourage not-for-profits [...]

Since this project started, I’ve been evangelising blogs as tool for enabling voluntary sector organisations to communicate with their audience and each other. Whenever I’ve asked people about using a blog to promote their work to a wider audience, the reception I’ve got has usually been an expression of polite indifference. And then people start [...]

The Bright Ideas: Using technology to support and involve conference in Newham was my first ‘official engagement’ as London ICT Champion. The event featured a number of voluntary/statutory sector projects show-casing innovative uses of technology to improve the quality of life and give a voice to communities often marginalised from mainstream society. Newham Advanced Telecare [...]

Advancements in new media now allow target audiences to be engaged in cost-effective and imaginative ways with demonstrably positive results. So why are so few charities making use of it? Read the full article at Charity Times.

The National Computing Centre discusses the implications and opportunities that arise from new mobile technology. Read more about it in this article for the ICT Hub.

Back on the theme of new technology, we’ve heard of youth projects and sexual health projects using mobile phones to engage with young people. But mobile phones can also be used to mobilise support and raise awareness of issues your organisations campaigns for. See MobileActive, a global network of activists and campaigners using mobile phones [...]

The Media Trust is running a series of free ‘New Media made cheap and easy’ seminars to give small to medium sized not-for-profit organisations a view of new media communication and marketing tools. The seminars will be held by a new media consultant and focus on techniques available on the internet such as: blogging, podcasting, [...]